Officials say more than 40% of Ashanti region residents have now registered with Ghana’s nascent National Health Insurance Scheme, with the goal of 60% by year’s end. But the cost of registration is a hard sell for almost half the population struggling to get by on a dollar a day. Kinks in the system and barriers to prompt care have prompted administrators to take measures to improve access and deliver service where it’s needed most.
Akwesi Asamoah Prempeh reports.
