Human resource and governance challenges in the delivery of primary eye care: a mixed methods feasibility study in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To increase access to eye care, the World Health Organization's Africa Region recently launched a primary eye care (PEC) package for sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the technical feasibility of implementing this package, the capacity of health systems at primary level needs to be assessed, to identify capacity gaps that would need to be addressed to deliver effective and sustainable PEC. This study reports on the human resource and governance challenges for delivering PEC in Anambra State, Nigeria.

Methods

Design: This was a mixed methods feasibility study. A desk review of relevant Nigerian national health policy documents on both eye health and primary health care was conducted, and 48 primary health care facilities in Anambra state were surveyed. Data on human

SUBMITTER: Aghaji A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662916 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature