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The Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA), on Tuesday said that the number of informal sector enrollees increased from 109 in 2019 to 143,555 in 2021 through Its adoption model.
Dr Simeon Onyemaechi, Managing Director, ASHIA, gave the statistics at a news conference to mark the 2022 International Universal Health Coverage Day commemorated every Dec. 12.
The UN General Assembly in 2012, endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage so that everyone, everywhere should have access to quality and affordable healthcare.
Onyemaechi described the adoption model which commenced in February 2019, as a process where philanthropists and the wealthy in the society adopt and pay health insurance premium for the less privileged.
He said that the adoption model increased the total number of enrollee in the state’s health insurance pool as of November to 180, 000.
