About Us

MOTTO: UNITED FOR HEALTH


HISTORY AND COMPOSITION 

The National Health Students Association of Ghana (NAHSAG) is a national representative body made up of all Health students and fresh graduates in and from the various Health Training Institutions and Universities across the length and breadth of Ghana.

The association was established in the year 2005 with registration done precisely on the 1st of August, 2005.NAHSAG was led by an interim team headed by Dr.Ayew Afriyie, currently with the Alliance for Accountable Government (AFAG) from inception for a period of 20 months before handing over in April, 2007 to a nationally elected executive body.

It  has since been in force towards promoting the welfare of all health students in and of Ghana. NAHSAG currently includes health students in both public and private health training institutions and foreign affiliates, Ghanaians reading health programs in other countries.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to offer future Health Professionals in Ghana, a comprehensive introduction to national health issues and empower health students, by using their knowledge and other capabilities whiles in school for the benefits of society.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The aims and objectives of NAHSAG includes but not limited to:

1. Providing an opportunity and to serve as a platform to involve the youth in decision making, as well as the implementation process
2. To inculcate the spirit of togetherness among the future Health Service personnel, even while they are students.
3. To create a means of channelling the collective views of all health students and to give them a unified voice in society.
4. To ensure that this group harmonizes the activities of the individual groups
5. To create public awareness, so that the public sees the relevant of the various health programs.
6. To undertake public health related projects
7. To foster cooperation with international organizations on scientific and educational programmes.