ACTIVITIES OF UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PORGRAMME IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR HIV/AIDS PATIENTS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the activities of United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) in provision of health care services for HIV/AIDs patients in Enugu State. One research question and one hypothesis was formulated. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 1,100 HIV/AIDs patients. The sample for the study was 550 HIV/AIDs patients. Simple and proportionate stratified random sampling techniques were used in drawing the sample for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured 33-items questionnaire titled “United Nations Development Programmes health care services Questionnaire (UNDPHSQ). The instrument was face validated by three research experts and its reliability index was .71. Data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation for answering research questions while t-test was used in testing the hypothesis. The finding from the study revealed that provisions of Health care facilities by UNDPs was to a great extent. Based on the finding, it was recommended among others that the UNDP should involve the target community in needs identification, planning, execution, monitoring, assessment and evaluation for sustainability of the projects.