Examining the Financial Feasibility of Using a New Special Health Fund to Provide Universal Coverage for a Basic Maternal and Child Health Benefit Package in Nigeria

Background: A special health fund was established in Nigeria in 2014 and is known as the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). The fund is equivalent to at least 1% of the Consolidated Revenue of the Federation. The BHCPF will provide additional revenue to fund primary healthcare services and he...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Obinna Onwujekwe, Chima Onoka, Ifeoma Nwakoby, Hyacinth Ichoku, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Hong Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Subjects:	financial feasibility MCH health fund financing Nigeria universal health coverage
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00200/full