Tanzania: National Health Insurance Is Still Ineffective in Villages

CITIZENS with National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) cards face difficulties in accessing treatment in remote villages because the cards are not accepted in village facilities.

"Let us find ways to help people in remote villages like Micheweni, because they cannot use NHIF cards there. The facilities in the villages need cash or unable to follow-up payments," Mr Suleiman Makame Ali (Ziwani) observed.

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