We are proud of you, Dominic Oduro-Antwi






Contributing immensely to the growth of the health sector in Ghana especially his publication detailing all information on hospitals, clinics, and pharmaceutical industries in 2007, his maternal healthcare empowerment since 2011, in addition to various research works and recommendations to promote quality healthcare, his efforts have been internationally recognised by renowned organizations and agencies.

With more than 15 categories, Dominic Oduro-Antwi, President of India Trade Advisory Chamber (GITAC), a health researcher and analytic professional, won the Health Care Activist during the 2019 edition of the Global Community Oscars (GCO), an annual international awards held in Chicago, USA.

Other recipients of the GCO 2019 include: Rev. Jesse Jackson Snr; Bishop Shirley Ann Coleman, an American politician and pastor, who won the Inter Faith Leadership Award of the Year; Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, a Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics and Neonatology of University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Centre, USA  who won Lifetime Achievement of the Year; Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India, for International Rising Star Award of the Year; Gwen Appleberry, Community Activist of the Year award; other many others.

This year’s awards scheme is the largest multi ethic festival in the history of the event, organized by American Multi Ethnic Coalition Incorporation and Dominic is the first Ghanaian to receive such honour in the history of the country. The award is in recognition of his effort at promoting social development initiatives globally.

Mr. Oduro-Antwi plans to call on the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to officially present the award, the first of its kind by Ghanaian in the health sector, to the President.  
 Among other things, he also plans to discuss with the President of the Republic, some development strategies to support the health sector in the country. 

The award ceremony was attended by people across the globe especially from 24 different ethnic communities and groups in Chicago, including African Americans, Mexicans, Latin, Americans, Indians, Irish, Germans, French, Greek, Ukrainians Russian, Philippines, Scandinavia, Nigerians, Indians Vietnamese, Chinese, Ghanaians, Sri Lankans, Pakistani, Middle East, Koreans, Japanese, Bangladeshi, and others including over 1000 individuals from various industries and sectors.

His effort is highly commended by the entire Ghanaian community for making the nation proud on the international front.


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