The Director-General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this in a statement issued by the organisation to mark the 2019 World Health Day. The day is celebrated every April 7.
He said although enormous progress has been made in recent years against some of the world’s leading causes of death and disease, much work still has to be done to realise WHO’s vision. In Sustainable Development Goals, the world has committed to achieving universal health coverage by 2030. Mr Mpazange said the National Health Act, 2014, and the National Health Policy, 2016, provide the legal and policy frameworks for the realisation of UHC as a key agenda of the government.
“In this regard. the efforts of the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory in establishing Health Insurance and contributory schemes to reduce the existing very high Out of Pocket Expenditure and catastrophic spending in Nigeria is commendable,” he said.
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