She had her primary and middle school education at the R.C. Primary and Local Authority Middle Schools, Agotime Kpetoe, in the Volta Region between 1956-1964.  She gained admission to Ola Secondary School, Ho, Volta Region from 1964-1969 and obtained the GCE �O� level certificate.  She pursued further studies at the Ipswich East Anglia School of Nursing, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK and qualified in August 1973 as a State Registered General Nurse.  In September, 1974, Hon. Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah enrolled as a Midwifery student at the St. Peter�s Hospital, Chertsey, and Surrey, UK and graduated in August, 1975 as a State Certified Midwife.

She did her postgraduate studies at the University of Birmingham, UK and obtained MSc. Health Management and Administration in October, 1997.  Hon. Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah
has a rich working experience. Among others she was a clerical officer at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning between June 1969 and June 1970.  She was also a staff midwife at the Green District Hospital, Woolwich, South London (1975-1976). 

She worked with private and national health hospitals as both General Nurse and Midwife through Nursing Agencies in London (1984-1987).

She was appointed the Executive Secretary/Director of Health Services, Ho Diocese, Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana and the Regional Co-ordinating Director of the Catholic Health Services, Ghana (May 2001-September 2004).

Hon. Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah was elected a Member of Parliament for Ho East Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in January 2005  a position she holds to date.

She has served on various committees in Parliament.  She has been a member of the Appointments Committee, a Ranking Member, Committee on Gender and Children; Member, Committee on Health and Committee on Foreign Affairs (till 2007).

In March 2008, she was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to China.  Other travels she has undertaken whiles in Parliament include:

�    Ministerial Delegation to Dinwna � Israel, study tour on Regenerative health and nutrition.
�    Gender Committee Delegation to IPU, Geneva, Switzerland (October 2007).
�    2nd World Conference on Women Parliamentarians on Children�s Rights, Sofia, Bulgaria (June 2006).
�    Conference of Selected Commonwealth Parliamentarians, Ottawa, Canada (November 2005).

Courses she has attended include:

�    Parliamentary Ethics organised by the International Development Law Organisation (September 2005)
�    Health Administration and Management Course for Executive Secretaries, GIMPA, Legon, Ghana (June-July 1997).
�    Conference on Health for All Global Partnerships, UNICEF Barbican Centre, London, UK.

Her membership of institutions includes:

�    Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA)
       
�    United Kingdom Central Council of Registered Nurses (UKCC)
�    Executive Board Member-Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG)
�    Director, Community Initiative for Women Development (CIWOD).

Her hobbies include Dancing, Reading, Sewing, Counseling, Gardening, Painting and      Decorating. (D.I.Y).

Hon. Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah is married with two children, Gabriel and Pia.

She was sworn-in as the Minister for Tourism by the President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Professor John Evans Atta Mills, in February, 2009.