Ghana: CSO Kicks Against World Bank's Cost Recovery Health Policy

The Ghana Free Universal Access to Health Care Campaign (GFUAHCC), Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has noted with concern the World Bank's suggestion of cost sharing as a means of bringing financial sustainability to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

The Campaign is particularly against the World Bank's recommended use of co-payments for some covered services and sections of the populations (who are able to pay) as a strategy for increasing NHIS revenue and directing utilisation towards more cost effective services. However, the Bank doesn't say which services or medicines should attract co-payment.

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