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Include herbal medicine in NHIS – Traditional healers to government
Traditional healers in the Ashanti Region have called on the government to include herbal medicine in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
According to the members of the Ghana National Association of Traditional Healers, although they contributed immensely to the delivery of health care in the country, they were being discriminated against as a result of the exclusion of herbal drugs from the NHIS.
Speaking to media in an interview, The Chief Executive Officer of Amagashi Herbal and Spiritual Centre Apostle Dr Samul Amagashi express some of the challenges herbal medicine practitioners in Ghana faced.
He said helping herbal practioners will help saving the nation millions of dollars in foreign exchange which could have been used to purchase foreign drugs.
He said traditional healers should rather be supported to increase their contribution to healthcare delivery in the country and not sidelined.
“Our members use their own funds to promote their business which is a challenge to them which he call on government to come to their aid because they contributed to the country’s socio-economic growth,” he said.
Report by: Ofori Boateng Samuel
Source:www.dailywatchgh.com