Advocacy for Cleft Care Inclusion in Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme

‘Catastrophic expenditure’: Why government must enroll cleft care on NHIS

While they deal with societal stigma and rejection, parents and guardians of children living with cleft are enduring constant economic constraints as they seek care. A yet-to-be-published study by the National Cleft Care Centre (NCCC) has revealed that parents spend at least twenty-five per cent (25%) of their annual income on transportation, feeding and other miscellaneous activities in their quest to seek free comprehensive care. A situation the centre describes as ‘catastrophic expenditu...

By Caleb Ahinakwah