From: Supporting a review of the benefits package of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
# | Category | Intervention |
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1 | Child health | Drug treatment childhood pneumonia |
2 | Iron supplementation in < 1 s | |
3 | Oral rehydration solution for diarrhoea in < 5 s | |
4 | Screening children 5–15 for uncorrected refraction error | |
5 | Ear, nose & throat | Drug treatment otitis media |
6 | Screening hearing loss | |
7 | Malaria | Use of insecticide-treated bed nets |
8 | Pre-referral rectal drug treatment malaria in < 5 s | |
9 | Pre-referral rectal drug treatment malaria in > 5 s | |
10 | Drug treatment uncomplicated malaria in < 5 s | |
11 | Maternal and neonatal | Antenatal corticosteroids for preterm labour |
12 | Antibiotics for pPROM | |
13 | Asymptotic bacteriuria detection and treatment (as part of antenatal care) | |
14 | Community-based management of neonatal pneumonia | |
15 | Community-based support for low birthweight babies | |
16 | Intermittent preventive drug treatment malaria during pregnancy | |
17 | Iron supplementation (pregnant women) | |
18 | Isoniazid preventive therapy HIV-infected pregnant women | |
19 | Preventive drug treatment for patients at risk of post-partum haemorrhage | |
20 | Skilled maternal and immediate new-born care | |
21 | Syphilis detection and management (as part of antenatal care) | |
22 | Tetanus toxoid vaccination (as part of antenatal care) | |
23 | Neglected tropical diseases | Antivenom for snakebites |
24 | Integrated mass drug administration strategies for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (children 5–14 years old) | |
25 | Non-communicable diseases | Diabetes, retinopathy screening + photocoagulation |
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27 | Psychological and neurological | Case management of epilepsy |
28 | Heavy alcohol use, brief advice | |
29 | Drug + psychosocial treatment schizophrenia | |
30 | Sexual and reproductive health | Male circumcision |
31 | Drug treatment sexually transmitted infections | |
32 | Voluntary Counselling and Testing | |
33 | Surgical | Cataract surgery |
34 | Inguinal hernia repair |