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Samuel Addo

Healthcare systems, traditional medicine integration

Public-health physician based in Kumasi. Writes about why Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme works on paper but breaks in rural districts, and what herbalist registration could and could not solve.

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Threads by Samuel Addo

Environment & Land Contemporary (2000–present)

Cape Town day-zero — the inequity of how the response was distributed

1 min · Apr 17, 2026
Modern Solutions Contemporary (2000–present)

Community health workers — the Bangladeshi model and African adaptations

2 min · Mar 19, 2026
Modern Solutions Contemporary (2000–present)

NHIS herbalist tier — Ghana's experiment with traditional medicine integration

1 min · Feb 9, 2026
Modern Solutions Contemporary (2000–present)

M-KOPA pay-as-you-go solar — the 2024 contraction and the model's limits

2 min · Jan 28, 2026
Society & Community Contemporary (2000–present)

Cocoa farmer healthcare access — Ghana's CHPS and the geography of clinics

2 min · Jan 11, 2026
Modern Solutions Contemporary (2000–present)

Ghana's NHIS works on paper, breaks in rural districts — the missing herbalist tier

2 min · Jan 1, 2026