The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of the National Health Act 2014 with the disbursement of over six billion naira to fifteen States and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Enahire, announced this at the sixty-second National Council on Health, meeting in Asaba, Delta State.
After almost fifty-nine years of independence, Nigeria still ranks low among the World Health Organization member nations in the Universal Health Coverage.
The National Health Insurance Scheme which is tasked with overall goal of enhancing access to quality and affordable health care has less than five per cent coverage and the country has the highest cases of maternal and neonatal deaths with other health challenges confronting it.
This year’s National Council On Health meeting with the theme consolidating the journey towards Achieving Health Coverage also discussed other Health Emergencies outbreak, curbing the growing menace of mental and substance abuse and maternal and child health with six States identified as high burdened with cases of Maternal and neonatal deaths.
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