The Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF)
One per cent of the federal purse, sliced five ways, so that a ward health centre has drugs, staff and a working fridge.
What this unit covers
Unit 4: Primary Health Care in Nigeria
- 1 Historical Development of Primary Health Care in NigeriaFrom a 1970s development plan to a law that sets aside money for every ward's health centre. · 10 min
- 2 Organisation of Primary Health Care in NigeriaWho does what, from the agency in Abuja down to the health post at the end of the road. · 10 min
- 3 Primary Health Care Under One Roof (PHCUOR)When five different offices each own a piece of the same health centre, nobody owns the problem. PHCUOR was the fix. · 10 min
- 4 The Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF)One per cent of the federal purse, sliced five ways, so that a ward health centre has drugs, staff and a working fridge. · 11 min