TIME100 honors Dr. Delese Mimi Darko for leading Africa’s unified medicines revolution

TIME Magazine’s 2026 TIME100 Health list recognizes Dr. Delese Mimi Darko as one of the world’s most influential leaders in health. Her achievement: “Building a unified medicines agency for Africa.” Dr. Darko’s story began in the early 1990s as a young pharmacist at Ghana’s Food and Drugs Board. Over thirty years, she worked through every […]


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