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Healthcare in Nigeria is influenced by different local and regional factors that impact the quality or quantity present in one location. [citation needed] Due to the aforementioned, the healthcare system in Nigeria has shown spatial variation in terms of availability and quality of facilities in relation to need. However, this is largely a ...
The NHREC was inaugurated in October 2005 by the Nigerian Minister of Health on presidential directives, as an offshoot of the Health Research Ethics Committee that had been in existence since the early 1980s. [2] Its Code of Health Research Ethics was approved by the National Council on Health in its 50th Annual Meeting in January 2007. [3]
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is one of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria concerned with the formulation and implementation of policies related to health. It is headed by two Ministers appointed by the President , assisted by a Permanent Secretary, who is a career civil servant . [ 1 ]
According to Dr. Relman, American health care system is a profit-driven industry and it has become a widely accepted theory these days. [10] Since the term was introduced 40 years ago, health care industry has developed into even a larger, greater and flourishing industry.
A hospital in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. In Nigeria, there has been a major progress in the improvement of health since 1950.Although lower respiratory infections, neonatal disorders and HIV/AIDS have ranked the topmost causes of deaths in Nigeria, [1] in the case of other diseases such as monkeypox, [2] polio, malaria and tuberculosis, progress has been achieved.
Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society". [1] According to the World Health Organization, an explicit health policy can achieve several things: it defines a vision for the future; it outlines priorities and the expected roles of different groups; and it builds consensus and informs people.
The five control knobs for health-sector reform. In "Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity," [2] Marc Roberts, William Hsiao, Peter Berman, and Michael Reich of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health aim to provide decision-makers with tools and frameworks for health care system reform.
The Donabedian model is a conceptual model that provides a framework for examining health services and evaluating quality of health care. [1] According to the model, information about quality of care can be drawn from three categories: "structure", "process", and "outcomes". [2]