Promoting antenatal care (ANC) utilization is one of the key drivers of the Safe Motherhood Initiative aimed at improving maternal health in low-income countries. The study sought to examine the effects of health insurance coverage and socioeconomic status of women on antena...
By 2019, around 12 million people had actively subscribed to the NHIS. Overall, nearly 70 percent of Ghana’s population had health insurance coverage as of 2021. Show more - Description Published by , Mar 13, 2024Editor’s Picks Current statistics on this topic Health System GDP share of...
Lack of health insurance serves as a significant barrier to access to modern health care services. Increasing coverage and membership coupled with improvement in geographical access will promote better and overall health outcomes for the people of Ghana....
Ghana has made significant stride towards universal health coverage (UHC) by implementing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003. This paper investigates the progress of UHC indicators in Ghana from 1995 to 2030 and makes future predictions up to 2030 to assess the probability of ach...
Ghana began the implementation of a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2004 as a way to ensure equitable access to basic healthcare for all residents. After a decade of its implementation, national coverage is just about 34% of the national population. Affordability of the NHIS ...
While not losing sight of relevant sociocultural elements, enhancing HL should be a central strategy for policies aimed at bridging health inequalities and improving UHC. 展开 关键词: Health literacy Universal health coverage Health insurance Access to health care Ghana ...
national health insurance scheme;exempt groups;universal health coverage;Ghana 1. Background Ghana gained her political independence in 1957 and has since assumed her own public policies, including health policies. Ghana’s health policy at independence was ‘free health care for all’. The implementa...
Beneficiaries will use mTOMADY to save, receive and send money to pay NHIS premiums as part of a drive to improve health coverage rates. READ MORE Coronavirus: Is Ghana winning the fight against the pandemic? mTOMADY was first launched as a project of the NGO Doctors for Madagascar. ...
Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage Universal coverage of health care is now receiving substantial worldwide and national attention, but debate continues on the best mix of financing mechanis... Prof Anne Mi...
(UHC)by expanding the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and improving access to healthcare services across the country.The NDC also aims to achieveUniversal Healthcare Coverage, with a focus on ensuring that all citizens have access to affordable and quality healthcare th...