Residents of Banjul, Brikama and Kanifing administrative areas have rated their councils performance in delivering health-related services as “very poor”, according to a new survey. 

The research by Centre for Policy, Research and Strategic Studies (CepRass) and National Endowment for Democracy detailed the access to healthcare services in the three regions. 

It found that residents rated the overall performance of their councils as “poor and very poor”.

“This comprises almost 41% accounting for poor while 8% of the respondents considered it very poor.

“Only 18 respondents out of 403 about 4.5% interviewed said is good and 46% said is fair.”

Meanwhile, the survey also assessed the respondents perception of the cost of health services across the three regions.

“Apparently, 70% said it is expensive, followed by 18% who said it is moderate and 12% claimed it to be low with 0% recorded non-free respectively.

“Going by the regional findings, the same trend holds. Although Banjul registered 95% for expensive, 1% moderate and 4% low in that order. 

“Kanifing recorded 30% expensive, 32% 
moderate and 38% low. 

“Brikama LGA registered 80% expensive, 16% moderate, 3% low and 1% 
non-free.

“By and large the overall consensus is that access to health services in the three most 
developed regions in the country with a lot of private health services and limited public health facilities is claimed to be expensive of which the councils need to improve on the services.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba