The Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA) says it had so far enrolled about 114,000 vulnerable persons through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) and the Vulnerable Population Programme.
Director-General of the authority, Hassan Abubakar, made this known during a media engagement in Kaduna.
He said the engagement was to build a strong partnership with the media to enhance public awareness, increase coverage and promote the utilisation of health care services under the state contributory health scheme.
According to him, KADCHMA had received various forms of invaluable support from the Governor Uba Sani-led administration in the last two and half years.
He listed such support to include rural access roads, provision of equipment at the primary healthcare centres and the distribution of drugs to the facilities.
Others were the revitalisation of the state’s General Hospitals and through grassroots sensitisation by 255 community volunteers and the authority’s weekly radio programmes.
Abubakar added that the authority have expanded public awareness and increased health insurance enrollment from 4.5 per cent in 2023 to 9.6 per cent in 2025.
The KADCHMA boss noted that to enhance institutional efficiency, the authority established Zaria and Kafanchan Zonal Offices, bringing their services closer to clients and improving oversight, especially among women and children in Kauru, Giwa, and Chikun LGAs.
“This is by providing timely access to safe delivery, immunisation, and treatment at empanelled facilities.
He added that they have also implemented a series of digital transformation meant to strengthen the system via which the KADCHMA Digital Enrollment and Verification Platform (DEVP) now enables real-time enrollee tracking and claims management.