Kaduna: UBA Sani extends health care to vulnerable people

The governor UBA Sani took a step forward towards the expansion of access to quality health care, with the registration of over 15,000 people vulnerable on the Kaduna state health insurance regime.

Speaking during the distribution of identity cards to women and children in pregnancy under the age of five, the governor has said that his administration holds “the belief that no citizen should be left behind, no community should be neglected and no life should be lost simply because he cannot afford the necessary care.”

Represented by the deputy governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, the governor reiterated that since he assumed the assignment, his mission has been to “bring health care closer, to make health care more economic and ensure that health care is better.” “

” We have revitalized primary health centers and general hospitals; We equipped them, we managed them and fed them, because a healthy people make a stronger kaduna, a stronger kaduna makes a stronger Nigeria and a stronger Nigeria you need, all of us ”, he added.

The governor recalled that the investments of his administration in the health sector “are translating with women who can now safely deliver, children who can now grow healthy and the families who can now live without the fear of the medical expenses that push them into poverty.”

According to him, this progress is fueled by partnerships; Government, development and community partners, working side by side, shoulder on the shoulder, heart to heart.

The governor thanked donor agencies and development partners such as UNICEF and Gates Foundation, but has chosen the Clinton Health Access Initiative (Chai) for special honors.

He praised Chai for the “direct registration of over 20,000 vulnerable people, mainly women, in this scheme it is a powerful proof of what partnerships can produce”.

The governor also thanked the traditional sovereigns for using their influence to mobilize people for health, adding that individuals and philanthropist organizations “are planting service seeds whose harvest will be measured in healthier generations.”

According to him, the journey to total health coverage is far from being finished because over 70% of health expenditure in Nigeria is still out of the cup that a heavy financial burden for the poor.

Governor UBA Sani claimed that “health insurance is the bridge from vulnerability to security, from exclusion to inclusion, from despair to dignity.” “

In his welcome speech, the Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Umbma Ahmad, said that the event is a bold declaration “to ensure that no woman or son in the state of Kaduna is denied access to quality health care due to financial barriers.

He observed that the registration was made possible through the collaboration between the government of the State of Kaduna and Chai “, whose support was decisive in the registration of 10,916 beneficiaries.”

” In addition to the numbers, the impact of today’s flag will take place in improving access to maternal health services, babies and children who save life in all primary health facilities. It is a step towards reducing maternal and child mortality rates, improving health results and building a healthier and more resilient Kaduna state “, he added.p.p