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Ebonyi State Health Insurance Agency (EBSHIA) has kicked disconnected a programme to enrol 29,000 persons surviving with HIV (PLHIV) into the state’s wellness security strategy astatine nary cost.
The ceremony, which was coordinated by the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS successful Nigeria (NEPWAN), successful concern with EBSHIA held astatine the Women Development Centre (WDC) Abakaliki, the authorities capital.
The enforcement caput of EBSHIA, Dr Divine Igwe, described the involution arsenic a “bold connection of compassion and inclusion” and a reflection of the state’s resoluteness that “no Ebonyian should beryllium denied healthcare due to the fact that of fiscal barriers.”
Igwe commended Governor Francis Nwifuru, for his “magnanimity and visionary leadership” successful approving escaped entree to healthcare for this captious population.
The EBSHIA brag disclosed that the enrolment, facilitated by a Global Fund task attracted done the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) and the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP), is designed to beryllium seamless.
“To marque this process seamless, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is present with us. “We sincerely admit NIMC for accepting to collaborate with EBSHIA to marque this workout easier.
“Anyone without a National Identification Number (NIN) tin get it close present during registration. Once you implicit your enrolment, EBSHIA volition contented you a wellness security ID card, which grants you entree to healthcare services crossed accredited facilities.
“To debar stigmatization, our ID cards are designed to beryllium identical to the wide wellness security ID cards. There is nary distinction, nary differential recognition, and nary peculiar marking. Everyone is treated with adjacent dignity and confidentiality.
“Furthermore, I privation to guarantee each beneficiaries that your information is highly protected and encrypted.
Nobody volition person unauthorized entree to your idiosyncratic oregon wellness information. So, determination is perfectly nary crushed to fearfulness oregon hesitate — your privateness is guaranteed.
“As Executive Secretary of EBSHIA, I americium personally committed to ensuring that nary Ebonyian volition dice due to the fact that of deficiency of wealth to spell to the infirmary erstwhile sick. That is my pledge to you, and that is the bosom of our mission.
“To each stakeholders, partners, and beneficiaries contiguous present today, fto america enactment unneurotic to marque definite each idiosyncratic surviving with HIV successful Ebonyi State is enrolled, empowered, and assured of prime healthcare.”
The Global Fund Project during the flag-off revealed that portion the people remains astatine 29,000, lone 2,162 persons person been enrolled truthful far.
“Despite the archetypal situation of beneficiaries lacking NINs, the programme is already delivering impact. Key testimonies see 10 palmy deliveries (one by C-section and 9 mean births), 4 hernia operations, 1 fibroid operation, and 3 oculus surgeries, with 3 pairs of eyeglasses issued.
“Our anticipation is that you spell and archer others that this Global Fund task is highly beneficial done the assistance of EBSHIA.”
The coordinator of NEPWAN, Comr. Chukwuma Nwafor described the motion arsenic bonzer adding that it is happening nether the medication of Governor Nwifuru wherever aesculapian services are accessed escaped of complaint without collecting immoderate percentage.
“It is present near for america to entree these services,” helium said.
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