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Accra, Ghana – In recognition of her transformational leadership, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby has received the Most Outstanding Women in Public Sector Award.
This was at the second edition of the Africa Public Sector Conference and Awards (APSCA 2019), ceremony held at the MovenPick Hotel in Accra.
She was among other praiseworthy private and public sector front-runners whose outstanding headship was acknowledged by Instinct Wave, organizers of the Annual APSCA Conference and Awards.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo early 2019 appointed Dr. Lydia Dsane- Selby as the NHIA CEO following Dr. Samuel Annor’s exit.
With the support of her three Deputies, Dr. Lydia Dsane- Selby is credited with the National Insurance Scheme (NHIS) recent successes.
Her administration has put in place structures to enhance social auditing and accountability with an overall objective of supporting Ghana’s attainment of Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) by 2030.
Under Dr. Dsane-Selby’s watch, the NHIA secured the Most Innovative Public Sector Award at the 2019 Inspirational Public Sector Leadership Awards (IPSLA) which was organized by IMANI Ghana.
The Authority also received APSCA’s Outstanding Contribution Public Sector Digitization Award at the just ended 2019 Conference and Awards ceremony.
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As a Medical Doctor specialized in ENT, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NHIA.
Dr. Dsane-Selby has 12 years’ experience with the organization and she previously served as the Director, Clinical Audit, Director Claims Management and a Deputy Chief Executive, Operations.
She has played an integral part in several key innovations including the development of the DRG payment mechanism, the development of the accreditation tools and process, the introduction of clinical audits with the development of tools and a manual, the introduction of e-claims with business rules for cost containment and the use of mobile technology to renew membership and authentication at provider sites.
Dr. Dsane-Selby holds an MBChB from the University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu and a Post Graduate in ENT Surgery from the Royal College of England.
She graduated from the University of Ghana Medical School in 1985 and went through her housemanship at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Subsequently, she was posted to the Achimota Hospital where she served two years and was later reposted to the ENT Department at Korle-Bu.
After serving her bond for four years, she went to the United Kingdom where she practiced for several years.
She returned home and joined the NHIA in 2007 as a Medical Advisor and has since risen through the ranks.
She is an ICT Trained Microsoft Certified Professional and has also achieved a lot of certificates from short courses and programmes.
So far, she has attended several health financing courses of the World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO) and is now a resource person for other countries embarking on the Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) journey.
Currently, Dr. Dsane-Selby is the Co-Convener of the Joint Learning Network with 31 countries who are striving to achieve the UHC through peer learning and knowledge co-creation.
She is the Co-Author of two publications and several articles having to do with health financing and the UHC.
By SavannahNewsOnline.Com/ Abdul Karim Naatogmah
