Katsina Commits To Inclusive Health Financing – KTSCHMA

The Katsina State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KTSCHMA) has reaffirmed the state’s determination to present prime healthcare to each residents, particularly the astir vulnerable.

The Director General of KTSCHMA Muhammad I. Safana, stated this astatine the nationalist stakeholder gathering held astatine the Lagos Continental Hotel

He said: “We are arrogant to stock Katsina’s advancement and reaffirm our committedness to inclusive wellness financing. This inaugural is transforming lives and strengthening our wellness strategy for aboriginal generations.”

The meeting, organised successful concern with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), highlighted Katsina’s achievements nether the GAC-supported Primary Health Care (PHC) programme.

Since 2023, the authorities has expanded wellness security to large women and children nether 5 done counterpart backing and strategical enrollment successful the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).

Katsina’s enactment credited the occurrence to Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, whose medication has made wellness a improvement priority. “Governor Radda’s committedness to equity and entree has been pivotal successful driving our wellness security expansion,” the Director General added.

Commissioner for Health Musa Adamu Funtua besides lauded the progress, noting, “Through beardown argumentation advocacy and stakeholder engagement, we are proving that cosmopolitan wellness sum is achievable erstwhile authorities and partners enactment together.”

During a sheet connected “Value for Money successful BHCPF,” KTSCHMA officials discussed enrollee satisfaction, work utilization tracking, and sustainable exit strategies.

The gathering ended with a reappraisal of the Year 4 task workplan, aligning with the Federal Ministry of Health’s Health Sector Strategic Blueprint (HSSB) and the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) to guarantee lasting wellness reforms.