With less than 5 per cent health insurance coverage, many rural dwellers remain socially excluded.

Tertiary Institutions 19 Social Health Insurance Programme (TISHIP) is a programme of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which aimed at ensuring access to quality and affordable healthcare for all students in tertiary institutions nationwide.

 

The key stakeholders involved in this Programme include NHIS, tertiary institutions, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), healthcare facilities, Student Union Government (SUG) and regulatory bodies of tertiary institutions.

 

The Programme, which is compulsory for all stud

The Public Primary Pupils Social Health Insurance Programme (PPPSHIP), a recently introduced programme of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), is aimed at eliminating financial barriers for over 24 million children in public primary schools in our quest to attaining the 40 per cent coverage by 2015.

 

The NHIS, States, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and Health Care Facilities (HCFs) are key stakeholders. The Programme is to be funded and managed by the NHIS and participating States in collaboration with appointed private HMOs.