Assessment of the Institutional Capacity of Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board (SPHCB) on Primary Health Care Service Delivery in Kaduna State

Abstract

Over the years, the government has made concerted efforts to enhance PHC service delivery across the country. The system is bedevilled by fragmentation of services, shortage of skilled manpower, poor state of PHC facilities, and inadequacy in essential drug supplies, coordination and management. The state primary health care board were established to ensure effective PHC service delivery. The board champions the renovation and provision of basic and essential medical and health tools/equipment in the health centers. It is on this premise that this paper seeks to assess the institutional capacity of Kaduna State primary healthcare board on primary healthcare service delivery in Kaduna State. The paper specifically examines the infrastructural capacity and the role of SPHCB capacities of the SPHCB on primary health care delivery in Kaduna state. Using both primary and secondary sources, inference was drawn from a sample purposively selected to arrive at a conclusion through regression analysis. It was revealed that the board has successfully embarked on upgrading and renovation of PHC facilities to improve PHC service delivery in Kaduna state. Infrastructure constitutes the backbone of the primary health care system. Hence, the paper recommends that the board needs to set in motion a comprehensive maintenance culture of PHCs to sustain the PHC facilities.