The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in partnership with the Ondo State Government and the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria, recently launched a programme aimed at promoting health insurance enrolment among cocoa farmers, informal workers, and vulnerable households at risk of child labour. The initiative, under the ILO’s Global Accelerator Lab project, funded by the United States Department of Labour, is …

The Federal Government has said it is working towards enrolling two million Nigerians in the nation’s health insurance scheme through the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund. The government also said it had embarked on other initiatives aimed at strengthening the healthcare system, including expanding primary healthcare to 8,800 Primary Health Care Centers across all 36 states and establishing a national emergency …

The Oyo State Health Insurance Agency is set for enrolment and validation of 10,000 pupils in the state, under its health insurance coverage. This, according to the Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Sola Akande, was in furtherance of Governor Seyi Makinde’s integrated approach to education in the state. Akande made this known on Wednesday, during a courtesy visit to …

Jigawa State government has concluded arrangements to commence registration of 143,500 vulnerable and less-privileged people for free health insurance under the Danmodi Care Programme. The technical adviser to the state governor on healthcare, Alhaji Isa Surajo, revealed this during a one-day town hall meeting with relevant stakeholders on the programme held at the new Secretariat Dutse. He explained that the …

The Federal Government, on Monday, said efforts were ongoing to include cancer treatment in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This, the government said, was to ensure adequate and affordable healthcare services for citizens diagnosed with cancer. The  National Coordinator of Cancer Control Programme,  Federal Ministry of Health,  Uche Nwokwu, disclosed this at the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association Cancer …

The health insurance scheme in Nasarawa State has recently enrolled 130 Almajiri teenagers. This initiative is part of the government’s efforts to improve the healthcare coverage for these young residents. The State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Aishatu Ibrahim, highlighted this gesture and also mentioned that 80 Almajiri children have been enrolled in public schools to ensure they …

The Director General of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Professor Mohammed Sambo has charged the state offices of the agency to ensure that no Nigerian is left uncovered under the health insurance scheme. Sambo, who spoke in Kaduna yesterday when he received the Award of Excellence from the Kaduna State office of NHIA, said with the  NHIA Act 2022, health …

The Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Prof. Mohammed Sambo has said that the new NHIA Act 2022, is designed to make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerians even as the authority has trained Community Mobilisation Officers (COMO) of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), with a view to drive grassroots enlightenment on the health insurance scheme in …

At least 230,000 indigent and vulnerable residents of Lagos State are currently benefitting from free health insurance coverage sponsored by the state government through the Eko Social Health Alliance (EkoSHA). The beneficiaries include those at the elderly and orphanage homes, vulnerable persons living with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, sickle cell anaemia, and victims of domestic and sexual violence spread across the 57 local …