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The Kaduna government has flagged off the enrolment exercise for residents into the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCF) initiative in the state.

Speaking during the flag-off of the identification and enrolment exercise for the commencement of the BHCPF programme on Monday, Hadiza Balarabe, the deputy governor, said the fund is part of the commitment of Nasir el-Rufai, the Kaduna governor, towards ensuring human capital development.

Balarabe promised that the first set of 40,000 beneficiaries within the target groups of children under five years, pregnant women, the elderly, and people living with disabilities, will be identified and enrolled at no cost to them.

She added that the establishment of the Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA) reflects the government’s commitment to ensuring greater access to healthcare by the people of the state.

According to her, KADCHMA has recorded remarkable achievements which include the “enrolment of about 400,000 beneficiaries into the state contributory health scheme’’.

“KADCHMA has registered  and empanelled 12,000 vulnerable persons to the accredited primary health care facilities and accredited about 300 health care facilities at both primary and secondary levels of care,” Balarabe added.

The deputy governor also noted that “about 120 enrollees have so far accessed care under the scheme”.

“The state government has also earmarked one percent of its Consolidated Revenue Funds (CRF) to the authority for the provision of free health care services to the vulnerable population in the state,’’ she added.

Balarabe disclosed that the 255 primary health centres across the state that were revitalised by the el-Rufai government will serve as enablers for both the Kaduna state contributory health scheme and the BHCPF programme.