From: Assessment of health service delivery parameters in Kano and Zamfara States, Nigeria
Functional health facility: A place where clinical services are provided by health care workers, utilized by clients, and has a suitable infrastructure. All functional health facilities are to submit monthly reports of aggregated data into NHMIS using the monthly summary form. | |
---|---|
Primary Health Care (PHC) | consists of Health Post, Health Clinic and Primary Health Centre |
The minimum human resource requirements for PHC | |
 Health Post | Junior Community Health Extension Worker (JCHEW) – 1, Health attendant - 1 |
 Health Clinic | Nurses/Midwife – 2, Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW) – 2, JCHEWs - 4, Health attendant/assistant - 2 |
 Primary Health Centre | Medical doctor - 1, Community Health Officer (CHO) - 1, nurses/midwife - 4, Pharmacy technician - 1, CHEW - 3, JCHEW - 6, Environmental Health Officer (EHO) - 1, Medical Records Officer - 1, Laboratory technician - 1, Health attendant/assistant - 2 |