This short report describes the historical evolution of a pioneer Model PHC programme located in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, as a direct result of the vision and effort of Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, and his drive to entrench the delivery of primary health care (PHC) in Nigeria. It describes some of the programmes inspired by the PHC philosophy at the Model PHC Centre, some of the challenges faced over the years, and the need to reposition the programme. It exemplifies key principles in PHC and its philosophy that are instructive for health practitioners, policymakers and development practitioners, especially those with interest in resource-poor countries. (Afr J Reprod Health 2023; 27 [5s]: 82-86

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Model Primary Health Care Centre, Pakoto;

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Historical background of the establishment of Pakoto Model

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PHC Centre. In: Programme brochure of Primary

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the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Pakoto

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Model PHC Centre, Ogun State; December 2012.

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Campbell PC, Olufunlayo TF and Onyenwenyi AO. An

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assessment of client satisfaction with services at a

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model primary health care centre in Ogun State,

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Nigeria. Niger Q J Hosp Med 2010; 20: 13–18.

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Ransome-Kuti O, Sorungbe A, Oyegbite K and Bamisaiye

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Government Level: The Nigerian Experience.

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Primary health care and universal health coverage in

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Africa: Sustaining the legacies of Olikoye RansomeKuti. Afr J Reprod Health 2022; 26: 9–12.

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Abosede OA. ‘Primary Health Care in Nigeria: Gold-Plating

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or Refining the Gold ‘Key to Health for All’’. First

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Session, University of Lagos: University of Lagos

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Press and Bookshop Ltd., 2017.

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Establishing a sustainable ward health system in

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Nigeria: 24 years after Olikoye Ransome-Kuti’s

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leadership. Front Public Health 2017; 5: 48.

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Olalubi OA and Bello SI. Community-based strategies to

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improve primary health care (PHC) services in

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developing countries. Case study of Nigeria. J Prim

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Bamisaiye A, Olukoya A, Ekunwe EO and Abosede OA.

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A village health worker programme in Nigeria.

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Experience. Lagos: Academy Press Ltd., 1991.

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National Primary Health Care Development Agency.

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National Standing Orders for Community Health

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Officers (CHO) and Community Health Extension

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Abosede OA. Primary health care in medical education in

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Nigeria. Lagos, Nigeria: University of Lagos Press,

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Ogunnubi PO, Adikea DC, Oshodi YO, Olagunju AT,

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Adeyemi JD, Aina OF and Onajole AT. Community

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Psychiatric Service in a Nigerian Rural Centre:

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Bridging Mental Health Gap. Niger J Psychiatry

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Thornicroft G and Adeyemi JD. Medico-Religious

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Collaboration: A model for mental health care in a

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resource poor country. Niger J Med 2017; 26: 343–

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Ogunnubi PO, Adikea CD, Oshodi Y, Adeyemi A,

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Adeyemi J, Oni DO and Olagunju A.

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Sociodemographic profile, presentations and

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therapeutic interventions in a community psychiatry

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service in south-west, nigeria. Eur Psychiatry 2013;

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Comparison of patients’ satisfaction with eye care

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and family medicine services at a primary health

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