HEALTH Minister Dr Elijah Muchima says the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) has registered over 170,000 Social Cash Transfer beneficiaries. And Director of PRS and Global Fund Team Lead Dr Abubakar Muhammad Kurfi says health insurance is an important vehicle for reducing the widespread poverty that exists in Africa. Speaking when the Dr Kurfi-led Nigerian delegation paid a courtesy call on him, Tuesday, Dr Muchima said the scheme had registered over 50,000 beneficiaries supported by the Global Fund. “Since the initiation of the Global Fund-supported pilot project, NHIMA has registered over 50,000 beneficiaries under the Social Cash Transfer Programme, and raised additional resources from other partners to register an additional 120,000 beneficiaries, bringing the total to over 170,000 Social...
