The meeting held at the conference hall of Federal Medical Center Azare had in attendance the CEO of Amana Sickle Cell Foundation Abdulqadir Gambo Musa, Medical Director FMC Azare, Dr. Dauda Abubakar Katagum, Executive Secretary BASCHMA, Dr. Mansur Dada, Heads of Clinical Services, Medical Consultants, and a member of the Board of trustees of the foundation, Arc Usman Jibrin among others.
The hours-long meeting aimed at devising ways for the enrollment of sickle cell patients into the social insurance scheme & ensuring effective service delivery to patients enrolled in the scheme. The participants suggested ways that will facilitate enrollment & service delivery. Some of the recommendations from the meeting include:
a- The need to enroll as soon as possible 200 sickle cell patients into the insurance scheme.
b- The Amana Sickle Cell Foundation will facilitate the enrollment of 200 sickle cell patients into the insurance scheme, being the foundation that serves sickle cell patients.
c- Federal Medical Center Azare will be the site for accessing services for sickle cell patients enrolled in the social insurance scheme as opposed to accessing services in Primary Health Cares as initially suggested; The basis for this conclusion is that FMC has the facilities, equipment & human resource & technical know-how to effectively deal with sickle cell disease complications & consult warriors which are characterized as special patients that require special care.
c- That FMC Azare’s readiness to support sickle cell patients & the foundation is unyielding.
Amana Sickle Cell Foundation In Collaboration With the Bauchi State Health Contributory Management Agency(BASCHMA), Enrolls Two hundred Sickle Cell Patients Into data base of social health insurance scheme.
The meeting ended on a high note as all stakeholders were fully committed to the realization of the recommendations above.
