التوزيع المكاني لخدمات الصحة العلاجية بمدينة كوستي-ولاية النيل الأبيض الحقبة 1950م- 2018م

الملخص EN

This study dealt with the spatial distribution of curative health services in the city of Kosti, White Nile State in the period 1950-2018 AD.

The study aimed to analyze and evaluate the reality of curative health services inbthe light of urban expansion and link the development of curative health services with the development of the city and its population and urban growth and to develop solutions and proposals that help in developing curative health services .The study followed several approaches such as the historical curriculum, the descriptive analytical method, and the quantitative statistical method.

The study used multiple methods to collect information represented in primary sources, such as observation, interview, questionnaire, and secondary sources such as books, theses, and reports.

The study found results, including that the spatial distribution of curative health services among the districts of the region is unfair, as they are concentrated in the center of the city and the marginal districts lack health institutions and are less farther away from the center, and this results in suffering for residents of the marginal areas in order to reach them where the recipient of health service travels more than (1000) meters.

The study showed that curative health services are not commensurate with the size of the population and urbanization, as the number of hospitals reached (4) hospitals (24) health centers corresponding to (286) thousand inhabitants and (61) residential neighborhoods.

The study revealed that there is a variation in the distribution and density of population between the city’s districts and the availability of curative health services.

Slums and third-class districts are characterized by high population density and a lack of curative health services compared to the first and second class districts.

The study put forward several recommendations, including the acceleration of building government health centers, especially in the marginal districts, in order to overcome the difficulties of the residents of those districts in order to access services and the necessity of equitable distribution of curative health services between the districts of the city and the application of local and international standards,including the development of cadres working in the health field, in order to ensure the quality of services provided to service recipient and the provision of health services according to the size of the population, taking into account their spatial distribution.