The World Bank Group says that the Basic Health CareProvision Fund is an important part of reforms in the health sector that willhelp Nigeria increase access to quality healthcare services. The Bank said that the fund would also ensure thatNigerians do not face financial impoverishment as a result of medical spending. The Senior Health Economist, Health Nutrition and PopulationGlobal Practice, World Bank Group, Sarah Alkenbrack said this at a four-dayworkshop organised by the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja. The workshop wasorganised for 18 states on the need to support health financing arrangement atthe national level. Alkenbrack said that the reform would take thecountry closer to the goal of Universal Health Coverage, UHC which mostcountries were striving to achieve as part of the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals, SDGs of 2030. She said that an important part of the design wasthe trade-offs made between the population, services, and the share of thedirect costs covered, as represented by the “UHC Cube’’.