title: Tackling Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5: The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Approach in Nigeria.
abstract: Developing countries are devising various strategies and mechanisms to accelerate their speed towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. In Nigeria, different approaches have been used to address the tackling of health-related MDGs. One creative approach has been the implementation of the NHIS Maternal and Child Health (NHIS-MCH) Project. The project aims to speed up the achievement of MDGs 4 and 5 (reducing child mortality and improving maternal health) in the country. Little is known about the NHIS-MCH Project's design and health insurance coverage activities. Project planning and monitoring could be hampered by lack of technical and managerial skills of health insurance most especially at middle and local levels. Challenging debates continue to emanate on the project's sustainability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University , Germany.
authors.forename: Shafiu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany; Centre for Health Policy and Management Studies, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China.
authors.forename: Hengjin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
keywords: health; health insurance; maternal and child health; millennium development goals