BARELY four weeks after the launch of the Edo State Social health Insurance Scheme under the Edo State health Improvement Programme, not less than 4,500 persons have enrolled in the scheme and would enjoy a bouquet of benefits aimed at improving their health status and general wellbeing.

 

Executive Secretary of the Edo State Primary healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Imuwahen Mbarie, said enrolment for the Social health Insurance Scheme has kicked off in earnest with citizens enrolling across the various local government areas of the state.

 

Mbarie said, “In less than four weeks, we have enrolled not less than 4,500 across six local government areas in the state, even as we intensify the local government storm to get more people to come on board.”

 

She said the scheme was being funded from the Basic Primary health Care Provision Fund and the Edo State Equity Fund and Contribution.

 

Some of the benefits under the scheme include antenatal care, ultrasound in pregnancy, induction of labour, management of eclampsia, immunisation, family planning, malaria treatment in adults, chronic disease screening, treatment of severe acute malnutrition and management of maternal sepsis.

 

Others are Child OPD for children under five years, management of new born sepsis, referred child treatment to secondary health facility, emergency stabilisation, emergency ground transportation, normal delivery and postnatal care, caesarean section in secondary health care facility and referred antenatal care to secondary health facility.

 

The services will be accessed in 20 pilot Primary health Care centres across the 18 local Government Areas of the state.