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Linking Primary Healthcare Policies With Health System for Improved Health Outcomes in Nigeria: Issues, Controversies, Problems, and Solutions

Linking Primary Healthcare Policies With Health System for Improved Health Outcomes in Nigeria: Issues, Controversies, Problems, and Solutions

Augustine Nduka Eneanya
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781522561330|ISBN10: 1522561331|EISBN13: 9781522561347
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6133-0.ch005
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Eneanya, Augustine Nduka. "Linking Primary Healthcare Policies With Health System for Improved Health Outcomes in Nigeria: Issues, Controversies, Problems, and Solutions." Human Rights, Public Values, and Leadership in Healthcare Policy, edited by Augustine Nduka Eneanya, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 87-114. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6133-0.ch005

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Eneanya, A. N. (2019). Linking Primary Healthcare Policies With Health System for Improved Health Outcomes in Nigeria: Issues, Controversies, Problems, and Solutions. In A. Eneanya (Ed.), Human Rights, Public Values, and Leadership in Healthcare Policy (pp. 87-114). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6133-0.ch005

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Eneanya, Augustine Nduka. "Linking Primary Healthcare Policies With Health System for Improved Health Outcomes in Nigeria: Issues, Controversies, Problems, and Solutions." In Human Rights, Public Values, and Leadership in Healthcare Policy, edited by Augustine Nduka Eneanya, 87-114. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6133-0.ch005

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Abstract

Quality healthcare is a fundamental right of all citizens of any nation. In Nigeria, there are disparities in terms of quality of healthcare provided to different groups in the rural and urban areas. It is this desire to ensure access to potential patients and the existence of a quality healthcare system in Nigeria that necessitates primary healthcare policy. The purpose of this chapter, therefore, is to investigate how primary healthcare policies affect health system performance and health outcomes in Nigeria. The chapter adopted qualitative research approach. Secondary data were collected from secondary sources, such as textbooks, journal articles, newspapers, WHO reports, government records, and internet. Content and secondary data analysis methods were adopted to analyze, interpret, and answer the research questions. Findings show that health outcomes remain poor because of weak health system as infant and maternal mortality are still high and universal access coverage still low. The chapter concludes that a strong health system would improve health outcomes.

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