The director, Fundamental Well being Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), Dr Mukhtar Muhammad, mentioned the federal authorities has disbursed the sum of N130.8 billion for healthcare supply by means of the BHCPF since its graduation in 2019 until date.
Dr Muhammad, who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, mentioned that the federal authorities has funded over 8,000 amenities and expanded insurance coverage protection to 1.8 million people by means of the BHCDF disbursement.
He additionally mentioned that one other N12.9 billion was but to be disbursed for 2024.
“To date, BHCPF has funded over N130bn to eight,000+ amenities and expanded insurance coverage protection to 1.8m People,” he mentioned.
BHCPF is a key element of Nigeria’s Nationwide Well being Act 2014, designed to make sure that each Nigerian entry fundamental healthcare companies, notably the poor and weak populations.
The fund is disbursed by means of the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage Authority (NHIA), Nationwide Major Well being Care Growth Company (NPHCDA), Nationwide Emergency Medical Therapy Committee (NEMTC) and Nigeria Centre for Illness Management (NCDC).
A breakdown of the disbursements over time confirmed that N14 billion was disbursed in 2019, N13 billion in 2020, N34 billion in 2021, N13 billion in 2022, N31 billion in 2023 and N26.8 billion disbursed to date in 2024.
In the meantime, the state governments are anticipated to fulfill sure circumstances to have the ability to entry the fund. The BHCPF boss mentioned: “First, you could present what we name counterpart fund, and should deliver your facility as much as a sure customary as a way to get the fund to begin offering companies.
“So, it isn’t simply each Major Healthcare Centre (PHC) we’re going to take, because the centres should meet the minimal customary necessities.”
On NPHCDA’s gateway disbursement, the Director, Particular Duties, Dr Oritseweyinmi Ogbe, mentioned 45 per cent was allotted by means of the company for provision of important medicines, vaccines and consumables in PHCs.
He added that the fund was additionally allotted for the supply and upkeep of amenities, tools and transportation in PHCs and growth of human useful resource for PHC.
“The gateway has established a nationwide mechanism for inter-governmental switch throughout the three tiers of presidency to enhance well being outcomes at frontline PHC amenities.
“Supplied operational funds (DFF) to PHC throughout the nation initially focusing on at the least one BHCPF PHC per political ward, alongside supporting the engagement of midwives to make sure protected supply, throughout states; in addition to different community-based well being staff, he defined,” he said.
On PHC revitalisation, he mentioned based mostly on the information proof, the NPHCDA was leveraging all obtainable assets for PHC revitalisation inclusive of BHCPF revitalisation funds earlier despatched to states and IMPACT programme funding, in shut collaboration with states and Companions based mostly on SWAp.
Nevertheless, he famous that the gateway couldn’t realise its full potential, primarily because of: sub-optimal give attention to efficiency administration and outcomes, weak visibility impeding on transparency and accountability, funding was solely enter oriented with no efficiency based mostly monitoring mechanism.
