Assessment of health service delivery parameters in Kano and Zamfara States, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2013, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health established a Master Health Facility List (MHFL) as recommended by WHO. Since then, some health facilities (HFs) have ceased functioning and new facilities were established. We updated the MHFL and assessed service delivery parameters in the Malaria Frontline Project implementing areas in Kano and Zamfara States.

Methods

We assessed all HFs in each of the 34 project local government areas (LGAs) between July and September 2017. Project staff administered a semi-structured questionnaire developed for this assessment to heads of HFs about the type of facility, category and number of staff working at the facility and to record geo-coordinates of facility.

Results

In the Kano State project area, 726 HFs were ident

SUBMITTER: Bala U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7493332 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature