Current beneficiaries

Current beneficiaries

Target beneficiaries of the Health Insurance Fund programs are organized groups of previously uninsured, low income workers such as:

 a.      Shonga  and neighbouring communities

1. Shonga and environs
2. Bacita and environs
3. Lafiaji and environs

b.      Afon and neighbouring communities

1. Afon and environs
2. Otte Oja and environs
3. Alapa and environs

c.      Lady Mechanic Initiative, Lagos

d.      Market Women Associations, Lagos in:

1. Egbeda Market
2. Alimosho/Iyana Ipaja Market
3. Agege Market
4. Daleko Market
5. Ojuwoye Market
6. Ikotun Market
7. Bariga Market
8. Ile Epo Market
9. Dopemu Market
10. Abattoir Market

e.      CAPDAN employers and employees in Computer Village, Ikeja.

Current beneficiaries in Kwara and Lagos include:

1. Shonga and neigbouring communities, Edu LGA, Kwara State
   
   
   1. Shonga and Environs
   2. Bacita and Environs
   3. Lafiagi and Environs
2. Lady Mechanic Initiative , Lagos
3. Market Women Associations, Lagos
   
   The Hygeia Community Health Plan was formally launched in January 2007. The launch process commenced with a Presidential briefing on the 25th of January 2007, to then Head of State, President Olusegun Obasanjo, following which launch events were held in the two pilot States of Lagos and Kwara.
   
   In Lagos State the launch was held on the 26th of January 2007 at the Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos Island, while it was launched in Kwara State on the 27th of January 2007 at the Shonga Community Square. Two years later, on the 22nd of April 2009 the scheme was launched in Lafiagi community as an extension of the initial Shonga scheme. The extension of the scheme to Lafiagi was in response to the demands of the community who had heard about the impact of the scheme on the health system and socio-economic milieu of Shonga and Bacita communities.