Linking informal providers to the formal urban health system for improved access to quality and equitable health services in urban slums in Nigeria

Developing and institutionalising health system linkages between the formal and informal sectors for improving the equitable provision and use of appropriate essential health services in urban slums in Nigeria

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN58193948

Enrollment

1280

Registered

2026-01-27

Start date

2024-08-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-02-09

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Conditions

Access to health services Other

Interventions

The intervention was implemented from July 2024 to May 2025, targeting four key areas, essential to the successful integration of informal providers: 1) improving governance, oversight & management

2) improving human resource for health capacity

3) improving service delivery quality and appropriate referrals

4) improving the quantity and quality of health data reporting from informal providers (health information system)

and 5) strengthening community governance and accountability mechanism. The governance intervention involved the creation of a new urban health unit and strengthening the capacity of desk officers

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Informal health providers (IHPs) in urban slums - traditional birth attendants, bonesetters and patent medicine vendors 2. Formal providers in public primary healthcare centers in urban slums 3. Household heads and primary caregivers in the household who are aged 18 years and above

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Minors 2. Adult visitors to households 3. Households or individuals who did not provide consent

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactIheomimichineke Ojiakor

iheomimichineke@gmail.com+234 (0)8037561460

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 15, 2026