Nigeria—Improving Primary Health Care Delivery : Evidence from Four States
The delivery of quality primary health care (PHC) services can have a large impact on the health of Nigerians. This study aims mainly at understanding the performance of primary health care providers and the variables driving this performance. The...
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| Format: | Other Health Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10592801/nigeria-improving-primary-health-care-delivery-evidence-four-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7784 |
| Summary: | The delivery of quality primary health
care (PHC) services can have a large impact on the health of
Nigerians. This study aims mainly at understanding the
performance of primary health care providers and the
variables driving this performance. The study is primarily
based on quantitative surveys at the level of primary health
care facilities, health care personnel, and households in
their vicinity. These surveys were implemented in four
states: Bauchi, Cross River, Kaduna, and Lagos. The purpose
of this study is three fold: (i) to contribute to the
evidence base of the Federal Government's health system
reform efforts; (ii) to inform the Bank's and Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) sector policy
dialogue with the Government; and (iii) to inform the
current and eventual health support programs of both donors
at state level. This study represents the second phase of
the Nigeria Health, Nutrition, and Population Country Status
Report (CSR). The first phase aimed at analyzing the health
situation of the poor and how the health system was
performing in terms of meeting their needs. This first phase
identified primary health care as the weakest chain in the
entire health sector and the level of care the poor use the
most. This second phase of the CSR is therefore focused on
the analysis of the delivery of PHC services. In contrast to
the first phase, this study is mainly based on primary data,
data collected through facility, health personnel, and
household surveys. This study is focused in the collection
of information not previously available, such as detailed
roles and responsibilities of the Local Government Area
(LGA) and states and community perceptions of PHC services.
This study is also to support on-going or eventual health
support programs of CIDA and the World Bank at the state level. |
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