“This means that only 3 percent of Nigerians have access to health insurance.”
97 per cent of Nigerians are not using health insurance to access healthcare services and this is denying many children access to basic healthcare, The Nigerian Demographic Health Survey report has revealed.
But many mothers are paying for healthcare out of their pocket and are unable to afford the cost of health service for their children. “What this means is that the basic vaccination coverage is still very poor even though per cent of children who received all vaccination increased from 23 per cent in 2008 to 31 per cent in 2018”, she explained.
According to the NDHS, 2018, delivery by skilled providers remains low at 43 percent even though the trend has improved from 39 per cent in 2008 to 43 percent as of 2018. Also, only 39 per cent of birth take place at health facilities. In order to improve maternal and newborn healthcare services, Zubie-Okolo, explained that “Information on key indicators of maternal and newborn care in Nigeria will help policymakers and programme implementers in assessing current policies and programmes as well as in decision making”.
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