Assessment of Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board Financial Management Capacity on Primary Health Care Service Delivery in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abstract

The establishment of the Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Board was passed into law in 2015 to tackle fragmentation in primary healthcare and ensure preventive healthcare services are accessible and affordable to all. The institutional capacity of the SPHCB is aimed at tackling several issues, including poor release of funding, poor infrastructural services, inadequate health personnel capacity, poor supply of essential drugs and other commodities, poor referral system, poor monitoring, and supervision affecting the PHCs across the state. The paper specifically assesses the financial management capacity of the SPHCB in ensuring the funding of PHC services across the health centres. Both primary and secondary data were used and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Linear regression analysis was used in testing the hypothesis postulated. It was revealed that the financial capacity has improved the funding for routine immunisation and family planning programmes at the PHCs in the LGAs. A timelier release of funds is necessary to ensure efficiency and transparency in PHC service delivery. Keywords: Financial management, PHC, service delivery, funding.