The Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority, (KADCHMA)in collaboration with key stakeholders will revitalize sickbays of public boarding schools and link the facilities with the nearest primary or secondary healthcare centers.
The initiative was to ensure that secondary school students access quality healthcare services at an affordable rate and boost enrollment into the scheme in Kaduna state.
Abubakar Hassan, the Director-General, KADCHMA, disclosed this during a two-day engagement workshop with Media Managers and KADCHMA at Zaria on Thursday.
He added that the referral initiative was to move the student to nearest facilities when there are complications beyond capacity of the sickbay; it was aimed at allowing the parents and student to be comfortable while pursuing Knowledge.
“That the initiative which would commence in 2014 was also targeted at reducing high out-of-pocket expenses and impoverishment spending for healthcare services in the presence of low household financial capacity,” the director-general said.
Ahealth account survey conducted by KADCHMA says 84.2 percent of residents in the state incur heavy out of pocket expenses for healthcare services.
One of the goals of the scheme was to ensure that healthcare expenses did not lead to poverty and stop people from having other social needs.
The health account survey conducted by KADCHMA for 2017 to 2021 indicated the imperative of people pulling resources under the scheme to access quality healthcare at an affordable rate.
The director-general, therefore, said that the agenda of Gov. Uba Sani was to use the scheme as a vehicle for reducing poverty through a robust enrollment into the scheme, hence the workshop with media managers.
