NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NPHCDA)
The NPHCDA is responsible for the implementation of the NPHCDA Gateway through the State Primary Health Care Boards/Agencies (SPHCB/A) which are responsible for direct implementation within the states. Funding through the NPHCDA Gateway consists of Programmatic fund for Decentralized Facility Funding (35%), which is made up of funding for essential drugs, vaccines, and consumables (20%) and maintenance of primary healthcare facilities, equipment, and transport (15%). The remaining 10% for the NPHCDA Gateway is for Human Resource for PHC interventions consisting of 5% for midwives’ and 5% for Community Health Influencers and Promoters Agents (CHIPS). The NPHCDA Gateway is to ensure operational funding to strengthen the delivery of primary care services across the entire country, prioritizing rural public primary health care (PHC) facilities, to target poor households and populations in the lowest wealth bracket, a critical step towards attaining the SDG and Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
As a prerequisite for states to be on-boarded and benefit from the BHCPF, the following criteria need to be fulfilled:
- Baseline assessment of BHCPF health facilities
- Capacity building of health workers in the state to ensure health workers can effectively carry out their functions.
- Verification of all levels of implementation at the state
- Authorization for disbursement of DFF to eligible PHCs.
With the DFF, the PHCs are able to meet their operational cost, purchase essential medicines, and provide services based on the BMPHS, with expectation of reimbursement from the NHIS Gateway.