Community participation in international health: practical recommendations for donor and recipient organizations
This article discusses the need for donor agencies and recipient organizations to involve target communities in the conceptualization, development, monitoring, and implementation of health services and programs in international health. This paper assumes that most donor organizations are based in in...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0aec9059393442af9a50b00105c2e81c 2023-05-15T15:01:37+02:00 Community participation in international health: practical recommendations for donor and recipient organizations Akukwe Chinua 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/0aec9059393442af9a50b00105c2e81c EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891999000300001 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 https://doaj.org/article/0aec9059393442af9a50b00105c2e81c Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 137-143 (1999) Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 1999 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T02:31:37Z This article discusses the need for donor agencies and recipient organizations to involve target communities in the conceptualization, development, monitoring, and implementation of health services and programs in international health. This paper assumes that most donor organizations are based in industrialized countries. Given that resources are finite in both developing and developed countries, the article briefly reviews the current trend of declining public funds for health systems and an increasing role for privately funded health services worldwide. The article calls for community-based international health services that reflect the priorities of target populations, and it also discusses practi cal steps to involve local populations in community-based health planning and management in international health. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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This article discusses the need for donor agencies and recipient organizations to involve target communities in the conceptualization, development, monitoring, and implementation of health services and programs in international health. This paper assumes that most donor organizations are based in industrialized countries. Given that resources are finite in both developing and developed countries, the article briefly reviews the current trend of declining public funds for health systems and an increasing role for privately funded health services worldwide. The article calls for community-based international health services that reflect the priorities of target populations, and it also discusses practi cal steps to involve local populations in community-based health planning and management in international health. |
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Community participation in international health: practical recommendations for donor and recipient organizations |
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Community participation in international health: practical recommendations for donor and recipient organizations |
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Community participation in international health: practical recommendations for donor and recipient organizations |
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Community participation in international health: practical recommendations for donor and recipient organizations |
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