Michael Ohene-Yeboah

Biography

I'm Michael Ohene-Yeboah, and I am a hernia surgeon from Ghana. I am currently Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Ghana in Accra. I have spent my entire career working to increase access to essential surgery for the poorest patients in my country. In 2013, I founded the Ghana Hernia Society to raise awareness about inguinal hernia, which debilitates 1 in 10 men in Ghana. I have advocated for policy change in Ghana, which resulted in health insurance coverage for inguinal hernia surgery. With the help of my partners, I created a training program for hernia surgery for non-surgeons and am working to scale this around Ghana. In 2018, we plan to bring our training program and "Tool-kit" for hernia surgery to district hospitals in Ghana in order to sustainably and effectively build capacity for hernia repair in my country and beyond.