{
  "id": 258572,
  "title": "Health Minister seeks Catholic Church’s support to complete stalled Agenda 111 hospitals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/health-minister-seeks-catholic-churchs-support-to-complete-stalled",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-07T08:48:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/manasseh-awuni-invokes-rti-for-evidence-of-sedina-tamakloes-appeal-filing-timelines-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has reached out to the Catholic Church and other faith-based organisations in Ghana for assistance in finishing the delayed Agenda 111 hospital projects spread throughout the nation. The appeal surfaced during a meeting with Bishops of the Catholic Church, where the Minister detailed the government's attempts to tackle obstacles impeding the Agenda 111 program's progress. Mintah Akandoh admitted that numerous hospital projects are stuck because of insufficient funding, leaving numerous facilities incomplete and unbeneficial to the communities they were meant to serve. The government aims to finish 35 projects to ensure their full functionality and commence delivering vital healthcare services. The Minister is open to working with faith-based organisations like the Catholic Church to operate some of the completed hospitals on a non-profit basis. In this setup, the government would supply necessary healthcare professionals and technical aid, while the faith-based organizations would contribute their proficiency in healthcare management and service delivery. Mintah Akandoh highlighted that faith-based organizations have historically played a crucial role in Ghana's health sector, and enhancing cooperation with them would boost access to quality healthcare and bolster the country's health infrastructure. The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, endorsed the proposal and expressed gratitude for the Minister's efforts to foster collaboration between the Ministry of Health and faith-based health institutions. Gyamfi also urged for amplified cooperation to fully utilize the existing potential within religious health facilities to support Ghana's national healthcare aims.",
  "summary": "The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has appealed to faith-based organisations, particularly the Catholic Church, to partner with the government in completing some of the stalled Agenda 111 hospital projects across the country.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}