The Healthcare Federation of Nigeria and the Health Emergency Initiative have inaugurated the Board of Trustees of the Medical Intervention Initiative for Healthcare Access to deepen access to healthcare across Nigeria.
They explained that the collaborative initiative was established to strengthen access to timely and affordable healthcare for vulnerable and underserved Nigerians.
According to them, MIIHA is designed to address critical gaps in emergency healthcare, particularly in situations where individuals require immediate medical intervention outside the hospital but may lack the financial means to access or sustain the care they need.
The initiative seeks to provide timely financial support for emergency care, including post-crash interventions, while strengthening the broader emergency response system through a private-sector-led intervention and dedicated funding mechanism.
The move, they said, was aimed at transforming emergency response by empowering ordinary citizens and communities as capable first responders, improving access to timely emergency care, and leveraging and strengthening
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