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According to the World Health Organization, 12% of the world's population spends more than 10% of its income on health expenditures, a situation it considers unacceptable.
JoyBusiness looks at one of the country's social intervention programs in the health sector, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and its effectiveness in providing health care for low-income people .
Karen Dodoo visited Old Fadama, a slum in Accra, popular with chiefs known as Kayayei, who have mostly migrated to Accra in search of greener pastures. The goal was to increase the effectiveness of the pro-poor program for low-income people.
Hamdzie Abubakar, one of these women, a 24-year-old mother, recounted how spending on housing, food and health care made it impossible to save money to realize her dream of carry on studies.
Although Hamdzie has a national health insurance card, she did not ask to renew her subscription because she believes the card is not as effective.
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