by Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA), has commended Caleb Danladi Foundation (CDF), for its pledge to support the Authority to enroll more women to access the health benefit of the scheme, especially those in the ruler areas.
Director-General of the State Government Agency, Abubakar Hassan, gave the commendation Monday when the founder and CEO of the Foundation, Mr. Caleb Danladi Bako, paid him a fact-finding mission visit with the view to complement government’s efforts.
The DG said “We are happy with Caleb Foundation’s CEO today, who has come on fact-finding mission visit to support what government is doing and to compliment the effort of government in communities in Kaduna State in health care services.
“We are glad that, the well-to-do and kind-hearted individuals are coming to give back to the people in the community, in helping the government to reduce maternal and child mortality, which is still high in Kaduna State.
“Helping to address pregnant women and child birth, who cannot afford, is highly commendable. We use this opportunity to call on other well-meaning indigenes of Kaduna State, who are politicians, businessmen and professionals out there to emulate Caleb Danladi Foundation’s gesture.
“You never can tell – you can just save one life. All you need to do is to pay N10,650, which is the premium for one full year, for someone to be able to go to the hospital whenever he or she has a health-related issue,” he said.
Earlier, the Agency’s Head of Admin and Finance, Suleiman Mustapha, briefed the foundation’s CEO on the working of the health scheme, adding that the health benefit package is financed from contributions made by interested individuals or families.
According to Mustapha, contribution rates for individual subscriber ranged from N10,477 per annum (N873 per month); N57,935 per annum as family contribution (N4,820 per month) for four biologically-related persons, among others.
Some of the primary care benefit package includes providing package to enrollee by the primary care facilities with physical services, in patients’ services, diagnostic lab test, among others.
Earlier, the founder and CEO of the foundation, Mr Bako, said his visit was on how to support people in the village to key into the KADCHMA. The foundation has taken it as a mandate to enroll the less-privileged ones, particularly women, who die, while giving birth, and children.
The reason for this maternal and child mortality rate going high is because they don’t have access to basic healthcare services to take care of the mother and child during pregnancy.
“The issue we discussed with the DG was on the areas of possible collaboration for the enrolment of the less-privileged, especially in ruler areas in Kaduna State. The project is going to start in Jaba LGA of the state as a pilot LG and gradually extend to other LGAs.
Caleb Danladi said he was in facilities in Kafanchan area of the state and saw what some women were going through, which gave him the instigation to use his foundation to support health insertion, beginning from the ruler areas.