Primary health care facility readiness to implement primary eye care in Nigeria: equipment, infrastructure, service delivery and health management information systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over two-thirds of Africans have no access to eye care services. To increase access, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends integrating eye care into primary health care, and the WHO Africa region recently developed a package for primary eye care. However, there are limited data on the capacities needed for delivery, to guide policymakers and implementers on the feasibility of integration. The overall purpose of this study was to assess the technical capacity of the health system at primary level to deliver the WHO primary eye care package. Findings with respect to service delivery, equipment and health management information systems (HMIS) are presented in this paper.

Methods

This was a mixed-methods, cross sectional feasibility study in Anambra State, Ni

SUBMITTER: Aghaji A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8690487 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature