Tag: National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)

The court fixed a date for the hearing of the former NHIS boss' bail application.

The arrest followed an ongoing investigation into an allegation that he inflated ICT budget from N4.975 billion to N8.7 billion ...

Patients subscribed to both insurance schemes said service delivery at the hospital has been poor.

From grappling with the country’s weak health system to losing large numbers of health personnel to developed countries, 2022 will ...

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, Executive Secretary of the National Primary Health Care Development ...

Despite the increase, only 5.75 per cent of the total budget is allocated to the health sector in the 2023 ...

The new bill repeals the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Act which has been in existence since 2004.

The official noted that over one million children under the age of five also die as a result of losing ...

“The limited number of radiotherapy machines in the country is currently creating a big gap in cancer care to patients,” ...

With a public health system lacking drugs, equipment and specialists, Nigerians seem to have resigned to the possibility of early ...

Mr Mohammed said the book seeks to check the increasing tide of sickle cell disorder and guide young couples on ...

For both breast and cervical cancers, the screening tests are simple and relatively inexpensive and can easily be provided at ...

How can we build a fairer and healthier Nigeria? Most of the solutions are outside the health sector, and in ...

“Inclusion of family planning into the scheme will improve acceptance," an expert says.

He said that all workers in federal government agencies had been captured in the NHIS.

About 70 per cent of Nigerians pay out-of-pocket for healthcare.

The NHIS and a ministerial committee are to draft the framework for the health insurance scheme

The retired officers and their spouses will now be covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme

The governor says nobody would be denied any health services on account of poverty.

As at last week, coronavirus has infected more than 132,000 people in 123 countries and territories with over 5,000 people ...

The minister spoke during the strategic engagement between government agencies and development partners.

The two-day National Health Dialogue is expected to hold live debates on various challenges facing the country’s health sector.

Minister of Health says the 15 states and the FCT met the eligibility criteria

Mr Sambo was appointed as substantive head of the NHIS after his predecessor, Usman Yusuf, was sacked by President Muhammadu ...

The only way NHIS could be made compulsory is if its old Act is repealed.