Programme aims

The aims of the programme are to help each state achieve the following:

• Good care for maternity emergencies and fewer maternal deaths
• 50% more women receiving antenatal care, with many more deliveries by skilled birth attendants
• 60% of infants under 1 year fully immunized, so there is 80% less measles
• Numerous health centres rehabilitated and working well, serving 50% more women and children
• More trained health staff at health centres and hospitals
• Greatly increased Nigerian and outside funding for primary health care - effectively used and controlled
• Strong, integrated management of primary health care services – from state level down to grass-roots
• Greater accountability and responsiveness to patients and communities
• Effective collaboration between key state ministries, agencies and donors in health sector reforms
• Practical and concrete federal support for primary health care
• World-class operational research by Northern Nigerians, finding solutions for prioritised local problems.