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NUR-103 route
Unit 4 · Lesson 2 of 4 10 min

Organisation of Primary Health Care in Nigeria

Who does what, from the agency in Abuja down to the health post at the end of the road.

What this unit covers

Unit 4: Primary Health Care in Nigeria

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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