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NHIS to absorb Mental Healthcare by 2024 – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Add a CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that mental healthcare will now be absorbed under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana by next year. Speaking at a meeting with physicians and surgeons in Accra, the president highlighted that … Read more →
World Bank grants $27.7m concessionary funding to NHIS
Add a CommentThe World Bank has provided the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with $27.7 million concessionary funding to improve services, especially to the poor and vulnerable. The funding will enable the scheme to increase its population coverage, register more poor and … Read more →
NHIA to include mental health treatment in NHIS – Dr Okoe Boye
Add a CommentThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, says the Authority is committed to include mental health treatment under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He said the Authority had requested data … Read more →
Okoe Boye can transform NHIS and retain public trust – Frmer Prez. Kufuor
Add a CommentFormer President John Agyekum Kufuor has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his appointment of Dr Okoe Boye as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). According to him, NHIA has a visionary leader … Read more →
NHIS to cover child cancers, family planning
Add a Comment-In a move to achieve Universal Health Coverage – First Lady Government has announced that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) will cover childhood cancers starting from January 2022 to reduce the financial barriers that people experience when accessing health … Read more →
I’ve fixed Kufuor’s NHIS which Mahama ‘ruined’ – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Add a CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government has fixed the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) introduced by the Kufuor administration which was “ruined” by the Mahama administration. Speaking on Wednesday, 6 November 2019 at the official opening ceremony of the … Read more →
Alkians Aid partners NHIS to provide free health insurance for Santa Maria residents
Add a CommentA budding Non-Governmental Organization [NGO], Alkians Aid, has partnered the National Health Insurance Scheme [NHIS], facilitators of the national health insurance intervention programme, to offer free Health Insurance registration to residents in and around Santa Maria in Accra. The free … Read more →
Funding NHIS with tobacco, alcohol taxes won’t prevent diseases – UK Lecturer
Add a CommentA public health promotion expert and lecturer at the University of West London in the UK, Dr. Da Costa Aboagye, has lauded the proposal by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) boss for the scheme to be funded with ‘sin … Read more →
NHIS: No going back to ‘cash and carry’ – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Add a CommentPRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says government is working feverishly to revive the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and that “there is no going back to cash and carry”. He said government was paying all outstanding claims and addressing other … Read more →
NHIS in 7 months arrears
Add a Comment-Health facilities fear shutdown SERVICE Providers, under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), say they are on the verge of returning to cash-and-carry to save their health facilities from shutting down due to huge indebtedness. According to them, the National … Read more →
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