AHSAG is a professional membership society for Health Services Administrators whose prime objective is to bring together Health Services Administrators in Ghana as a unified body and to promote excellence in the profession of health administration.
Health Services Administrators in Ghana are professionally trained Administrators whose job is to have oversight responsibilty for the day-to-day administration of healthcare delivery and contribute to effective effective financial management in the running of health institutions. They make sure healthcare standards are met also hospitals and health centres run efficiently.
Health Services Administrators in Ghana can be found in the public health institutions, private hospitals, non-governmental organizations and quasi-government institutions like the police and military hospitals.In the public health sector, they work at all levels of the service delivery- National (Headquarters), Teaching Hospitals, Regional and District Health Directorates as well as District Hospitals and Polyclinics. They play a number of different roles within their respective institutions and these roles often vary by work setting and location.
Principal Activities
Offers advice and assistance to its members on personal and professional development. This has resulted in increasing the educational status of most members through the pursuance of post graduate studies
the membership. The support of organizations is sometimes solicited howbeit infrequently.
Affiliation
The Association is affiliated to:
Financing
AHSAG is self-financing and the size of its annual budget is related to revenue accruing from individual subscriptions, fees and levies which are determined by the membership. The support of organizations is sometimes solicited howbeit infrequently.
Challenges for the Future
AHSAG will focus on maintaining and developing its interest in the activities mentioned as well as on the following: