National Health Insurance Scheme (Ghana)

NHIS
National Health Insurance Scheme
Agency overview
Formed2024
JurisdictionGhana Republic of Ghana
Parent agencyParliament of Ghana
Websitewww.nhis.gov.gh Edit this at Wikidata

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is the publicly funded healthcare systems established by the Government of Ghana in 2003. The program was a form of national health insurance established to provide equitable access and financial coverage for basic health care services to Ghanaian citizens.[1] Ghana's universal healthcare system has been described as the most successful healthcare system on the African continent by business magnate Bill Gates.[2] The system has been found to have made Ghana's rate of health insurance one of the highest in Africa, though funding problems may complicate its future.[3]

  1. ^ "NHIS - National Health Insurance Scheme". Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  2. ^ AFP. ""These are the countries where I'm the least known" - Bill Gates visits Ghana". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ "Ghana: Healthcare for a Country in Transition". Duke Global Health Institute. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-03-13.