{"id":6098,"date":"2025-12-11T09:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:19:51","slug":"health-ministry-to-sponsor-nurses-and-midwives-for-phd-training-vows-better-working-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/health-ministry-to-sponsor-nurses-and-midwives-for-phd-training-vows-better-working-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH MINISTRY TO SPONSOR NURSES AND MIDWIVES FOR PHD TRAINING, VOWS BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Health Ministry will this year sponsor 15 nursing and midwifery educators to pursue PhD training, as part of a bold plan to upgrade Ghana\u2019s health workforce and strengthen healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n

Health Minister Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh announced the initiative at the 6th Nursing and Midwifery Excellence and Hall of Fame Awards, held in Tamale.<\/p>\n

He said the programme aims to elevate more professionals to the highest academic level within four years, ensuring that Ghana\u2019s health workforce is \u201cwell-trained, well-equipped, well-supported, and fairly rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Minister also pledged to institutionalize the awards and tackle systemic health sector challenges, including staff migration, poor working conditions, and workplace safety.<\/p>\n

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He condemned all forms of abuse against health professionals, calling for grievances to be addressed through proper complaint channels rather than confrontation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe work under very difficult conditions, but our health workers must feel safe and supported,\u201d Hon. Akandoh stressed, urging health professionals to uphold the image and integrity of their profession.<\/p>\n

The event celebrated excellence in clinical practice, leadership, education, research, regulation, and service in deprived communities.<\/p>\n

Three distinguished personalities were also inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Hall of Fame, a recognition the Minister described as a \u201cstatement of national pride\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Health Ministry will this year sponsor 15 nursing and midwifery educators to pursue PhD training, as part of a bold plan to upgrade Ghana\u2019s health workforce and strengthen healthcare delivery. Health Minister Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh announced the initiative at the 6th Nursing and Midwifery Excellence and Hall of Fame Awards, held in Tamale. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}