A Dissertation Submitted to Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus
College, as a Partial Fulfillment for the Award of Masters of Science in Human
Resources Management of Mzumbe University
As narrated in chapter one and two main research objective was to assess health
human resource needs at health facilities of the Temeke Municipality in delivery of
health services, to find out whether there was a problem of shortage of human
resources for health in delivery of health services in Temeke Municipal health
facilities, and to identify the gaps between the available and actual demands of
human resource for health in Temeke Municipality. To examine the influence of the
health human resources requirements in the delivery of health services in Temeke
Municipal health facilities. Not only was there inadequate numbers of health workers
to assist each man, woman, and child, but there was also a presence of much greater
burden of disease and scarce resources. This necessitated insufficient health services
delivery, when the number of health service providers was not proportion to the huge
numbers of health service seekers especially resident outpatients and inpatients and
other patients in fluxing into Temeke Municipality daily from neighbouring places.
Chapter three contains information on type of research methodology employed
during research exercise and revealed that a total of 22 health facilities were involved
in the study (as a sample size). The researcher studied only 17 Dispensaries, 2 Health
Centres and 3 Hospitals which are all government owned health facilities found in
Temeke Municipality. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources
including reading of periodical health reports and interview with responsible health
practioners and also through observation of each health facility.
Chapter four indicates findings that 38.97% human resources for health were
required in Temeke Hospital and 56.81% in Vijibweni Hospital, 51.6% for Health
Centres and 12.04% for dispensaries.
The last chapter points out the recommendations of the researcher on how to bridge
the gap between the available and required numbers of health human resources so as
to ensure optimal delivery of health services.