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Table 4 Interventions included in all packages

From: Supporting a review of the benefits package of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana

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Category

Intervention

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

26

HPV [15, 17] vaccination

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

  1. *pPROM preterm premature rupture of the membrane, HPV human papillomavirus