MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NIGERIA AND GHANA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
1 School of Health Sciences and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic, Nigeria
2 Faculty of Medicine University of Gezira Sudan
* Corresponding author: arrigasiyyu@gmail.com
2 Faculty of Medicine University of Gezira Sudan
* Corresponding author: arrigasiyyu@gmail.com
Abstract
Primary healthcare management was a baby of the Alma Ata declaration which was signed by more
than one hundred countries around the world. Although the goal of primary healthcare management of
ensuring better and accessible primary healthcare services at the doorsteps of every person may be the
same, the strategies and capacities to achieve these valuable objectives may be different, this is
depending on individual countries strength and capacity. There is therefore the need to identify the
similarities in the implementation of primary healthcare among the two countries, with the view to serve
as lessons for others to emulate.
It is a qualitative study, in which a semi-structured interview was conducted using the adapted African
regional tools for assessing primary healthcare management. In each of the two countries studied, ten
experts were interviewed in accordance with the themes as provided, in addition, a desktop review of
primary healthcare management was conducted using the Pub med and Google machine to arrive at
the conclusion.
The study found similarities in the management of primary healthcare among the two countries. Most
significantly were the disease trends, primary healthcare policies and implementation strategies
including categories of staff that provides the basics healthcare services at the primary healthcare
levels and the level of corruption that has continued to weaken the provision of primary healthcare
services in the two countries.
The study revealed that Policies and Implementation strategies in Nigeria and Ghana were
encouraging. However, the incidence of corruption has been the key impediment to the better
implementation of primary healthcare services in the two countries. Therefore a holistic approach to
ending the menace of corruption is necessary if only primary healthcare is to be accessible to the
people, particularly at the grassroots.
Keywords
Health trend
policy implementation
rural health
referrals system
monitoring and evaluation
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How to Cite
Yakubu, Y., Elsanousi, S., & Elhadi, M. (2021). MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NIGERIA AND GHANA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Global Journal of Health Related Researches, 3(2), 97-106. https://doi.org/10.67203/gjhrr.2021.edkd6dfp
Y. Yakubu, S. Elsanousi, and M. Elhadi, "MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NIGERIA AND GHANA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW," Global Journal of Health Related Researches, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 97-106, July 2021. doi: 10.67203/gjhrr.2021.edkd6dfp