Health

Accra, Ghana – Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says merging the Ghana Card and the National Health Insurance Card is to ensure that people receive comprehensive healthcare ranging from promotion and prevention to treatment in line with the Primary Health Care (PHC) values. Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby …

Tamale, Ghana – The Concerned Youth Groups of Northern Ghana, an amalgamation of eight different youth groups in Northern Ghana, is accusing management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) of deliberately trying to undo the gains chalked in recent years under the previous administration of Dr. David Zaawumya Kolbilla. CYGNG …

Accra, Ghana – As plans are afoot to celebrate the National Health Insurance Scheme’s (NHIS) Week under the theme, “NHIS: Leaving no one behind,” the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) targets four (4) million more active membership in the month of November 2020. In this regard, the Scheme’s Regional and …

In furtherance to the government’s push for attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has added a Specialist Anti-Breast Cancer Drug, (Herceptin) to the National Health Insurance Scheme’s (NHIS) Medicines list, elevating Ghana as the first country in the Sub-Saharan African Region, to …

Accra, Ghana – In the latest rankings by the ratio of Mobile Renewals to total active membership for September 2020, Bongo District in the Upper East Region dominated with 7.3% followed by Atebubu District in the Bono East Region and Ejisu-Juaben District in the Ashanti with a draw of 7.1%. …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made the most recent Claims payment to 4,292 credentialed healthcare providers and this brings the total to GHs 1,071,326,884.61, since January 2020. Of the total amount paid including withholding tax, Public healthcare providers have received GHs 565,172,987.24 representing 52.8 percent …

Accra, Ghana – President of the Private Health Facilities Association Ghana, Mr. Donkor Boakye Samuel has lauded the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA’s) latest rapid Claims Payments. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines after a meeting with Executive Management at the NHIA Head Office in Accra, he remarked, “NHIA …

Sagnarigu, Ghana – A senior project manager of the Electronic Waste Management in Ghana (E-MAGIN) project, Professor Daniel Agyapong, has urged scrap and electronic waste collectors to formalize their businesses for optimum gain. According to him, scrap and e-waste collectors would be able to access certain opportunities such as grants …

Tamale, Ghana – The Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation has asked the government of Ghana to make it mandatory and ensure that provision is made for sign language interpreter services in all its programmes and activities for the benefit of deaf people. The  charity organisation encouraged duty bearers, government agencies, civil …

Accra, Ghana – The governing Board and management of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on September 17, 2020 met industry players in the space of Ghana’s Private Health Insurance Schemes to improve their services. The stakeholder engagement held in Accra was under the theme “Challenges facing the private health …