Prof. Benjamin Uzochukwu, National Chairman, Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, has urged states and local governments to extend health insurance to all citizenry to ensure Universal Health Coverage.
Uzochukwu made the call in Enugu on Sunday at an Award Ceremony organised by the Community Medicine Department, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH).
The don who works with the Community Medicine Department of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), delivered a lecture entitled “Universal Health Coverage (UHC): Prospects and Challenges’’.
Uzochukwu said that the Universal Health Coverage could only be guaranteed through a well-funded health insurance scheme.
He said that a lot of funds was needed to ensure that everybody was protected under a health-safety net, which only UHC could guarantee.
He commended the Federal Government for…
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