Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority says about three hundred thousand people accessed its various health services from January to date.
The Administration and Finance of the Authority the Head, Alhaji Suleiman Mustapha stated this at a one-day meeting in Kaduna on review progress, challenges and develop an action plan to scale up enrolment into the health scheme.
He said there is improvement in the number of persons accessing health services compared to over three hundred and seventy people that accessed the services in last year.
Earlier, PERL’s State Lead Facilitator, Mr Adejor Abel, assured that PERL would continue to provide adequate support to ensure that more persons were enrolled under the informal sector to access basic healthcare.
Co-Chair, KADMAM, Alhaji Mustapha Jumare, , stressed the need to increase enrolment of the informal sector to reduce out of pocket expenditure on healthcare services.
He said that as an accountability mechanism, KADMAM would continue to advocate to the government to ensure that the quality services were being provided in accredited facilities across the state.
Alhaji Jumare said that the meeting provided an opportunity to develop strategy to improve the enrolment into the scheme.
State Team Lead, Layifa, an FCDO-funded health programme, Mr Muazu Habibu, also pledged continued support to KADCHMA to improve enrolment and quality of service delivery.
He said that Lafiya had concluded plans to support KADCHMA to develop a 10-year strategic plan, and domestication of the National Health Insurance Authority framework currently being developed.
The meeting was organised by the Kaduna Maternal Accountability Mechanism (KADMAM), in collaboration with Ward Development Committee and KADCHMA.
It was supported by the United Kingdom-Funder governance programme, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Adamu Yusuf
