Management of community health services: Overall management
Country experiences
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Health Facility Committees: The Governance Issue
pdf, 60kb
Community Health Department, 2004, Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya
Health facility committees and governance; strengthening health systems: genuine community representation, management capacity, managing revenues, information and quality of services; lessons learnt
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Sustaining Community Based Health Initiatives
pdf, 932kb
Community Health Department, 2004, Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya
Community participation; community health workers; water supply; drug supply; impact and lessons learned
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Leading the Information Revolution in Kwale District
pdf, 873kb
Community Health Department, 2004, Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya
Development and implementation of the Health Management Information Systems in the Kwale district of Kenya; prospects for replication, expansion and improvement and policy implications of a national HMIS. Resulted in readily available timely and accurate information, making it possible to respond to problems quickly; more effective targeting of programmes and funding; and more effective disease surveillance.
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The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative for Scaling Up Service Delivery Innovation
Frank K Nyonator, J Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F Phillips, Tanya C Jones and Robert A Miller, 2005, Health Policy and Planning; 20(1): 25–34
Evidence-based policy development; bridges the gap between research and programme implementation; the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Initiative; mobilize volunteers, resources and cultural institutions for supporting community-based primary health care. This paper describes the implementation and the principles of scaling up organizational change.
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Community-Based Initiatives in the Eastern Mediterrean Region
pdf, 789kb
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2003
Healthy villages; healthy cities; women in development
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Shaping Livable Cities, Stories of Progress Around the World
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Editor: Kristina Taboulchanas, 2006, International Development Research Centre, Canada
real-world examples of successful efforts to promote sustainable and equitable development, and to make a particular community, city or group of cities healthier and better places to live.
(36 pages)