The Federal Government Thursday formally launched the Group, Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP), which offers citizens an opportunity to participate and benefit from health insurance, especially for those not currently captured under any form of health insurance by an employer.
The GIFSHIP will provide an opportunity for affordable individual enrolment, enrolment of a family unit or a group of people. Any of the enrolments can also be sponsored by well-meaning individuals, Trusts, or organizations.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who formally flagged-off the GIFSHIP of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), in Abuja, explained that the programme will rapidly expand the scope of healthcare coverage in the urgent quest to attain Universal Health Coverage while leveraging a comprehensive ICT profiling to facilitate its implementation.
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