Expand coverage of NHIS now, NMA tells FG

…Raises alarm over medical quackery

By Chioma Obinna

The Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA has called on the Federal Government to urgently review upward the number of Nigerians under the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, with a view to achieving the Universal Health Coverage, UHC even as it raised alarm over the indiscriminate issuance of medical report by unqualified personnel.

The Lagos State Chairman of NMA, Dr. Saliu Oseni, who made the call in Lagos during its 2018 National Physicians’ Week with the theme: ‘Universal Health Coverage: Leaving No One Behind,’ with Sub-theme ‘Closing The Gap In Polio Eradication Strategy in Nigeria by 2019’ said low coverage of NHIS was seriously impeding success in the attainment of UHC in the country.

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Oseni noted that…