Absenteeism in primary health centres in Nigeria: leveraging power, politics and kinship
Authors: Aloysius Odii, Obinna Onwujekwe, Eleanor Hutchinson, Prince Agwu, Charles Orjiakor, Pamela Ogbozor, Pallavi Roy, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova
Publication date: December 2022
Background Primary health centres (PHCs) in Nigeria suffer critical shortages of health workers, aggravated by chronic absenteeism that has been attributed to insufficient resources to govern ...