In Nigeria’s Delta State, a public/private partnership is rehabilitating 25 defunct health facilities to provide quality primary health care services to remote and underserved communities. The Primary Health Care Revitalization and Access to Finance Scheme hands over public health facilities to private providers and outsources primary health care services to these providers.

Dr. Ibironke Dada, Director for quality activities, MNCH projects at the Pharmacess Foundation, tells us how the scheme combines innovative financing, enrollment in a public health insurance scheme and a quality improvement plan to increase both access to health care and the quality of the services provided.