The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) was established in 1966 under the Ministry of Health. The Fund's mission is to provide  accessible, affordable, sustainable and quality social health insurance through effective and efficient utilization of resources to the satisfaction of stakeholders, that is the members to the Fund. All the people who contribute to the Fund have access to its facilities and to government hospitals and certain private hospitals within the country. This service is also provided to migrant workers.