PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Zambia president Keegan Mwape says government should conduct an analysis of costs of medicines and health services and come up with an average that will be implemented by NHIMA accredited health providers. And Mwape says once individual contributions for NHIMA are increased as suggested by government, the quality of services offered on the scheme should also improve. Recently, Health Minister Dr Elijah Muchima said government would increase individual contributions to the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) in order to enhance the quality of services provided under the scheme. Reacting to this in an interview, Wednesday, Mwape said there was need for a market analysis to be conducted to come up with an average of how much...
