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•How Delta adopted ICT integration to ramp up advocacies, enrollees, by Nkechika Until now, despite efforts by the Federal Government through the National Health Insurance Scheme , now National Health Insurance Authority , it is estimated that only 10 per cent of Nigeria’s population of about 200 million have one kind of…•How Delta adopted ICT integration to ramp up advocacies, enrollees, by...
The NHIS was launched in 2005 as a mechanism to engender universal health coverage by helping to bridge the healthcare financing gap in Nigeria. According to a recent publication, “Nigeria Health Sector: Market Study Report”, the NHIA is currently working on promoting the ICT integration of its processes towards maximising efficiency and enabling innovation to advance its strategic goals.
A statement by DSCHC, signed by its Director General and Chief Executive Officer , Dr. Ben Nkechika, noted: “Total number of residents of Delta State covered under the scheme and the demographic and socioeconomic structure of the enrollees as well as overall percent coverage, to date.
“Premium for Equity Health Plan of 7,000/person/year is paid by the Delta State Government for all pregnant women, children under five years and elderly above 65 years that comes to a DSCHC accredited healthcare facility for service.” He said there is also “Identifiable Group Taxation” Programme in which identifiable artisan groups who make daily contributions for their artisan trade taxation example Okada/Kekenapep riders, market men and women, artisan associations etc., are provided free health insurance service as an incentive.
In the first phase of the programme, over 134 residents of inaccessible communities were ferried to access healthcare services at Oporoza Pololubo, Ode Itsekiri, Awanba, Ogbudugbudu, Ogbinbiri and Sandfill healthcare facilities. “Second, to mandate all DSCHC field agents attached to all DSCHC accredited HCFs to ensure registration of all newborns with the DSCHC NPC compliant registration portal and issue them a certified NPC birth certificate and a DSCHS ID card under the Equity Health Plan/BHCPF programme.“The NPC, UNICEF and DSCHC shall each nominate two people to form a six-people team that will be responsible for Monitoring and Evaluation and report to their supervisors.
He said there have been landmark improvements of the ranking of the State in healthcare coverage, health service delivery, and health sector performance, attributable to the contributory health scheme through ICT.
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