| Abstract |
Ministry of Health, Libya in collaboration with World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
implemented the 2012 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA). The SARA for Libya was conducted to:
assess the current status of infrastructure, service delivery and system resources including human resources, supply-chain system, technologies and financial resources, assess facilities readiness and any damage which could have been sustained during the conflict, and measure system outputs, service utilization and their adequacy.
SARA Libya survey covered all primary health care (PHC) facilities from each of the 23 districts across the country. A total
of 1379 primary health care facilities were included in the survey. Of these, 736 were primary health care units, 496 were
primary health care centers and 147 were other types of primary facilities. Data was collected between February and April
2012.
This report covers the following categories of indicators:
1. General service availability
• Health infrastructure density
• Health workforce density
• Service utilization
2. General service readiness
• Basic amenities
• Basic equipment
• Standard precautions for prevention of infections
• Diagnostic capacity
• Essential medicines
• Laboratory equipment capacity
3. Service specific availability and readiness
• Antenatal care
• Basic obstetric care
• Child immunization
• Preventive and Curative Care for Children Under Five
• Adolescents Health
• Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Blood Transfusion
• Basic Surgery
• School Health
• Oral Health
• Mental Health Care
• Cancer Diagnosis and Management |
