Ugwuanyi strengthens healthcare delivery strategies for Enugu residents
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In furtherance of his concerted efforts to ensure that all residents of Enugu State have access to quality and affordable healthcare services, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, yesterday, inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Board of the State Agency for Universal Health Coverage (ENSA-UHC), headed by Dr. Robsam Ohayi.
The Enugu State Universal Health Coverage Agency was created in 2018 pursuant to the State Health Sector Reform Law of 2017, which made provisions for the creation of an agency to promote, regulate, supervise and ensure the effective administration of a universal health coverage scheme for residents of the state.
Buhari said such a step will provide a digital framework for improving security and strengthening the economy.
The president spoke while launching the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian Telecoms Sector and Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Cards registration in Abuja and was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina.
He said proper identification of all Nigerians and legal residents in the country and the ability to conveniently access a database will provide an impetus for more effective planning and security oversight.
“The NIN will cover one of the weaknesses in our security structure. We will be able to easily identify and know the personality of Nigerians. We will identify people easily, including the crooks,’’ he said.
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In furtherance of his concerted efforts to ensure that all residents of Enugu State have access to quality and affordable healthcare services, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, yesterday, inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Board of the State Agency for Universal Health Coverage (ENSA-UHC), headed by Dr. Robsam Ohayi.
The Enugu State Universal Health Coverage Agency was created in 2018 pursuant to the State Health Sector Reform Law of 2017, which made provisions for the creation of an agency to promote, regulate, supervise and ensure the effective administration of a universal health coverage scheme for residents of the state.
Inaugurating the board, Gov. Ugwuanyi, represented by his deputy, Hon. Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, stated that the agency “guided by extant central and subnational organic laws and kindred enactments” will formulate and implement policies that will not only ensure residents’ access to quality and affordable healthcare delivery b
Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, the Minister of Health, has described Ghana’s health sector performance for the year 2020 as mixed, saying although tremendous progress was made in some indicators, “a number of our milestones suffered.” The Health Minister, who was addressing the National Health Sector Annual Summit for 2021, which opened in Accra, said there was a clear indication that the sector, had recorded significant performance in some areas, for which it must be congratulated. Unfortunately, the sector failed to achieve, for instance, the target of 62 per cent skilled delivery in 2020 and instead, recorded 55.4 per cent, while institutional neonatal mortality also worsened from 7.3 per 1,000 live births to 7.5 per 1000 live births within the period, he said.
Passed NHIS Bill still has gaps to be addressed
May 5, 2021 Written by ALHAJ KADDUNABBI IBRAHIM LUBEGA
On March 31, 2021, Members of Parliament passed the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) bill, which seeks to provide universal healthcare to all Ugandans.
However, before its’ passing, the state minister of health Robinah Nabbanja had made it clear to the House that the bill in its current state needed to be withdrawn, pending consultations from stakeholders.
My feeling, though, is that instead of withdrawing the bill, the minister ought to have asked for some more time before parliament considers the bill.
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