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Assignment

Track Records

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Economic Evaluation: Cost Benefit Analysis of the National Health Bill

Client:Save the Children, Nigeria (2014)

Evidence showed reduction in out of pocket over a period of time,long term savings by Federal government and number of pregnant women and children under 5 livessaved.The findings had substantial ifluence in persuading the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to sign the National Health Bill into Law with provision ofnotless than 1% of Federal Government Consolidated Revenue Fund asBasic Healthcare Provision Fund(BHCPF).

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Production of National Health Accounts (NHA) and analysis of expenditures by levels of service delivery including health facility survey across the six geo political zones (NHA 2010 – Date).

Development of State Health Accounts in Anambra (2010-2021), Sokoto(2015-2021) and Imo(2010-2017) states includinghealth facility survey

Client:World Health Organization (WHO)/FMoH (2014 till date)

Federal and State Ministries of Health intensified efforts on Social Health Insurance and Primary HealthCare(PHC) Revitalization in response to the high levels of household Out-of-Pocket (OOP) expenditures and extremely low share of PHC services expenditures at PHC Facilities. The findings revealed that most spending on PHC services occurred at secondary health care level thereby increasing inefficiencies in thehealth system. Ongoing efforts at federal level to condition point of entry into health system through PHC facilities. Examples includeBHCPFProgram, 1functional PHCper

ward project attracting increased allocation of FMoH to PHC level of care, SOML,etc.

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Lead Consultant for the Feasibility studies on Community Based Insurance Scheme in Nigeria including Health Facility Assessment– covering one LGA per state for the 36 states plus Federal Capital Territory.

Client:National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) (2012–2013)

The findings of the study which demonstrated the sustainability challenges associated with CBHIS led to initiation of State Supported Health Insurance Scheme.

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Economic and Financial Modelling of the Proposed State Supported Health Insurance Schemes in Nigeria

Client:IFC– World Bank Group(2013)

The findings of the study influenced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to decentralize the federally managed schemes across Nigerian States resulting in States Health Insurance Schemes with budget to provide technical support to the state

schemes.

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Fiscal Space Analysis for Health/State Health Insurance Scheme

Client:USAID Health Finance and Governance(HFG) Project(2016–2018)

Fiscal Space Analysis for Primary HealthCare/Routine Immunization/Roll Back Malaria

Client:GAVI/Solina Limited and Health Systems Consult Limited(HSCL) 2019

Fiscal Space Analysis for

Client:DFID/SUNMAPII Project(2019)

Government of Lagos, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Cross River, Bauchi, Plateau, Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto states earmarked 1% or2% of their State Consolidated Revenue Fund to support vcoverage of vulnerable population group in the State Health Insurance/Contributory Schemes with a rekindled drive to explore additional resourcesto the weak fiscal space through the five fiscal room pillars. The study also influence ministry of economic planning and budget to increase budgetary allocation tohealth.

The evidence was also used for development of domestic resource mobilization strategies of theprograms.