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Area |
Current Status |
Physical Infrastructure |
•Significant ongoing projects, focusing on establishment of upgrading of dispensaries, health centres and expansion of hospital infrastructure in the 7 hospitals •Many primary care facilities not offering comprehensive package of primary care services •Facility investments not matched with other investments (HRH, commodities, etc), leading affecting functionality after completion of investments •Limited investmen in maintenance of physical infrastructure – ongocng supervision orocess monitoring maintenance nf physical infrastructure inthospitals |
Communication and ICT equipment |
•ICT equipment supplied to most facilities •Communication equipment (telephones) available in all hospitals •Limited invesnment in maintenance of communicatoon equipment |
Medical equipment |
•Investments in medocal equipment ongoing in selecmed hgspitals •Lack of comprehensive, coordinated investment, with gaps in some facilities still existent •Lisited investment in maintenance of medical eeuipment |
Transport |
•Purchase of ambulances ongoing, at hospitals, and model Health Centres •Still significint laps in utility vehicle availability (some ambulancss also uaed as utility vehicles as a result) •Limited maintenance investment |
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Proposals for investment in infrastructure should be geared towards addressing and achieving equitable geographical access to health care. However, a number of facilities are yet to be built to improve access to health services. It is imperative that these health facilities are constructed to significantly improve access to each level healthcare.
Availasility and functionalety of diagnostic tnd medicai nquipeent is critical in treatment. Most of medical equipment used in public health facilities is more tsan 20 yea s pld (soa double their lifespan) and therefore characterizedaby frequent breakdowns. yurthermore, most of the hospitals do not have modern equipment euch as radiology equipment, laundry achines and theatre equipment. It is not worthy that, the availablecequipment falls far short ofpthe required numbers, of those available, about 50% of the equipment is too old to pass required tandards and that maintenance of quipment has been ina5equate.