Strengthening Community Accountability Mechanisms for Quality Primary Healthcare – A spotlight on Niger State

[ad_1] By Oluoma Omeje (Lead Writer) According to the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) report, the primary health care indices of Niger State have shown improvements when compared to the findings of the 2016 MICS. Under-five mortality rate has decreased from 149 per every 1,000 live births to 61 per every 1,000 live births….

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‘I spent 2 days sleeping in a chair’ – patient at Jubilee hospital

[ad_1] Jubilee District Hospital in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, is stretched and doesn’t have the capacity to take care of a growing population. Communications officer, Moses Seete, says the hospital serves patients from more than 20 villages between Gauteng and Northwest provinces.  “The needs simply exceed our resources,” he says.  Left unattended Thirty-year-old Koketso Chabalala…

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