Tag Archives: Ghana
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Ghana’s Learning Exchange with Taiwan Builds Confidence, Cooperation in National Health Insurance Agency

Announcements, Leads

In Taiwan, universal health coverage  (UHC) is not just a goal, it is already a reality. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) covers 99.9% of the country’s population by providing low-cost health care to its beneficiaries through a centralized, single-payer system. Built on a strong foundation of proven information technology, the system allows both administrators and patients […]

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Ghana Health Insurance Officials Hone Monitoring and Evaluation Skills

Announcements, Capacity Building

Over the past decade, Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has grown from a handful of community-based health insurance schemes into a formal scheme covering over 9.8 million people (more than 35 percent of the population). Despite this success, the NHIS has struggled to establish a robust system of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and to […]

The Role of Health Insurance in Family Planning

Announcements, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

A new policy brief written by HFG and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) finds that “Well-designed insurance programs offer a way to improve the quality and equitable provision of family planning services.” The Role of Health Insurance in Family Planning explores how insurance programs “can be designed to increase demand for and uptake of family […]

Ghana Reviews Insurance Benefits Package

Announcements, Where We Work

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has captured the attention of the global health community as one of the most ambitious plans for universal health coverage (UHC) in Africa. For more than a decade, NHIS has offered insurance benefits to thousands of Ghanaians in the formal sector, and covers an estimated 35% of the overall […]

Building on Community-based Health Insurance to Expand National Coverage: The Case of Ghana

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Publications, Universal Health Coverage

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Nathan J. Blanchet and Osei B. Acheampong Published: 12/30/2013 Resource Description: Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme has captured the global health community’s attention as one of the most ambitious plans for universal health coverage in Africa. From modest growth of mutual health organization (MHO) schemes to a rapidly scaled-up and centralized national […]

Maternal Health in Ghana: Investigating the Impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme on Maternal Health Indicators

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Laurel Hatt, Slavea Chankova, and Sara Sulzbach Published: 4/1/2009 Resource Description: To address economic barriers to skilled delivery care, policymakers have begun experimenting with health financing interventions such as vouchers and health insurance. Ghana, for example, has passed legislation to establish a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which provides free antenatal and facility-based delivery […]

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