EXAMINATION OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES IN JERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA AND ENVIRONS BORNO STATE, NORTH-EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

 This study is to examine the spatial distribution of public health facilities in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, north east Nigeria. The objectives were to: investigate the available public health facilities in Jere and environs, assess factors responsible for the spatial distribution of public health facilities, examine how public health facilities are distributed across all communities in the study area; Data for the study were obtained from both primary and secondary sources, primary data were generated through inventory of health centres, visits to various health facilities where vital information were sieved through the administration of questionnaires, structured interviews and participatory rapid appraisal (PRA) were all done, while secondary data were obtained from the extraction of reports of National Population Commission (NPC), Jere Local Government Primary Health Care Department (PHCD), records from Dispensary, Clinics and Hospital.