Achieving the MDG 4: an Assessment of the Quality of Child Health Services in the Public Primary Health Care Facilities in Nigeria ( a Case Study of Nnewi North Lga, Anambra State
Achieving the MDG 4: an Assessment of the Quality of Child Health Services in the Public Primary Health Care Facilities in Nigeria ( a Case Study of Nnewi North Lga, Anambra State
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Of Study
In poor and middle-income nations like Nigeria, children and women account for three-quarters of the population. They are also the most vulnerable and environmentally conscious. As a result, children bear a disproportionate amount of the global disease burden. 1 Although significant progress was made in the previous decade in terms of reducing childhood health indicators, several countries suffered stasis or even reversals during the 1990s. 1 Low usage of high-quality health services is one of the explanations offered. Another explanation is that, in these emerging countries, the concept of quality has...