Social Health Insurance and Sustainable Healthcare Reform in Nigeria

Abstract The Nigeria’s poor health status has attracted global concern. The Health system has no doubt contributed to this, though Nigeria’s healthcare system is geared towards ensuring availability and accessibility of healthcare by Nigerians yet the nation healthcare remains a major concern. Reform in the healthcare entails purposeful changes and planning in the system. It has however become increasingly clear that the reform in the country is to contribute meaningfully to the nation’s healthcare system and to be felt by the majority of the population. This paper therefore, examines Nigerian healthcare system, and the ongoing reforms in the health sector. Information will be sourced from the primary and secondary data, the paper then concludes with key considerations for sustainable reforms in Nigeria.