Examining the Financial Feasibility of Using a New Special Health Fund to Provide Universal Coverage for a Basic Maternal and Child Health Benefit Package in Nigeria

Frontiers in Public Health

Obinna Onwujekwe¹ 

关键词: financial feasibility;    MCH;    health fund;    financing;    Nigeria;    universal health coverage;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2018.00200

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: A special health fund was established in Nigeria in 2014 and is known as the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). The fund is equivalent to at least 1% of the Consolidated Revenue of the Federation. The BHCPF will provide additional revenue to fund primary healthcare services and help Nigeria to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). This fund is to be matched with counterpart funds from states and local government areas (LGAs), and is expected to provide at least a basic benefit health package that will cover maternal and child health (MCH) services for pregnant women and under-five children.

【 授权许可】

CC BY