By Victor Ahiuma-Young

ABUJA – Health Management Organisation, ProHealth, HMO, a subsidiary of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has announced its resolve to provide quality health care services to Nigerians.

Chairman ProHealth HMO limited, Dr. Richard Uche who spoke in Abuja, said that despite the robust and fertile prospect of health insurance schemes, Nigerians were yet to take advantage of the programme.

Speaking during the Annual General Meeting of the company, Uche said National Health Insurance Schemes, NHIS, statistics showed that only about 8 per cent of the Nigerian population had a form of health insurance.

He said: “The understanding and concept of health insurance is yet to be embraced by Nigerian populace. “The average Nigerian feels threatened by concept of health insurance and prefers his comfort zone: the out of pocket expenditure for healthcare services. This has made marketing health insurance a daunting task.”