The Chief Executive Officer of the NHIA, Dr Da-Costa Aboagye, told the Daily Graphic in Accra on Wednesday that the initiative, on the affair "Addressing Non-Communicable Diseases and Abiding Diseases in Ghana", was the antitoxin aspect of bloom care
He said it would action absolute anniversary bloom screening for claret pressure, claret sugar, and Body Mass Index (BMI) testing, forth with counselling and referrals as needed. All NHIS subscribers and Ghana Card holders would be arrive already a year to do the check-up. "The action provides an befalling for all Ghanaians age-old 18 and above, irrespective of NHIS enrolment, to admission bloom affliction at any credentialed provider nationwide," Dr Aboagye stated
It is aimed at acceptable healthcare admission and announcement antitoxin measures adjoin non-NCDs and abiding altitude through aboriginal detection. NCDs such as hypertension, stroke, diabetes and cancers accept been articular as the above account of bloodshed in the country; a bashful analgesic precipitated basically by lifestyle
The aboriginal appearance of the NHIS antitoxin bloom action will accommodate the casework at appointed accessible and clandestine bloom accessories nationwide, ensuring accessibility behindhand of area or socio-economic status
At the barrage of the action in Accra aftermost Monday, Dr Aboagye said it was a affirmation of the government and the NHIA's commitments to acceptable bloom affliction admission and abbreviation ache incidence
"Our Chargeless Anniversary Bloom Checkup programme is advised to anticipate astringent bloom conditions, abate healthcare costs and advance affection of life"
"The action aims to access activity expectancy, abate healthcare costs and advance the accomplishment of accepted bloom advantage and Sustainable Development Goal Three," Dr Aboagye said
The NHIA bang-up emphasised the accent of ache blockage and application the action to access NHIA membership. He said it was additionally in band with the all-around about-face appear antitoxin bloom care, affirmation the allowances of aboriginal apprehension and intervention
Dr Aboagye accustomed the collaborative efforts of assorted stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Bloom Service, Christian Bloom Association of Ghana (CHAG), clandestine bloom facilities, teaching hospitals, the Society of Clandestine Medical and Dental Bloom Practitioners, and association leaders
He additionally bidding acknowledgment to development ally such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for their abutment and adherence to convalescent accessible bloom in the country
"The NHIA will assignment with its ally to ensure they are able-bodied able to bear this high-quality screening. This programme is not aloof about testing, but additionally about educating our citizenry on advantageous lifestyles and antitoxin measures," he stated
Dr Aboagye said a civic acclimatization would be agitated out to animate Ghanaians to booty advantage of the Chargeless Anniversary Bloom Checkup to aegis their bloom and accord to a convalescent and added advantageous nation
Delivering the keynote abode on account of the wife of the Vice-President, Samira Bawumia, the Abbot of Accessible Enterprises, Joseph Codjoe, accent the acceptation of the action as one of two bigger policies, forth with the Chargeless Senior High School action the government alien to advance the lives of Ghanaians
"Ghanaians are encouraged to utilise the Chargeless Anniversary Bloom Checkup for aboriginal apprehension of bloom issues, enabling bigger activity planning," the abbot said
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