Working documents which includes Standard Treatment Guidelines that contains all services and drugs covered by the Federal Health Insurance Scheme (FHIS), were launched in Abuja.
The documents which were presented to the public in the nation’s capital Abuja, is aimed at providing enrollee with firsthand information on services rendered by the FHIS.
While presenting the documents to the public, the FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olusade Adesola who instructed managements of the scheme to devise means to include terminal diseases and other life-threatening sicknesses in the health services of the agency, suggested that the aged be included as beneficiaries of the initiative.
Mr. Olusade, who noted that ailments, such as cancer, liver related problems, sickle cell, are highly expensive to manage, therefore called for the need to get donors and other stakeholders to support such expansion.
The Permanent Secretary mandated stakeholders to come up with modalities that will guarantee improved service delivery to beneficiaries of the Scheme, warning that the administration will not condone any form of misappropriation of funds.
According to him, it is imperative to enjoin all those directly involved in the management of the Funds of the Agency to ensure prudent and optimal utilization of allocations made available to the Agency, as the Administration will not tolerate any form of financial sleaze and misappropriation of funds.
In his welcome remarks, the Director of the FHIS, Dr Ahmed Danfulani, said the working documents which includes the Standard Treatment Guidelines, Operational Guidelines, Benefit Packages and 3 other Documents, is expected to enhance the effectiveness of the FCT Health Insurance Scheme for the benefit of FCT residents.
He said the documents which was conceived over three years ago, is due for review every two years to capture recent realities in line with universal health coverage.
On his part, the Acting Secretary FCT Health and Human Services, Dr. Mohammed Kawu, expressed hopeful that the strategic documents will provide seamless relationship between health insurance service providers and the enrollees.
Kawu who was represented by the Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Ndaeyo Iwot, assured that the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat will continue to provide the required leadership as well as to ensure that the documents gets all the legal frameworks needed for its implementation.
