The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme
(NHIS), Prof Mohammed Sambo has said some levels of cancer
surgeries and chemotherapy are now covered under the Scheme.
Prof Sambo made this known while receiving the First Lady of
Kebbi State, Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, who was on a working visit
to NHIS head office in Abuja Wednesday. He expressed concern about
the high prevalence of cancer, noting that NHIS will continue to
explore ways of working with public-spirited organisations and
individuals to increase support to cancer patients.
He expressed delight that the Scheme seized the opportunity to
review its operational guidelines in 2012 to remove cancer from the
exclusion list of its benefit package.
The ES said, innovative healthcare financing will open up
resources for effective support for patients with capital-intensive
conditions, such as cancer.
He however called on governmental and non-governmental
organisations involved in creating awareness about cancer and
building support for cancer patients to intensify advocacy to the
appropriate authorities and institutions, for the
institutionalisation of innovative healthcare financing, such as
special taxes on smoking and telecommunication, with proceeds
dedicated to funding healthcare for the vulnerable among us, as
well as cancer patients.
Prof Sambo commended Dr Shinkafi-Bagudu, who is also the founder
of Medicaid Cancer Foundation, for the enormous work she has done
selflessly and tirelessly over the years, by pushing so hard to
help in taming the scourge of cancer while expressing the
commitment of NIHS to work with the First Lady and her Foundation
to ensure that cancer does not subdue humanity in our
environment.
Dr Shinkafi-Bagudu requested the support of NHIS in the various
activities of the Foundation in the areas of creating awareness,
cancer screening, support for victims and advocacy.
She expressed regret that most patients of cancer do not have
the economic capacity to help themselves, which is the challenge we
must all accept and rise up to confront, noting that together we
can do much
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