Factors Influencing Sustainability of Health Projects in Gambella Hospital, Ethiopia
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2022-07
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Addis Ababa University
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Sustaining a project entails the process of ensuring that the institutions supported through projects and the benefits realized are maintained and continue after the end of the project. Sustainability of health projects has therefore not been achieved despite major efforts from various supportive partners. This study aimed to assess factors influencing sustainability of health projects in Gambella Hospital, Ethiopia. The study used descriptive and inferential research design in the attempts to describe the relationship between the various identified factors and project sustainability from April 20-May 17,2022. The target population for this study were 8 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) health projects working at Gambella Hospital, from whom 197 respondents were selected using random sampling technique. Questionnaire were used to collect data from the respondents. The filled data were checked for consistency and completeness and edited, coded, cleaned and analyzed using SPSS version 20 for Windows. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and standard deviation (±SD) were used to summarize the characteristics of the study participants. Multiple regression analysis was used to establish the relations between the independent and dependent variables. The study showed that stakeholders involvement, clarity in project mission and vision, competence of project managers, and availability of funds influence sustainability of health project positively. The study showed that a majority of respondents were in agreement with the various aspects on stakeholder’s involvement, project mission and vision, project manager competence, and availability of funds as shown by an aggregate score of 4.28, 4.19, 4.46 and 4.23 respectively. The research findings indicated that there was a positive relationship (R= 0.34) between the variables. From this study it is evident that at 95% confidence level, the variables produce statistically significant values and can be relied on to explain sustainability of health projects. The results of ANOVA test revealed that the combined independent variables have significant effect on sustainability of health projects. This is explained by F values (3.918) and low p-values (0.005) which are less than 5% level of significance. To ensure the sustainability of health projects, we recommend that considerable effort should be done in the various aspects of stakeholder involvement, clarity in project mission and vision, project managers competence and availability of funds before implementation