Institutional strengthening of the Christian Health Association of Nigeria
The Christian Health Association of Nigeria (CHAN) is the umbrella organisation for Nigeria’s 4,400 church-based health centres and hospitals, which are distributed across the country. It provides up to 40 per cent of primary and secondary health services.
Health Partners International (HPI) worked with CHAN to help strengthen the organisation’s management systems.
We also provided support for the development of CHAN’s support services for member institutions, including:
- provision of drugs and other medical supplies
- advocacy
- strengthening of management systems
- improvement in care provided for vulnerable populations.
HPI supplied the team leader and other technical advisers who:
- reviewed the needs of CHAN’s member institutions and management systems
- designed and introduced organisational and management reforms
- supported the computerisation of accounting and financial management systems
- strengthened CHAN’s communications system.