@article{MAKHILLTSS20138122391,
    title = {Tanzania Health Sector Reform with Reference to Morbidity and Mortality: Something to Celebrate in Dodoma and Morogoro Regions?},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {8},
    number = {1},
    pages = {64-71},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2013.64.71},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2013.64.71},
    author = {Martha,Domitila and},
    keywords = {Health sector,regions,morbidity,mortality,patients,Morogoro},
    abstract = {The study was carried out to investigate the contribution 
  of health sector reform on morbidity and mortality in Bahi Rural District and 
  Morogoro Municipality. Specific objectives of the study were to assess the extent 
  to which health sector reform had an effect on morbidity and to examine the 
  effect of health sector reform on infant and maternal mortality. Data collections 
  included 256 households and 64 health services providers using structured questionnaire. 
  Data were analyzed using qualitative methods, such as; frequencies, cross-tabulation 
  and means. Major results in both Bahi Rural District and Morogoro Municipal 
  indicate that morbidity decreased with time. Sources of safe and clean water 
  had been improved. Most of the households had pit-latrines. Together with maternal 
  and infant mortality has been reduced. In conclusion, assessment made on morbidity 
  as related to health sector reform indicates that the number of patients in 
  both Bahi Rural District and Morogoro Municipality have tended to decrease with 
  time and would probably mean that reform had a positive change on health service 
  delivery. Assessments on maternal and infant mortality rates have shown that 
  there had been a tendency of reduction in both Bahi Rural District and Morogoro 
  Municipal. Construction of new health facilities in close proximity to the community 
  and provision of drugs and equipment, especially in the rural areas is also 
  recommended as it will help in improving accessibility to quality health services. 
  In doing so, it will also reduce mortality and the number of patients served 
  per medical officer in some of the health facilities.}
    }