Dr. (Mrs.) Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt is the Director of Technical Coordination at the Ministry of Health Ghana. Martha is a product of KNUST Ghana, Leeds University, United Kingdom in Health Policy and GIMPA’s School of Governance and Leadership for Leadership and Governance. Martha also holds a Doctorate in Pharmacy from KNUST, Ghana. She serves on several national and international boards and also was a Lancet Commissioner on Essential Medicines in 2015. She is an Expert member of the World Health Organisation Expert Committee on Medicines Policy and Management. She has several publications on various topics
like Universal Health Coverage, TRIPS, DOHA and Access to medicines, policy options for Ghana, Antibiotic Resistance in Ghana by Lancet Infectious Diseases among others. Martha is a fellow of West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists and Foundation fellow of Ghana College of Pharmacists. She is the chair for Ghana’s Alliance for Antimicrobial Resistance. She was an Expert member of United Nations Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.
As a critical Sector of the economy, the Ministry of Health seeks to improve the health status of all people living in Ghana thereby contributing to Government’s vision of universal health coverage and a healthy population.