By Amos Tauna Francis Ukwuije, Technical Officer, Health Financing, World Health Organisation, Nigeria, has blamed poor health care ...
By Amos Tauna
Francis Ukwuije, Technical Officer, Health Financing, World
Health Organisation, Nigeria, has blamed poor health care in Nigeria on the
country’s very high out-of-pocket expenditure of more than 70 percent, with
over 50 percent falling into poverty.
He made the observation in Abuja on Wednesday when a
delegation of the first WHO health financing mission in Nigeria visited the
management of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
He assured that efforts were on towards implementing
compulsory health insurance in Nigeria, saying that they were important in
advancing the development of the country.
Mohammed Sambo, the Chief Executive Officer, NHIA, opined
that countries must provide financial risk protection for their people through
health insurance in order to attain universal health coverage.
Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, who also received the WHO’s team, explained that an estimated 83
million vulnerable Nigerians would benefit from universal health coverage programmes
to make quality healthcare service affordable and accessible.
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