We have increased posting of doctors from 12 to 100 to underserved regions in 2026 — Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has announced that government has successfully placed 100 doctors in underserved regions in 2026.

He said the increase is a remarkable achievement from the 12 doctors that were posted in 2025.

“In 2024, only 12 medical doctors accepted postings to underserved regions and these regions are eight in number. In 2026, we have successfully placed 100 doctors in this same regions and we are not done,” he added.

He added that government plans to recruit 16,000 health workers in 2026 as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s health workforce and improve service delivery.

He said recruitment processes for about 8,000 of the positions have already been completed, with additional intakes expected to follow in phases.

Speaking at the 2026 Annual Health Summit in Accra on Tuesday, June 9, Mr Akandoh noted that government is also focusing on improving the deployment of health professionals to underserved areas in order to close existing staffing gaps.

“In 2025 alone, more than 14,000 health workers were placed on government payroll. This year, we intend to recruit an additional 16,000 health workforce with recruitment already completed for approximately 8000. We are strengthening deployment to underserved areas,” he said.