President Mahama Announces Revolutionary Health Sovereignty Platform: A New Era of Global Governance
Ghana’s President H.E John Dramani Mahama at the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit held today Monday August,5 2025 unveiled two transformative commitments aimed at revolutionizing global health systems. The Presidential high-level task force on global health governance marks a pivotal moment in international health strategy.
“This will be a convenient platform to engage global and continental partners to redesign the health governance systems for the world we live in now, not the world of yesterday,” President Mahama mentioned.
The accompanying “Sustain Initiative” promises to be equally impactful, designed to “scale up sovereign transitions and institutional networks.” The initiative aims to align national budgets with health priorities and mobilize critical capital.
“We extend an open invitation to all nations represented here to join us in building an African health investment ecosystem that is driven by purpose and is powered by equity and anchored in our sovereignty,” President emphasized.
The Accra Declaration for Health Sovereignty was positioned not merely as a policy document, but as “a moral call to action” and “a strategic milestone and a continent-wide awakening.” President Mahama maintained.
Notably, the initiative champions a new approach to multilateralism, “grounded in co-creation, not extraction, and based on mutual respect, not charity.”
Highlighted the importance of partnerships in achieving the goals of the summit. The partnerships reflect a new form of multilateralism grounded in co-creation, not extraction.
He indicated that, the summit is more than a policy forum. It is a moral call, a strategic milestone, and a continent-wide awakening.
“I wish to thank all those who have stood with us—Afro Champions, the African Union, the Rockefeller Foundation, Georgetown University, the Obasanjo Foundation. Your partnership reflects the new multilateralism the world needs—grounded in co-creation, not extraction, and based on mutual respect, not charity.” President Mahama noted.
