Government is working to add essential herbal medicines to the list of drugs covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Kofi Bobby Barimah, Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research at Mampong, has said. Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of …
Read More »National IDs to become TIN, SSNIT numbers – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that all National ID Card numbers will this year be used as Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) and SSNIT numbers. The President made this known when he delivered his first State of the Nation address of his second term on Tuesday, March 9. According to him, …
Read More »COVID-19: NHIA extends service periods to students before SHS reopening
Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has announced the extension of the period of services of the Authority to the public, ahead of the reopening of Senior High Schools. She said the Authority had included Saturday, March 6, 2021, and Monday, March …
Read More »NHS Covid-19: App issue fixed for people who test positive
The government has fixed a problem with its new NHS coronavirus app in England and Wales which meant many positive test results were not being logged. Users were unable to record a positive test result, if they had booked a test elsewhere and not via the app. But the Department …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Sexual assault case against Sawla-Tuna-Kalba NHIA Manager takes new twist
The sexual assault case against the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Manager has taken a new twist. According to Doreen Smith, the nurse in the Savannah region who alleged that Mr Sakara visited her duty post on July 8, at about 9:00 am under the guise of ‘Monitoring’ …
Read More »NHIS pays GH¢915 million claims
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has paid GH¢915 million claims from January to August 2020 to service providers. In the order of payments, a total of 4,292 service providers comprising 2,993 public health facilities, 1,038 private health facilities, 228 mission health facilities and 33 quasi-government health facilities have been …
Read More »Sawla sexual assault: We will support you – District Heath Directorate to victim
The District Health Director of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba in the Savanna Region, Mr. Zakaria Abdul Kasim, on behalf of the Directorate has pledged to support Miss Doreen Smith in her quest to seek justice. Miss Doreen Smith over the week was reported to have been sexually harassed by the District Health Insurance …
Read More »Construction Of Ahafo Regional NHIS Office Begins – Hon. Bobie
The National Health Insurance Scheme was introduced in Ghana by one of the former presidents of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. John Agyekum Kuffour, who governed Ghana on the ticket of New Patriotic Party (NPP) between the year 2001 to 2008. It was so pathetic that, before the …
Read More »Adolescents must have reproductive health benefits under NHIS
Mr. Nii Ankonu Annorbah-Sarpei, Director of Programmes, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has urged the government to ensure that adolescents enjoyed some health benefits under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS. He said the benefits should provide adolescents in the country the opportunity to have access to a …
Read More »NHIA hasn’t cleared its debts – Chamber of Pharmacy debunks claims
Executive Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG), Lucia Addae has debunked claims that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has settled debts owed the service providers. According to her, NHIA has over the past 5 years owed her outfit some millions of cedis, adding that …
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