Management capacity is an important part of a functioning primary health care system. Identifying capacity needs provides decision-makers and implementing partners with a clearer basis for determining where support can have the greatest value.

The Kano PHC Management Capacity Diagnostic contributed to this process by focusing attention on the management systems underpinning primary health care delivery in the state.

Rather than beginning with a predetermined intervention, the diagnostic approach created an opportunity to first understand existing capacity and establish a foundation for more targeted health systems strengthening.