Ghana Medical Association


The Ghana Medical Association represents physicians, surgeons and dentists working throughout Ghana. The association was established in 1958 and is divided into ten divisions representing each region of Ghana as at end of 2018.

History

The earliest medical organisation of medical staff was during the Gold Coast era when the Gold Coast Medical Practitioners Union was formed in 1933. This was founded by three doctors, Frederick Victor Nanka-Bruce who was the president and spokesman, C. E. Reindorf and W. A. C. Nanka-Bruce. One J. E. Hutton Mills was the secretary. Following the establishment of an African government under in 1951, a Ghana branch of the British Medical Association was formed in January 1953. This also had Frederick Nanka-Bruce as its first president. Both associations were merged to form the Ghana Medical Association in January 1958. It was inaugurated by Kwame Nkrumah in Accra. Charles Easmon was elected as the first President of the GMA.

Affiliations

This council meets every other month. It is made up of the following persons:
The President of the GMA since 2017 has been Frank Ankobea. There have 22 past presidents as at 2018.