Background: Understanding factors that explain the health seeking behaviour (HSB) among enrollees of Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme (ASHIS) is a critical entry point for improving health outcomes and achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Aim: To assess the socio-demographic and health facility determinants of health-seeking behaviour among the enrollees of ASHIS in Anambra State, Nigeria.

Background: Enrollment in sub-national social health insurance schemes (SSHIS) can be challenging in developing countries like Nigeria, particularly among people in the informal sector. This could be due to a lack of knowledge on its mode of operation and benefits, distrust in government, inimical religious and traditional beliefs, as well as constraining economic factors. A

Appropriate health-seeking behavior (HSB) is crucial for improving health outcomes and achievinguniversal health coverage (UHC). Accessing healthcare through the state social health insurance scheme (SSHIS) could lead to improved HSB. The study explores the influence of access to healthcare through health insurance on the HSB of the enrollees of the SSHIS in southeast, Nigeria. Click

One hundred beneficiaries from Amawbia community in Awka South Local Government Area have been enrolled into the Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme. The beneficiaries were selected from the six villages of the community and are made of up under- privileged men and women. Our man Paul Ezeoke filed the reports that the enrollment took place at

The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has recorded a great feat in public health with the rapidly growing enrolment of over 90,000 beneficiaries in the medical insurance scheme of Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHI​​A). Out of this figure, over 30,000 beneficiaries are from the grassroots, made up mostly of farmers, petty traders,

The non-formal sector enrollment into the Anambra Health Insurance Scheme has reached 65, 000, representing 43 per cent of total enrollment since coming into effect in 2017. Simeon Onyemaechi, the executive secretary, Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. Mr Onyemaechi, a

The non-formal sector enrollment into the Anambra Health Insurance Scheme has reached 65, 000, representing 43 per cent of total enrollment since coming into effect in 2017. Simeon Onyemaechi, the executive secretary, Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. Mr Onyemaechi, a

he Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme was launched on the 14th September, 2018, after the law establishing it enactment was passed in 2016. Its’ mandate is to provide quality and affordable healthcare to Anambra State citizens. Executive Secretary of the Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA), Dr. Simeon Onyemaechi, says the government committed NGN 200