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In Nigeria, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) includes various rehabilitation services to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities or those recovering from illness or injury. The specific rehabilitation services covered depend on the insurance plan and insurance provider, but generally include:

Physiotherapy: Services to help restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness, or disability. This can include exercises, manual therapy, and other treatments.

Occupational Therapy: Services to help people of all ages do what they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations).

Speech and Language Therapy: Services to support individuals with speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders.

Psychological and Psychiatric Services: Services to support mental health rehabilitation, including counseling, therapy, and psychiatric treatment.

Prosthetics and Orthotics: Services to provide artificial limbs (prostheses) and devices to support or correct the function of a limb or the torso (orthotics).

Chiropractic Services: Services focused on the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine.

Audiology Services: Services to diagnose and treat hearing and balance disorders.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A program to help people with COPD improve their breathing and overall quality of life.

Pain Management Services: Treatments and therapies aimed at reducing chronic pain and improving quality of life.

However, some critical maternal conditions that require rehabilitation are not included in the services offered by the NHIA. An example is rehabilitation services for women post vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) repair surgery.