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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1282282

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF TANZANIA AND NIGERIA USING THE SIX WHO BUILDING BLOCKS

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Uzochukwu E. Chima Uzochukwu E. Chima 1*Faith Omotayo Faith Omotayo 1,2Chinonyelum E. Agbo Chinonyelum E. Agbo 1Erick J. Budeba Erick J. Budeba 3Sopuruchukwu M. Elizabeth Sopuruchukwu M. Elizabeth 1Dicklan Byabato Dicklan Byabato 3Success C. David Success C. David 1,4Don-Eliseo L. Prisno Don-Eliseo L. Prisno 5,6,7
  • 1 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria
  • 2 Department of Public and Community Health Science, University of the People, Pasadena, United States
  • 3 Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
  • 4 University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
  • 5 Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
  • 6 Faculty of Management and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Philippines
  • 7 Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand

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    A health system is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver healthcare services to meet the health needs of a target population. It ensures affordable, accessible and highquality health services that are widespread, notwithstanding the geographical background. This review article presents a comparative analysis of the health systems of Tanzania and Nigeria while giving an account of the WHO building blocks of their health systems; health service delivery, leadership/governance, access to essential medicines, health information systems, and health financing. A summary of the sociopolitical status of each of the countries was given before the framework of WHO building blocks was appraised and the current states of each of the country's building blocks of the health system were then discussed and analyzed. An insight was also given as to the probable causes of the inefficiency in the health systems of Tanzania and Nigeria. Finally, recommendations and strategies that will improve the current state of the health systems of Tanzania and Nigeria were suggested. Several published materials and reports were employed as pieces of evidence in this narrative review.

    Keywords: WHO building blocks, Comparative health systems, Nigeria, Tanzania, recommendations

    Received: 23 Aug 2023; Accepted: 08 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chima, Omotayo, Agbo, Budeba, Elizabeth, Byabato, David and Prisno. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Uzochukwu E. Chima, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria

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