 there now moving on in these nitrenes I've been advised to take their health seriously and take medical attention early in order not to be part of statistics. Now this advice was handed down by a professor of community medicine and public health. University of Lagos professor had the bio on Agile during our program to make a mark of the World Health Day out in Lagos. Now close to the corresponding love Ikuku Yidokon reports that at the Lagos State University teaching hospital Luth the day was celebrated with series of health activities. These are members of staff of the Department of Community and Primary Care of the Lagos State University teaching hospital Luth. The health workers kicked off the celebration with their work from the community health department at 9 a.m. Thereafter a light exercise followed at the outpatient car park to tone the muscles as well as clear your minds to set a proper tune for the events. Let's go Amacano let's go Filmed my health my right the day was also marked with free health screenings and consultations at the community health outpatient clinic. Speaking with plus TV news a professor of community medicine and public health University of Lagos professor Adebayo highlights the urgent need to fulfill the right to health for all. Government has a right to subsidize it so that people can assess it. You cannot leave it to market forces. You cannot leave it to economy forces. You cannot say only those who have who can pay for it can have access to it. If you look at social love the rich will not be able to sleep because the poor are awake and not only awake they are hungry and when they are awake and hungry you that is rich you think you need to build an office around yourself because it's not only coming to stay in your house that is a problem they are bought disease condition that they can easily spread around that no matter how rich you are you can't stop breathing the hair in the disease cases here and in that environment you're also liable so the overall rise of everybody post at the top and at the bottom to ensure that people have access to it. While lamenting the rate of death recorded recently in the Hollywood sector in Nigeria professor Adebayo harbored on the need for all Nigerians to embrace the insurance scheme. Every person must take his or her as something that is important because it is what you do to yourself how you do it to yourself that will determine that. I will say at individual level you should not allow yourself to be just part of statistics what to mean by statistics if you do not take care of yourself while you die and become a number and all what they'll be saying is to die nobody remember your name. Dr. Tolu Olufumilayo and Dr. Blossom described the theme of VCS worth health day has arped they hold strongly that the only way to achieve increased universal health coverage for Nigerians is through investment in primary health care. In Nigeria less than 10 percent in fact I have a figure of seven percent of the population being covered by health insurance whether at the federal state level or even with private schemes now that is very very small for a population of more than 200 million people so when we come to coverage or access there is a challenge and this is despite the fact that we have a new act that was you know promulgated in 2022 that supersedes the national health insurance scheme no matter where you are what part of the world that you're in what part of the country that you live in your level of income you should be able to access basic human care and that's why today we're promoting primary health care which is a way and the fastest way for us as a country as a low or middle income country to have universal health coverage for our citizens. The theme for the year 2024 what health day is my health my rights love hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our youtube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates