With the current health challenge and its negative implications, one cannot but think and engage in the importance of the health systems in Nigeria. As we were planning to write this fourth piece in the series, the importance of primary healthcare as critical to the wellbeing of our nation, post-COVID-19 comes to mind. What access to primary health care specifically does an average Nigerian have? How many primary healthcare facilities are accessible in each of the 774 local governments in Nigeria? In agreement with this, the World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasised the importance of primary health care.
Source: The Guardian June 10, 2020 23:24 UTC