The Edo State Health Insurance Commission has enrolled 200 people living with sickle cell disease into the Edo State Health Insurance Scheme through a partnership with the Rabiu Olowo Foundation.
The enrolment was flagged off at the Edo State Sickle Cell Centre at Central Hospital, Benin City, with beneficiaries, parents and other stakeholders attending the event.
EDOHIC Director-General Augusta Ikpea-Enaholo said the partnership was intended to expand healthcare access for vulnerable residents and support the state's broader health-insurance coverage efforts.
The Rabiu Olowo Foundation said the intervention was designed to reduce the financial and emotional burden faced by families managing sickle cell disease and to make consistent healthcare more accessible.
The beneficiaries were drawn from Edo's three senatorial districts. The reported distribution is 100 residents from Edo South and 50 each from Edo North and Edo Central.
The intervention places 200 beneficiaries within the state health insurance scheme, with EDOHIC and the foundation indicating that further partnerships aimed at expanding healthcare access would be pursued.
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