Decentralisation of Health Care Delivery in Nigeria: Issues in Governance and Citizens’ Participation in Local Health Care

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dc.contributor.authorQuadri, M.O
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-11T09:02:45Z
dc.date.available2019-03-11T09:02:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionJournal Articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractIssues of citizens’ participation in democracy continue to be a recurring decimal in governance discourse. This is more so as it is widely believed that promoting the main tenets of democracy and increasing people’s participation will engender development. The inference from this is that, since development is about people, when people are part of the decisions that affect their lives, then, they would be able to make meaningful contributions to issues that concern their own development. It is therefore argued that popular participation is in essence the empowerment of the people to involve themselves in creating structures and in designing policies and programmes that serve the interests of all and contribute optimally to the development process. Decentralisation emerged as a result of global trend to local autonomy and self-determination, and as a result of a trend to reduce reliance on centralised planning and be more responsive to market forces as well as local needs. In relation to the health sector, decentralisation is concerned with changing the way health systems are organised to produce effective service delivery. The point has been made that decentralisation could be useful in supporting and developing health services and bring it closer to people. This paper therefore examines the process of decentralisation and how it impacts on primary health care (PHC) service delivery in Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTertiary Education Trust Funden_US
dc.identifier.citationQuadri, M.O (2017). Decentralisation of Health Care Delivery in Nigeria: Issues in Governance and Citizens’ Participation in Local Health Care. Unilag Journal of Humanities, Vol.4(2), 135-153p.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2408-5030
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3926
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Lagos Press, Akokaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of lagos Journal;Vol.4(2)
dc.subjectCitizens’ participationen_US
dc.subjectDecentralisationen_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.subjectHealthcareen_US
dc.subjectService deliveryen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Sociologyen_US
dc.titleDecentralisation of Health Care Delivery in Nigeria: Issues in Governance and Citizens’ Participation in Local Health Careen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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