All Nigerians to have Universal Health Coverage - Perm. Sec.

President Buhari (rightI VP Osibajo (middle) and Linus   Awute (left) during the briefing of the President by Federal Ministry of   Health

President Buhari (rightI VP Osibajo (middle) and Linus Awute (left) during the briefing of the President by Federal Ministry of Health

President Buhari (rightI VP Osibajo (middle) and Linus   Awute (left) during the briefing of the President by Federal Ministry of   Health
President Buhari (rightI VP Osibajo (middle) and Linus Awute (left) during the briefing of the President by Federal Ministry of Health

The Federal Ministry of Health is harmonizing its strategic Health Development Plan with the vision of the present administration on Healthcare in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage for Nigerians.

Linus Awute, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health who stated this in an interview shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House on Wednesday said that the measure is designed to guarantee equity by ensuring that poor rural dwellers have access to affordable and reliable healthcare.

The vision, according to him will be driven by the community-based Social Health Insurance Programme as well as the Voluntary Contributor Social Health Insurance Programme which have already been launched by the Ministry.

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On the gains of the recent state visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States of America on the health sector, Awute said “The health sector has started to feel the positive impact of that visit as there are emerging new partnership undertakings between key agencies of the United States and other global organizations who are now keying into the programme of the Nigeria Health Sector”.

He added that “one of the key elements of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Nigeria is International Health Security for which Nigeria’s scorecard has been rated very high in the Global Community”.

The most recent legacies are the records of Nigeria on Disease Emergency Response and Containment, as well as eradication of Guinea Worm, the Ebola Virus Disease and the interruption of transmission of Wild Polio Virus.”

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