Appraisal of primary health care services in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria: how committed are the health workers?

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The primary health care model was declared as the appropriate strategy for ensuring health-for-all. However up till date, very few studies have assessed the services provided by primary health centres in terms of its basic components. This study aimed to appraise health services provided and to estimate the commitment of the health workers in selected primary health care centres within Abuja Nigeria.

Keywords

• primary health care
• millennium development goals
• basic health service scheme
• selective primary health care
• health-for-all