ASSESSMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE PROGRAMME IN SANGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE

The healthcare system in Nigeria is increasingly facing challenges of ensuring healthcare provision to the growing population that is disproportionately distributed over space. The challenges are due to a number of factors, such as, rapid population growth, uneven population distribution related to natural resource base, poor transportation networks which have made some areas remote, low human resource and the inadequate or lack of financial support for the provision and management of health services. This study is aimed at examine the impact of Primary healthcare programmes on rural development in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state. The study employs the survey research method and design as our research methodology focusing entirely healthcare sector of Sanga local government area of Kaduna state Nigeria. The population size of the study is 149,333, based on 2006 population census. Using the Taro YamanVs technique, about 400 sampled size was utilized. The stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the 17 communities for the study. The study observed that majority of the sampled population disagree with the proposition that primary healthcare service delivery improves rural development in Sanga local government area as a whole; hospital equipment impact primary healthcare service delivery negatively; Availability of drugs leads to effective healthcare service delivery. The study recommended that to achieve a sustainable healthcare service delivery in Sanga local government area, there is need for the provision of all necessary healthcare equipment that can cater for health challenges encountered in the healthcare facilities in the local government area; availability of drugs in hospitals; even distribution of qualified medical personnel and more qualified medical personnel are encouraged to be recruited to ensure healthcare service delivery is improved.