Learning to Sustain Change: Mitanin Community Health Workers Promote Public Accountability in India
Author | Samir Garg | |
Author | Suchi Pande | |
Area | All Districts | |
Date Accessioned | 2024-11-26T09:02:53Z | |
Date Available | 2024-11-26T09:02:53Z | |
Date of Publication | 2018 | |
Description | Accountability Note- on how Community Health Workers (Mitanin) can build and suatain accountability and take a movement-building approach to public health | |
Abstract | The Accountability Note- illustrates how Community Health Worker program (Mitanin) in Chattisgarh as service providers and community leaders has developed an evolving learning strategy by involving the State and civil society actors to sustain action on public accountability of health system and connect communities with government health care services. The document also shows that CHWs can simultaneously work as health care providers and build and sustain accountability. Besidses, it shows how the program has taken a form of movement-building approach to public health rather than just being a narrow targeted intervention. | |
Identifier URI | https://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/900 | |
Provenance | Rural and Urban | |
Provenance | Chattisgarh | |
Provenance | India | |
Keyword | Mitanin-Community Health Workers | |
Citation | Garg, S., & Pande, S. (2018). Learning to Sustain Change: Mitanin Community Health Workers Promote Public Accountability in India. Accountability Research Center. | |
Title | Learning to Sustain Change: Mitanin Community Health Workers Promote Public Accountability in India | |
Item Type | Case Study | |
Coverage | Community Health workers | |
Coverage | Collective Action in Health | |
Coverage | Building and Sustaining Public Accountability in Public Health Systems | |
Coverage | Health Systems Approach | |
Course Tag | Understanding Health Systems and Policy |