Building better health : enlisting the aid of communities to improve the health system

Date

2004

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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA

Abstract

The Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project shows how health systems benefit when local communities and officials contribute to key decisions and participate in efforts to improve health services. Whether it is making bricks to rebuild dispensaries or speaking up at village meetings, people are assuming responsibility for their futures.

Description

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Renforcer la santé : mobiliser les collectivités pour améliorer le système de santé

Keywords

HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SERVICES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH, RURAL COMMUNITIES, TANZANIA, DECISION MAKING, CAPACITY BUILDING, HEALTH FACILITIES, DECENTRALIZATION

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