President John Dramani Mahama has called for urgent and coordinated action across global, regional, and national levels to build resilient health systems fit for the 21st century.
Delivering a statement at the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra on Tuesday, August 8, 2025, President Mahama presented a structured roadmap for health transformation, urging African countries and partners to move from plans to implementation.
“We must act decisively at three levels:
• Globally, we must champion a new health governance architecture that reflects a multipolar, digitally interconnected, climate-challenged world. Health governance must be democratic, just, and fit for 21st-century realities.
• Regionally, Africa must scale its home-grown solutions: Africa CDC, AMA, AfCFTA health corridors, and AUDA-NEPAD’s resilience agenda.
• Nationally, we must execute, not merely plan. This requires political will, domestic resource mobilisation, and effective leadership.”
President Mahama stressed that real progress will depend on the widespread adoption of African-led innovations that improve preparedness, accountability, and local production.
“Success will depend on scaling innovations like:
• PANABIOS for digital health verification and pandemic preparedness;
• PROPER for transparent medical supply chains;
• BIONOVAC to transform vaccine production from molecule to market.”
His address formed part of broader discussions at the summit aimed at promoting health sovereignty and reducing dependence on external systems for Africa’s healthcare needs.
