Nigeria: NHRC Raises the Alarm Over Mental Health Abuses, Says Less Than 3% Covered By Insurance
Abuja — The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has raised alarm over the treatment of Nigerians living with mental health conditions, warning that inadequate health insurance, widespread stigma and persistent human rights abuses are denying vulnerable citizens access to care and exposing some to degrading and inhuman treatment.
The commission disclosed that fewer than three per cent of people with mental health conditions in Nigeria were covered by health insurance, leaving many individuals and their families struggling to pay for treatment in a country where mental healthcare services and trained professionals remain inadequate.
Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn Ojukwu warned that Nigeria could not claim to uphold human dignity while people experiencing mental health conditions were abandoned, discriminated against, denied appropriate treatment or subjected to abuse because of their conditions.
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