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Delivering quality healthcare with alternative medicine – Dr Bright Okoh shows the way
Dr Bright Okoh
An astute herbal medicine practitioner, Dr Bright Okoh, with over two decades of experience is leading a group of over 30 health professionals to complement quality healthcare delivery in Ghana with alternative medicine.
Operating the Greenfield Scientific Herbal Clinic, a fast-growing health facility and a heavyweight in the alternative medicine industry, Dr Okoh has carved a niche as one of the best on the continent and the world at large.
Dr Okoh started the Greenfield journey in 2009 as a herbal shop in Nungua and later expanded to a herbal centre about five years later. Today, the shop has become an ultra-modern herbal clinic with facilities to offer various services.
With over a decade of practice and saving lives with alternative medicine, Dr Okoh, a degree holder in holistic medicine, has established Greenfield as a fully-fledged health centre in Ghana, serving the medical needs of people within the community and beyond.
Operating at Buade in Nungua, Accra the clinic with expertise in stroke, infertility, halitosis, sexual weakness, hypertension, bone settings, sexually transmitted disease and others, have won several awards including the ultimate Best Herbal Practitioner of the Year, 2020, an award held by Afrik Media in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
Prior to that, Dr Okoh the Chief Executive Officer was awarded the Bone Setting Specialist of the Year in 2018 at the seventh African Health Legendary Awards. The company won the West African Traditional and Alternative Medicine Awards in 2019, Promising Scientific Herbal Centre of the Year in 2017 and the Best Facility in Herbal Clinic in Greater Accra.
On the global stage, the health centre won the Best Herbal Clinic of the Year at the World Changers Summit and Awards 2018 in Dubai. The clinic further won the outstanding stroke centre and bone settings specialist of the year in 2019 organised by the African Health Legendary Awards.
Dr Okoh believes that the recognition came out of their dedication and commitment to providing quality health care and looks forward to more of such awards next year and beyond.
According to Dr Okoh he has gathered enough experience in the sector and following feedback from clients they would not renege on their efforts to provide quality health care.
He said the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises alternative or herbal medicine practitioners as they contribute about 60 to 70 per cent of healthcare to people globally.
On Corporate Social Responsibilities activities, they donate to the needy in society including orphanages such as the New Life Orphanage at Nungua. They also give to a disability group in Teshie of which Dr Okoh is a patron. They also present some items to the Kpeshie Police during the COVI9-19 outbreak, conduct regular free health screening exercises at churches, taxi ranks and markets as well as registering over 500 people on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Dr Okoh intends to expand and improve upon quality healthcare in the country.
In addition, he would provide solution to the challenges within the industry bothering around finding raw materials at affordable prizes. Hence, the need to secure lands to cultivate plants for the medical uses as done in other developed countries including the United States of America.
Offering advice on the Christmas festivities Dr Okoh advised the public to eat quality foods with organic products, avoid self-medication and excessive drinking of alcohol, exercise for proper blood circulation and sleep well.
By Michael D. Abayatey
The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President has hosted a delegation of African diaspora women who are in Ghana ahead of a planned Presidential Conferment of Citizenship ceremony.
The Director of Diaspora Affairs, Kofi Okyere Darko, explained in a Facebook post that the visit was a gesture of appreciation by the delegation to the Government of Ghana for its continued efforts to reconnect Africans in the diaspora with their ancestral homeland.
He indicated that the ceremony, scheduled for next Monday, will officially grant Ghanaian citizenship to members of the delegation as part of the country’s broader engagement with the African diaspora.
The delegation was led by Erica Bennett, Founder of the Diaspora Africa Forum.
According to Mr Okyere Darko, her years of advocacy have played an important role in strengthening ties between Africa and people of African descent living abroad.
He noted that the group’s journey towards citizenship represents not only a legal process but also a cultural and spiritual return to their roots.
Also present at the meeting was Natalie Jackson, an attorney who is also expected to receive Ghanaian citizenship during the ceremony. She works closely with renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Mr Okyere Darko emphasised that Ghana remains committed to strengthening relationships with the African diaspora and promoting unity, identity, and shared heritage among people of African descent worldwide.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
