Nigerian Government Seeking Sustainable Funding Options for Health Sector

The Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire says the federal government was currently pushing for a law on a mandatory health insurance scheme in Nigeria, as part of reforms as well as to revolutionise funding in the sector. <br />The Minister says the government was implementing innovative digital health technology reforms and building a network of National Primary Health Care centres across the country to take healthcare delivery to the grassroots. <br />Ehanire says models of the new Primary Healthcare Centres designs had been sent to all state governors adding that each PHC would have staff quarters, assured water supply, solar-powered aggregates and a sound complement of human resources for health. <br />He says that PHCs are the most important building blocks of the country’s health system and should be prioritised by all states as the platform attain Universal Health Coverage.