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A former Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will implement a Free Primary HealthCare Plan when NDC comes back to power.
Dr. Boamah Omane who is also one of the NDC’s campaign spokesperson on health, outlined an agenda of the NDC to be implemented when elected back to power,which is a free Primary healthcare plan in polyclinics, health centres, Community Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds and district hospitals across the country.
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He indicated that,“In Ghana, so far,the NHIS does not even cover 40 per cent of the population. Between 2017-2019 – the NHIS recorded an increase of 0.8 per cent in coverage over the three year period.
“If you contrast this with the estimated 6.6 per cent increase in the population of Ghana over the same period, you will understand why the NPP’s promise in this election to use the NHIS to achieve the SDG3, Health for All Ghanaians, within the next nine years cannot be trusted and must be rejected by the electorate,”
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Explaining futher,he said “With free primary health care, nobody – we mean no Ghanaian – will pay a pesewa at any primary health care facility when he or she is attended to”.
Source: Ghanaarticles.com
