An Assessment of Decentralisation Effectiveness on Public Health Service Delivery in Rural Tanzania:A Case Study of Pangani and Urambo Local Government Authorities

This Study Aimed to Asses Effectiveness of Decentralisation on the Delivery of Public Health Services in Rural Tanzania Drawing Experiences From Pangani and Urambo and Local Government Authorities (LGAs).The Study Adopted A Case Study Design and Employed Mainly Qualitative Approach to Address the Problem.The Study Used Mixed Data Collection Method and Technique, Analysis was Mainly Qualitative. The Study Established that; for the Past fifteen years decentralisation had decimal effects on Improving Public Health Service Delivery in Rural Tanzania.Institutional Characteristics and Legal frameworks Posed Hindrances for Full Fruition of Intended Effectiveness of Decentralization on healthy service delivery in Rural Tanzania.With decentralisation,health services were characterised by a number of shortcomings that affected access and quality.The establishment of healthy centres and supply of needed equipments, drugs and medicines, health workers,distance,complaints handling mechanisms and responsiveness remained as a problems.Delayed service Provision,Poor time mangement by staff,minimal Accountability and transparency,minimal political will,poor records management,shortage of healthy workers and resistance to change characterised public health service,remained so and persisted.The study recommends a review and a re alignment of Legal frame, administrative systems,structures and processes.Improvement on human resource for health and intergration of decentralisation with other sector reforms is a crucial.There is also need for Increased leadership commitment and political will,timely resource allocation,public awareness building and having home grown reforms and involvement of Local Government Authorities also recommended.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

phd

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

The Open University of Tanzania

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Hussein, Lufunyo

• 320 Political science

Language dc:language

en