The Permanent Secretary, Health Management Agency, Dr
Emmanuella Zamba, disclosed this during the flag-off of the second phase of the
state’s health insurance scheme.
Zamba said the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
was committed to ensuring that no resident was left behind in the Universal
Health Coverage.
She noted that the agency completed ‘EKOSHA Community Storm
1.0’ in the first half of the year, adding that the second phase followed the
identification of a new set of vulnerable residents needed to be enrolled in
the scheme.
The Eko Social Health Alliance is an initiative designed by
the agency to provide a sustainable structure for the implementation of Ilera
Ekofree health plans for the vulnerable and indigent in the state.
According to Zamba, a total of 13,897 vulnerable were
enrolled by the EKOSHA arm of LASHMA during the first half-year, “making a
total of 277,672 vulnerable enrolled on the scheme” so far.
She said the enrolment, supported by the United Nations
International Children’s Emergency Fund, will be done in the 57 local
government areas/local council development areas in the state, adding that this
is to ensure that the vulnerable have access to healthcare and also improve
their quality of life.