Mahama honoured at 2026 World Health Summit in Berlin for global health leadership
President John Dramani Mahama has been honoured at the 2026 World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, for what organisers described as his “outstanding leadership and commitment to advancing global health”. The award, a Berliner Bär bearing the World Health Summit insignia, was presented to Ghana’s Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, who received it on the President’s behalf. The accompanying plaque read: “To His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, in recognition of his outstanding leadership and commitment to advancing global health.” The presenter, identified as Axel, asked the minister to convey the organisers’ greetings to the President.