Consequent upon the PHC needs to the Nigeria economic
growth and the development of the health care delivery in particular. Ekunwe
1996 had appointed out that PHC is central to Nigeria’s national health care
system and was adopted as the key to health for all Nigerians.
The basic principles of PHC in
Nigeria therefore include:-
a. Accessibility of health services to all
population.
b. Maximum
individuals and community involvement in the planning and operation of health
care service.
c. The
integration of health development with total overall social and economic
development. The prominent features of PHC programme in the country are:
1. PHC
addresses the main community health problems as well as provides promotive,
curative and rehabilitate services.
2. PHC is
based on the application of relevant results of health services research and
public health experiences.
3. PHC
reflects and evolves from socio cultural and political characteristics of the
country as well as the economic conditions of the citizen.
4. PHC
promotes maximum community and individual participation and self-reliance.
5. PHC
embraces and involves all health and health-related sections and aspects of
community and national development, namely:
i. Agriculture
ii. Housing
iii. Education
iv Public works
v. Communication
vi. Animal
husbandry and
vii. Food
production.