The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said the maiden edition of the NHIS week celebration in 2020 helped the authority engage 748,884 people across the country, where some 302,000 were newly registered.
The 2021 NHIS Week Celebration, among other targets, aims at increasing membership and creating awareness on childhood cancers and family planning.
The celebration will also serve as a platform to extend health care access by promoting the use of the Ghana Card to renew NHIS membership and also deepen awareness and knowledge of the NHIS benefit package.
Beneficiaries would automatically have their cards activated and could instantaneously use their NHIS card to access health services at their chosen credentialed facilities across the country.
There are over 15.1 million active subscribers now.
Data from August to October 2021 indicate that the Bono, Upper East, and Upper West regions have the highest active subscriber population with a rate of 75. 71.8 and 66.3 per cents, respectively.
The Oti, Northern, and Greater Accra regions have the lowest active membership rate of 34.0, 36.3, and 39.5 percent respectively.
There are 4,291 credentialed health facilities across the country out of which Community Health Planning Services compounds (CHPS) make about 55.1 percent.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
