Federal Authorities disburses over N130 billion into fundamental healthcare in 5 years
The Federal Authorities has allotted N130.8 billion for healthcare providers through the Primary Well being Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) since its inception in 2019.
Dr. Mukhtar Muhammad, Director of BHCPF, shared this replace throughout a media engagement in Abuja on Wednesday.
He revealed, “Since 2019, we now have disbursed over N130 billion via the BHCPF to bolster healthcare supply throughout Nigeria. A further N12.9 billion is put aside for disbursement in 2024.”
The funding highlights the federal government’s dedication to enhancing healthcare supply in Nigeria
Breakdown of disbursements
The yearly allocations from the BHCPF have been:
- N26.8 billion in 2024 to date
About BHCPF
The Primary Well being Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) is a key part of Nigeria’s Nationwide Well being Act 2014. It’s designed to make sure that each Nigerian has entry to fundamental healthcare providers.
The fund helps the supply of healthcare by allocating sources to varied businesses and services, with a deal with offering providers to poor and susceptible populations.
Dr. Muhammad added, “The BHCPF is funded by one per cent of the Federal Authorities’s Consolidated Income Fund (CRF) and donor contributions. These funds are allotted via 4 key businesses: the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage Authority (NHIA), Nationwide Main Well being Care Growth Company (NPHCDA), Nationwide Emergency Medical Therapy Committee (NEMTC), and Nigeria Centre for Illness Management (NCDC).”
Dr. Muhammad emphasised, “This fund operates as a grant, not an allocation. States and native governments should meet particular situations, together with offering counterpart funding and making certain services meet the required requirements earlier than accessing these funds.”
Concentrate on major healthcare
Dr. Oritseweyinmi Ogbe, Director of Particular Duties at NPHCDA, famous, “We allocate 45 % of the BHCPF funds to important medicines, vaccines, and the upkeep of PHC services. Our latest reforms embrace classifying Main Healthcare Centres based mostly on performance to make sure environment friendly use of sources.”
What You Ought to Know
- The Federal Ministry of Well being has launched a $1.2 billion Sector-Huge Method (SWAp) to overtake Nigeria’s healthcare system. This initiative will handle funding gaps, employees shortages, and infrastructure points.
- Dr. Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, the Nationwide Coordinator of SWAp famous that SWAp goals to enhance healthcare high quality throughout Nigeria and guarantee environment friendly use of sources.
- Moreover, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accredited a brand new Nationwide Well being Workforce Coverage to deal with the migration of healthcare professionals and combine diaspora consultants into Nigeria’s healthcare system.
- Minister of Well being & Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, described the coverage as a technique to handle and reverse healthcare employee migration, aiming to create a well-supported and efficient healthcare workforce.
