Mr Samuel Lobber Lekamwe, the Acting Upper West Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has announced that the region has topped the 16 regions of Ghana in 2023 in National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) population coverage.
He said about 82 per cent of the total population of the region were been covered by the NHIS within the year under review against its 81 per cent coverage recorded in 2022. Mr. Lekamwe announced this in Wa at the weekend during the Authority’s 2023 end-of-year performance review meeting.
Mr Lekamwe commended the staff of the Wa Municipality and other good-performing districts for their part in ensuring the region sustained its gains in the NHIS coverage. The NHIA Regional Director said 31 per cent of the total membership renewals of the scheme were through mobile renewals.
Mr Titus Sorey, the NHIA Northern Belt Director, commended the Upper West Regional office of the Authority for the success chalked and standing tall not only within the Belt but the country at large.
“Upper West Region stands very tall not only in the belt, but the picture is portrayed at the national level and I know NHIA, any of the Directorates and their representatives as Directors would have wanted to be here today.
“The first quarter is almost gone; however Upper West Region as I indicated often does things differently. It is about the first and only region likely to do its review before the end of the first quarter,” he added.