{"id":231919,"date":"2024-10-14T08:44:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T08:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:44:28","slug":"election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

By Philip Tengzu<\/p>\n

Goripie (UW\/R), Oct. 13, GNA \u2013 Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised Ghanaians an insurance-free primary healthcare, if he is voted into power on December 7, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said healthcare access at the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) facilities, Health Centres, Clinics and Polyclinics would not require an active National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) membership card of the client.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Mahama announced this at the weekend at Goripie, a community in the Wa East District, during his campaign tour of the Upper West Region.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

He indicated that the initiative would form part of his grand agenda of ensuring healthy lives of Ghanaians through his proposed \u201cCommunity Healthcare Programme\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former President said, under the programme, an active NHIS membership card would only be required of a patient seeking healthcare services at the secondary health facilities including the district and regional hospitals and those in tertiary institutions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Mahama added that they would recruit community health workers and provide them with the necessary working tools to help prevent preventable diseases such as diabetes in the communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to recruit community health workers who are going to be responsible for preventive and community primary health care. They will visit your house from time to time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will have the machine to measure your blood pressure to make sure that you don\u2019t have hypertension and that you don\u2019t come down with a stroke.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

They will have the machine for measuring your sugar level to make sure that you are not suffering from diabetes without knowing it,\u201d he explained.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Mahama also announced a region-based recruitment into the security services without considering one\u2019s academic results to ensure fair distribution of job opportunities within the security services.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you don\u2019t have the school certificate with English and Mathematics, you just have an NVTI (National Vocational Training Institute) Vocational Training Certificate that shows that you are a driver, you are a plumber, you are an electrician, you are a dressmaker \u2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whatever skill you have, we would use that certificate to employ you into the police service, into immigration, into prisons, into fire service, into customs,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other interventions the former President mentioned included farmer service centres with credit-based subsidised services to help improve agriculture production in the country and non-payment of school fees by first year tertiary students.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n

Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw, the Member of Parliament for Wa East Constituency, observed that some youth in the constituency were into small-scale mining as a source of employment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He, therefore, said if the NDC came to power it would regularise small-scale mining and put in measures to ensure responsible mining without destroying the environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The traditional leaders of the communities visited made requests ranging from improved road networks, enhanced health facilities, rural electrification and security among others.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a message read on his behalf, Naa Dikomwine Domalae, the Paramount Chief of Daffiama Traditional Area, appealed to the Former President, to upgrade the Daffiama Health Centre to a Polyclinic to enhance healthcare service delivery at that facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

GNA\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Philip Tengzu Goripie (UW\/R), Oct. 13, GNA \u2013 Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised Ghanaians an insurance-free primary healthcare, if he is voted into power on December 7, 2024.\u00a0 He said healthcare access at the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) facilities, Health Centres, Clinics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\nElection 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Philip Tengzu Goripie (UW\/R), Oct. 13, GNA \u2013 Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised Ghanaians an insurance-free primary healthcare, if he is voted into power on December 7, 2024.\u00a0 He said healthcare access at the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) facilities, Health Centres, Clinics […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-14T08:44:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1271\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-14T08:44:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":524,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/\",\"name\":\"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-14T08:44:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1271},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/14\\\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"By Philip Tengzu Goripie (UW\/R), Oct. 13, GNA \u2013 Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised Ghanaians an insurance-free primary healthcare, if he is voted into power on December 7, 2024.\u00a0 He said healthcare access at the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) facilities, Health Centres, Clinics […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-10-14T08:44:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1271,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare","datePublished":"2024-10-14T08:44:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/"},"wordCount":524,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg","articleSection":["Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/","name":"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-14T08:44:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/John-Mahama-Health-3.jpg","width":2000,"height":1271},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/election-2024-mahama-promises-ghanaians-insurance-free-primary-healthcare\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Election 2024: Mahama promises Ghanaians insurance-free primary healthcare"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}