Eliminating barriers to accessing healthcare through public-private health sectors collaboration and resource utilization for achievement of efficiency in Nigeria’s educational system

Abstract

Collaboration occurs when two or more independent sectors willingly work together for a common course to achieve a goal. Health and education are interconnected: Good health status cannot be attained without knowledge of health promotional activities acquired through education. Likewise, knowledge cannot be acquired without physical, mental and social stability. This implies that, positive health is attained when all the three dimensions are met. However, due to so many factors ranging from economic, political, cultural, religion and many others, it is difficult for an individual to be completely healthy. Public and private healthcare facilities exist to provide health promotional, therapeutic and rehabilitative care, including primordial services through community social responsibilities to ensure individuals and families are free from diseases that would hinder them from learning. This is because effective teaching and learning can only take place when the teacher and learner are at reasonable state of wellbeing. Ability to access healthcare has a profound effect on overall health. Poor access to healthcare results in higher morbidity and mortality. Barriers to healthcare could be individual-base, government-based or system-base. This paper considers strategies to eliminate barriers to accessing healthcare through public-private health sectors collaboration as means to achieving efficiency in educational sector.