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CHECKOUT THE NEW LAGOS STATE HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME

As the Lagos State government prepares to roll out the
mandatory State Health Insurance Scheme, SHIS, report of
an assessment carried out on its health sector has revealed
that the introduction of the SHIS, will grow health services
but increase workload on the state’s institutional capacity.
The project is aimed towards achieving Actuarial Analysis
of the projected costs of providing insurance coverage for
the state’s benefit programmes.
The findings by the State government in collaboration with
the United States Agency for International Development,
USAID, funded Health Finance & Governance, HFG, tagged:
“Evidenced Synthesis on Fiscal Space Analysis, Governance
& State Health Account Assessments” also pointed out that
some existing health facilities require attention.
Presenting the findings at a workshop tagged: “Lagos State
Evidence Synthesis Workshop”, in Lagos, Dr. Tanko
Yakassai said the it was revealed that  the state’s Health
Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA,
current institutional capacity cannot take up the
responsibility required for the take off of the scheme,
hence, the need to strengthened agency to carry out its
function.
According to Yakassai, the report which observed that
Lagos State has relatively adequate human resources for
health and well distributed health facilities, recommended
that the Primary Health Care Under One Roof, PHCUOR,
policy must be fully implemented.
It said that State Primary Health Care Management Boards,
SPHCMB, were not able to effectively hold PHC workers
accountable due to non –implementation of PHCOUR.
Yakassai, stressed the need for policy sustainability, and
capacity building to ensure consensus and coalition
formulation for continuous appraisal of the Lagos State
Health Insurance Scheme.
Earlier, USAID Representative, Dr. Abimbola Kola –Jebutu
expressed optimism that the LSHIS, would be a model for
other states.
He said the HFG programme was implemented without
external funding, noting: “money is the oxygen of
healthcare and when there is money health systems works
better.”
According to the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide
Idris,the assessment was done to ensure proper packaging
of the SHIS for effective service delivery.
Represented by the Director of Research Planning and
statistics, Dr Olufemi Taiwo, Idris said the Scheme was
mandatory for all residents in the state.
“Prior to this Scheme, we have assisted our people with free
health which has overstretched our services and the high
burden of diseases in the state has caused a lot of
stretched to our health institutions.
“The HFG project will assist us in working out the modalities
such as providers, payment mechanism, and ensure it
becomes a reality and a huge success. A lot of meetings
are going on for operational guidelines and we are also
working on ICT,” he explained.
The package for the Health Insurance Scheme will cover
screening, diagnosis and treatment for Maternal, Newborn
and Child Health, ante/post natal services, Nutrition,
Immunization, Hypertension and Diabetes. Others include,
communicable and non- communicable diseases, HIV/ AID,
Tuberculosis, Malaria and Emergency Services.
CHECKOUT THE NEW LAGOS STATE HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME CHECKOUT THE NEW LAGOS STATE HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME Reviewed by sunday on October 31, 2017 Rating: 5

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