My Ghana Electronic Desk

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mr Sylvester Mensah, has stated that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has become a model for other African countries to learn from, although it continues to receive a lot of criticism from Ghanaians.

  BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE Former South African President, F. W. de Klerk, has stated that much as he admires American and British democracies, they should not be dogmatic about Africa following their example. “There is often an enormous chasm between Western protestations of democratic rectitude and their social practices back home”, he said, noting that the two democracies were not as perfect as they had been made to appear.

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE When CEPS took its turn. Pix Credit: Daily Graphic Four Ghanaian state departments and establishments have been invited to appear before the Commission of Inquiry established by President John Mahama to inquire into Judgement Debts Payments and other related matters, at its public sitting on Wednesday, September 11, 2013.

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE The Health Service Workers’Union (HSWU) of the Trades Union of Ghana (TUC) has appealed to government to reconsider its position on the coverage of diseases as well as remittances to accredited service providers. According to the Union, the appeal stems from the exclusion of certain treatments and services by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which subjects Ghanaians to some financial difficulties.