Valerie Lankai Lawson is an international student from Ghana who is enrolled in the Master of Arts in Development Studies program. Her research interest lies in healthcare where she aims to examine equity in healthcare access in Africa through the National Health Insurance Scheme, using Ghana as a case study. Through this research, she hopes to contribute her quota to Ghana’s health system and development in general.

Keywords: Healthcare, National Health Insurance Scheme, Out-of-pocket expenditure, Accra, Financial risk protection