The National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS has given approvals to 114 Primary Healthcare facilities to render basic health care to people in Gombe State.
This was revealed at the Ground breaking ceremony to mark the signing of the Service level agreement of the Basic health care Provision Funds, which took Place at the conference hall of the Medical College, Gombe State University.
The Executive Secretary, Primary Healthcare Development Agency Gombe State, Dr. Abdurrahman Shuaibu, said the Nigerian Government in 2014 put in place basic healthcare Funds, meant to Fund Primary Healthcare activities for effective service delivery as well as provide financial accessibility and emergency Medical service.
“In our own State, the Governor, Inuwa Yahya keyed in to the Programme through the payment of one hundred Million Naira as counterpart Funds to kick start the Process we started with accreditation of healthcare facilities, building Capacity of our health workers and also the final verification of healthcare Facilities.
“I stand before you to say that I am very proud and delighted to inform you that 114 facilities were verified and ready for use to access these funds,” the Executive Secretary explained.
Dr. Abubakar Musa explained the importance of the collaboration between the State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, and the Primary Health Care Development Agency in rendering good quality service delivery to People and health sector of Gombe State.
“Today we are making a very important steps in our journey towards achieving service universal health coverage in Gombe State.
Service Level Agreement
“We shall be signing service level agreement in order to enable our enrolled beneficiaries to have access to basic minimum package of health services, those beneficiaries were selected , using the state social register targeting the poor and vulnerable.
“The exercise was done in collaboration with Facilities especially the ward development committees, and they are ready to accessing health Care.
“‘With the two implementing agencies; the Primary Health Care Development Agency as well as State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, with signed this agreement there will be mutual contracts between the facilities and these two agencies to deliver quality services to our people,” he said.
In his remarks, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru said these facilities selected was just the beginning of the programme and it would be scaled up to another secondary facilities including Private Clinics.
He expressed satisfaction that all the 114 facilities visited had been cleared and accredited by the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS to provide basic healthcare.
It would be recalled that the Local government workers and Primary school teachers rejected, the State Contributory Healthcare for non-implementation of the new minimum wage by the Gombe State Government.
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