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Title:Nature, evolution and organisation of health intervention programmes in Nigeria
Author:Adeokun, Lawrence A.
Year:1981
Periodical:Quarterly Journal of Administration
Volume:16
Issue:3-4
Pages:151-167
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subject:public health
Abstract:In as much as modern health systems are 'instrusions' from an advanced community into a less developed community, the nature, evolution and organisation of preventive services have largely depended on a longitudinal progress in the accurate recognition of crucial health problems and hazards, the allocation of appropriate human and physical resources to their solutions and the creation of the planning and administrative capacity for the design and effective implementation of health intervention programme (HIPs). In this paper, the overview of the nature, evolution and organisation of HIPs, first under the colonial regime and later under the indigenous post-independence regimes, is employed to illustrate the differences in approaches arising from different perspectives of the health problem of the community. In addition, the Nigerian case study helps to identify the changes that have taken place in the socio-political climate of health planning and implementation and how these changes have affected the effectiveness of HIPs, even when the universal rhetoric of preventive care has been embraced. For various reasons a quantitative analysis of the impact of various programmes on morbidity or mortality in Nigeria is ruled out. - Notes, ref., tab.
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