Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has praised the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) for what she describes as vital funding made in strengthening the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2025.

Her remarks adopted a courtesy name by way of participants of the NHIA Board and Executive Management, led by way of Board Member Dr. Divine Ndonbi Banyubala, to transient her on key achievements for the 12 months and results from the not too long ago held NHIA High-Level Stakeholder Conference.

Briefing the Vice President, the NHIA Deputy Chief Executive answerable for Operations, Dr. Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, who represented the Chief Executive, defined the Authority’s main positive aspects, ongoing reforms, and stakeholder comments from the convention.

The Vice President expressed delight with the surge in energetic NHIS club, which has now exceeded 20 million.

She inspired the Authority to accentuate public schooling, particularly in underserved and hard-to-reach spaces, to deliver extra uninsured Ghanaians onto the Scheme.

She additionally underscored the significance of preventive healthcare as the rustic advances against the Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) schedule.

Touching on private-sector participation, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang steered Roche, a key sponsor of the stakeholder convention, to give a boost to native capability development by way of coaching extra Ghanaian well being pros.

She additional indicated her willingness, matter to her time table, to sign up for the Health Minister in saying the reviewed NHIS carrier price lists, and known as at the NHIA to start out extensive public sensitisation forward of the announcement.

This, she stressed out, will have to come with schooling on ongoing efforts to curb unlawful bills at well being amenities.

Senior Aide to the Vice President, Ofosu Ampofo, additionally emphasized the significance of proactive conversation, urging the NHIA to “tell the NHIS story” by way of highlighting the funding made underneath fresh reforms and their have an effect on on carrier supply and the Scheme’s monetary well being.

The NHIA method thanked the Vice President for her gain and reaffirmed its dedication to development a more potent, extra equitable, and sustainable NHIS.

Also provide had been NHIA Board Member and President of the Ghana Medical Association, Professor Ernest York; Deputy Chief Executive answerable for Administration and Human Resources, Mr. Raphael Segkpeb; Deputy Chief Executive answerable for Finance and Investment, Ms. Anatu Seidu Bogobiri, Esq.; and different administrators of the Authority.

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