NHIA Introduces VVF Care in Kwara, Enrols 71 Women Under Free Fistula Programme

Date: 2025-02-04

The Coordinator of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Kwara, Hajiya Idayat Bello-Olaitan, has announced that the scheme now includes care for Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) patients as part of its efforts to enrol 71 affected individuals in the state.

Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin, she revealed that 71 women have already benefited from the Free Fistula Programme (FFP), with 31 of them successfully enrolled under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).

NAN reports that VVF refers to an abnormal connection between the bladder and the vagina, leading to persistent and uncontrollable urinary incontinence. This condition is considered one of the most distressing complications arising from gynaecologic and obstetric procedures.

She coordinator, therefore, said “government is focusing on crashing maternal mortality and morbidity through various maternal intervention programmes such as NHIA-FFP and Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmOC).

“Women with obstetric fistula are being attended to without incurring out-of-pocket expenses.

“Feeding and transportation cost are also covered for all beneficiaries of the programme.”

The NHIA coordinator explained that the beneficiaries are also counseled on family planning and access to the different methods of child-spacing methods, as well enrollment into another health insurance programme under BHCPF by the state's Social Health Insurance Agency.

According to her, it is part of the comprehensive package to ensure prevention of catastrophic spending as a result of the obstetric condition.

Bello-Olaitan said that the authority is directing its strategic focus on those priority areas to ensure quality healthcare services to all Nigerians, especially the vulnerable groups so as to leave no one behind.

She also disclosed that other programmes introduced by the scheme are cases of maternal emergencies such as pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, haemorrhage, pueperial sepsis, post abortion complications and prolong obstructed labour.

“These are among the commonest causes of maternal mortality and morbidity among pregnant women, especially the vulnerable ones,” she said.

She pointed out that the state is benefiting from the programmes, with many success stories recorded since inception in 2024.

“This is in alignment with the president's renewed hope agenda, which focuses on education, health and social development,” she said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saka Onimago     Sadiq Umar     Ajikobi     Offa Descendants Union     Kwara State Football Association     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Kunle Suleiman     Habeeb Saidu     Suwa-Arabs     Saliu Oluwole     Babatunde Idiagbon     Wole Oke     Shola Odetundun     Onikijipa     Alaiye     Abdulazeez Arowona     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Hamid Bobboyi     TESCOM     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Ayo Salami     Omupo     KwaraLearn     Bature Bello     Adegoke Bamidele     Amusa Bello     Taofeek Sanusi     Al-Ilory     Oyin-Zubair     Busari Alabi Alausa     Ilofa     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Okin High School     Halimat Yusuf     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Adamu Attah     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Olabimpe Olani     Nigeria Customs Service     James Kolo     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Abikan     Dorcas Afeniforo     Oja-Oba     Azeez Bello     Issa Oloruntogun     Kwara South     Alao Ayotunde     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Bukola Ajikobi     Grillo     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Akume     Surajudeen Akanbi     Moremi High School     Olatunji Ayeni     Emmanuel Bello     Woro     Maryam Ado Bayero     Turaki Of Ilorin     Femi Ogunsola     Sambo Murtala     Afonja     Imam Gambari     Radio SBS     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     NaAllah     Government High School Adeta     Falokun-Oja     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Alore     Quareeb     Yakubu Danladi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

CUTI     Kwara Consultative Forum     Adedeji Onimago     Suwa-Arabs     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Centre For Digital Economy     Sango-UITH Road     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Musbau A. Akanji     Sanusi Abubakar     Garba Ado Sanni     Taofik Mustapha     Forgo Battery     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     SWAN     Saliu Tunde Bello     Funke Adedoyin     Elerin Of Adanla     Akeem Olatunji     Kayode Zubair     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Jare Olatundun     Aminat Ahmed     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Bola Shagaya     Lateef Alagbonsi     Babs Iwarere     Dumagi     Solomon Edojah     Christopher Ayeni     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Women Radio     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Ubandawaki     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Funmilayo Oniwa     Shettima     Suleiman Abubakar     Olabanji Orilonishe     Wahab Issa     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Abatemi-Usman     Taofeek Ibraheem     Abubakar Baba     Cassava Growers\' Association     Issa Manzuma     Falokun-Oja     Abatemi Usman     Shonga     Muhammadu Buhari     TESCOM     Saidu Yaro Musa     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Shuaib Jawondo     Ilesha-Baruba     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Iyabo Adewuyi     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Yinka Aluko     Lanre Jimoh     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Issa Baba     Na\'Allah     Aminu Adisa Logun     Agboola Abdulraheem     Wahab Isa     Kwabes     Muhammed Danjuma     Tsaragi     Sa\'adu Salahu     Oloyede     Tuesday Assayomo     Yakubu Dogara