Balarabe stated this in her keynote address at a two-day engagement meeting with the state’s 23 local government chairmen on health financing and leadership held in Abuja yesterday.
She said the strength of the Kaduna Contributory Health Management Agency lies in the formal sector with 98% of the sector enrolled in the scheme, while highlighting improvements in service delivery with significant benefits recorded for maternal mortality rates in the state. She said; “Already, reports reaching us from the public facility indicate improvement in service delivery with significant gains recorded for maternal and mortality rates in the state. I also understand that 79,000 vulnerable groups including pregnant women and children have been impacted by this scheme in the state.
“The scheme is to facilitate access to quality and affordable healthcare for the residents of the state. This policy encourages residents to set aside little of their income while the government supports them for the days they require health intervention for themselves and their families. “In this vein government commits 1% of its consolidated revenue fund to this project to specially target the vulnerable population in the state. This engagement will seek to enhance and further strengthen the state government’s resolve to universal health coverage through health insurance.”
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