Failure of Primary Healthcare Delivery in Africa
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
An effective health system guarantees access to health as fundamental to improved health, and decreased morbidity and mortality. Health care deliveries in many African countries have been poor due to the failure of governments and their agencies to address the underlying challenges with strategic plans. . While many countries such as China, Cuba, Chile, and Costa Rica, the US, Canada, and Great Britain just few to mention have improved their health care servicesto fit the populations needs, access to primary health care in many African countries continues to be highly limited thereby leading to increased death and diseases from preventable causes. Majority of the health systems in Africa are characterized by bad leadership and management, poor funding, shortage of drugs, inadequate labor capacity, and absence of health promoting amenities in the rural areas among many other problems. Therefore, African countries need to adopt a well-established health delivery framework that is responsive to local and emerging health needs. This study was done by using critical research method of analyzing available secondary information. It reviewed literature on health care delivery in Africa and other developing countries, including World Health Organization reports.
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Raymond O. Chimezie
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