NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SECRETARIAT LAUNCHED

Grenada has been applauded for joining countries around the world that have chosen the route of national health insurance for its citizens, having first begun this conversation in the early 1990’s. Professor Carl Theodore at the Health Economics Unit at the University of the West Indies says that there is no doubt that the health system will be improved through the use of the social health mechanism.

He wa speaking on Tuesday at the official signing ceremony of the technical support contract and opening of the national health insurance secretariat.

He suggested that Grenada follow the pattern of most countries to set up a mixed pool for funding where some of the monies will be contributed by the government, some by employers and the rest by the working population: