How Tanzania can achieve universal health coverage
National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) members wait for their chances to see heart specialists during a special clinic held at the Singida Regional Hospital recently. PHOTO|GASPER ANDREW
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Nonetheless, making the scheme workable will require making tough decisions and working out a strategy, which would help all Tanzanians appreciate the value of being insured.
As heath advocacy organisations convened in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday to ponder on how to guarantee healthcare access to the poor and marginalized, the big question The Citizen posed to all health stakeholders was: What will it take for Tanzania to achieve the mandatory health insurance plan?
