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Ghana's Accra – Yesterday, Virginia Palmer, the U.S. ambassador to Ghana, announced a $5 million increase in American financing for the National Health Insurance Scheme and the improvement of Ghana's healthcare system. Report on Ghana's census results for 2021 The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) or private health insurance plans provide coverage to 68.6% of the population. Women are more likely than men to have health insurance (72.6%) compared to 64.5%). The Oti Region has the lowest rate of health insurance coverage (51.9%) while the Upper East Region has the highest rate (86.2%). In comparison to 2014–2015, when over 40% of the population had an active membership with the NHIS, this represents a significant increase in coverage. In order to further the national goal of achieving universal health coverage by 2030, the Ministry of Health continues to engage in substantial community outreach in both urban and rural areas.
Ghana's Ministry of Health enhanced the NHIS Benefit Package to cover family planning in addition to the children illnesses leukemia, nephroblastoma, retinoblastoma, and neuroblastoma as part of the November 2021 National Health Insurance Week. The Ghana Card, a national identification card, will now be connected to the National Health Insurance card. The NHIS system will support mobile renewal services, and a digital counter will display current Active Membership information in real-time. The weeklong series of activities held in November to commemorate the third NHIS week touched over 52,832 persons.
The government of the United States has disclosed a $5 million cooperation funding for Ghana's healthcare system. The US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, on Monday, March 20, 2023, announced $5 million in new funding to enhance the performance of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and guarantee the quality of healthcare services in Ghana, according to a press release from the US Embassy in Accra that Ghana Business News received a copy of. According to the press release, the financing will promote the digitalization of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) procedures, make the Scheme's performance statistics available, and guarantee the safe and efficient delivery of healthcare services.
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"Ghana's development is centered on the health sector. Prioritizing health funding is crucial for the wellbeing of all Ghanaians. A prosperous population starts with a healthy population, Ms. Palmer stated at the event's introduction. The NHIA and USAID partnership intends to increase the NHIA's ability to digitize all of its information systems.
"Digitalization will make data available to NHIA so that it can inform stakeholders more effectively about the financial and programmatic state of the Scheme. Building NHIA systems to track the clinical quality of healthcare services will also be a major priority of the cooperation. According to the press release, the NHIA will push for higher-quality care at public, religious, and private health care facilities, which will enhance health outcomes throughout Ghana.
It states that the integrated health programming of USAID aids the government of Ghana in building its healthcare system, promoting maternal, fetal, new-born, and child health, as well as combating diseases including malaria, HIV, COVID-19, social protection, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. In order to strengthen Ghana's health system and get it ready for potential health emergencies, USAID aids the government there. To begin the cooperation, the Ambassador worked alongside Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, the NHIA's chief executive officer.
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