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A review of surgical cases and procedures in rural Nigeria - Oluyombo A Awojobi, 2002 [24] Epidural needle and intraosseous access - Oluyombo A Awojobi, 2003 [25] 20 years of primary care surgery in Ibarapa - Oluyombo A Awojobi, 2004 [26] Inguinal hernia in Nigeria - Oluyombo A Awojobi, AA Ayatunde 2004 [27]
The agency was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria on December 10, 1992, following the promulgation of Decree No. 29. This decree aimed to address the deficiencies in Nigeria's primary healthcare system by creating a dedicated body responsible for its development, coordination, and implementation across the country.
Primary care may be provided in community health centres. Primary care is a model of health care that supports first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive and coordinated person-focused care. It aims to optimise population health and reduce disparities across the population by ensuring that subgroups have equal access to services.
The term primary care in the UK may also include services provided by community pharmacy, optometrist, dental surgery and community hearing care providers. The balance of care between primary care and secondary care - which usually refers to hospital-based services - varies from place to place, and with time.
Retaining health care professionals is an important objective. Survey shows looming brain drain in Nigeria's health sector in the rising trend of emigration of healthcare personnel – physicians, pharmacists, nurses, laboratory scientists, physiotherapists and many others have difficulty getting into paid employment. Many fresh doctors, out of ...
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery; Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research; Journal of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers; Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine; Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine; Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice; Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences
However, because Nigeria operates a mixed economy, private providers of health care have a visible role to play in health care delivery. The federal government 's role is mostly limited to coordinating the affairs of the university teaching hospitals , while the state government manages the various general hospitals and the local government ...
Primary nursing is a system of nursing care delivery that emphasizes continuity of care and responsibility acceptance by having one registered nurse (RN), often teamed with a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and/or nursing assistant (NA), who together provide complete care for a group of patients throughout their stay in a hospital unit or department. [1]