Kwabena Mintah Akandoh

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is a Ghanaian politician who served as minister for health in 2026. The office directs national health policy and provides political oversight of the ministry, while operational public-health work is carried out with agencies including the Ghana Health Service.

The minister represents the government's health programme in Cabinet and before the public. That role includes setting priorities, accounting for national policy and announcing measures during health emergencies. Technical agencies and laboratories provide the underlying surveillance and operational evidence, while the minister explains the government's decisions and authorises the political response. Akandoh's portfolio therefore joins routine stewardship of Ghana's health system with public responsibility when a local outbreak requires national action. The distinction matters because the minister leads policy, but specialist agencies deliver testing, vaccination and field control.