Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri

Biographic Data

ID9067585
NAMEWhenayon Simeon Ajisegiri
GIVEN NAMESWhenayon Simeon
FAMILY NAMEAjisegiri
SIGNATUREAJISEGIRI W S
AFFILIATIONSUNSW Sydney
ORCID0000-0002-8081-7058
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • “We just have to help”

    Open AccessWhenayon Simeon Ajisegiri, Seye Abimbola et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: Nigeria's skilled health professional health workforce density is insufficient to achieve its national targets for non-communicable diseases (NCD) which include 25% reduction in the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, particularly at the primary health care (PHC) level. This places a great demand on community health workers (CHWs) who constitute the majority of PHC workers. Traditionally, CHWs are mainly involved in infectious …

  • It is not all about salary

    Open AccessWhenayon Simeon Ajisegiri, David P Peiris et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Community health workers (CHWs) constitute the majority of primary healthcare (PHC) workers in Nigeria, yet little is understood about their motivations or the most effective interventions to meet their needs to ensure quality health coverage across the country. We aimed to identify factors that would motivate CHWs for quality service delivery. METHODS: A discrete-choice experiment was conducted among 300 CHWs across 44 PHC faciliti…

  • Community health extension workers’ training and supervision in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAzeb Gebresilassie Tesema, David P Peiris et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Training and supervision of health workers are critical components of any health system;thus, we assessed how they impact health extension workers’ (HEWs) role in non-communicable disease (NCD) service delivery in Ethiopia’s health extension program (HEP), using an in-depth qualitative study conducted in 2019.The study covered two regions—the Tigray and the South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR)—and involved the Federal Ministry …

  • The organisation of primary health care service delivery for non-communicable diseases in Nigeria

    Open AccessWhenayon Simeon Ajisegiri, Seye Abimbola et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    As chronic diseases, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) require sustained person-centred and community-based care. Given its direct link to communities and households, Primary Health Care (PHC) is well positioned to achieve such care. In Nigeria, the national government has prioritized PHC system strengthening as a means of achieving national NCD targets. However, strengthening PHC systems for NCDs require re-organization of PHC service delivery, b…

  • Health system capacity and readiness for delivery of integrated non-communicable disease services in primary health care

    Open AccessAzeb Gebresilassie Tesema, Seye Abimbola et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2021

    Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for about 71% and 32% of all the deaths globally and in Ethiopia. Primary health care (PHC) is a vital instrument to address the ever-increasing burden of NCDs and is the best strategy for delivering integrated and equitable NCD care. We explored the capacity and readiness of Ethiopia’s PHC system to deliver integrated, people-centred NCD services. Methods A qualitative study was conducted i…

  • Aligning policymaking in decentralized health systems

    Open AccessWhenayon Simeon Ajisegiri, Seye Abimbola et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2021

    Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are leading causes of death globally and in Nigeria they account for 29% of total deaths. Nigeria’s health system is decentralized. Fragmentation in governance in federalised countries with decentralised health systems is a well-recognised challenge to coherent national health policymaking. The policy response to the rising NCD burden therefore requires strategic intent by national and sub-national governments. Thi…