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Driving the implementation of the National Health Act of Nigeria to improve the health of her population

The Nigerian government has previously implemented policies to achieve universal health coverage, however, only few are health-insured. In 2022, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed the bill for the National Health Insurance Act. As a result of this development and the ensuing tar...

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Autores principales: Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen, Afolabi, Aanuoluwapo Adeyimika, Adeoya, Christianah Toluwalope
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10589412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37869226
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.157.37223
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description The Nigerian government has previously implemented policies to achieve universal health coverage, however, only few are health-insured. In 2022, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed the bill for the National Health Insurance Act. As a result of this development and the ensuing target of providing health insurance to all Nigerians by 2030, efforts to combat the high prevalence of poverty caused by out-of-pocket medical expenses while engaging with State Health Insurance Agencies are now more feasible than ever. Health insurance is now required for all Nigerians and legal residents. This article thus aimed to outline strategies to ensure that the National Health Insurance Act contributes positively to the health and well-being of Nigerians.
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spelling pubmed-105894122023-10-22 Driving the implementation of the National Health Act of Nigeria to improve the health of her population Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen Afolabi, Aanuoluwapo Adeyimika Adeoya, Christianah Toluwalope Pan Afr Med J Perspectives The Nigerian government has previously implemented policies to achieve universal health coverage, however, only few are health-insured. In 2022, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed the bill for the National Health Insurance Act. As a result of this development and the ensuing target of providing health insurance to all Nigerians by 2030, efforts to combat the high prevalence of poverty caused by out-of-pocket medical expenses while engaging with State Health Insurance Agencies are now more feasible than ever. Health insurance is now required for all Nigerians and legal residents. This article thus aimed to outline strategies to ensure that the National Health Insurance Act contributes positively to the health and well-being of Nigerians. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10589412/ /pubmed/37869226 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.157.37223 Text en Copyright: Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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