Health Centre Committees: Vital For People Centered Health Systems in Zimbabwe
Itai Rusike The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) and Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) in Zimbabwe have been advocating for the formalisation of Health Centre Committees (HCCs), giving them a legal status through a statutory instrument. Many countries are facing similar issues with regards to the HCCs where there are policy commitments without […]
South Asian Practitioners Workshop “Community Monitoring and Social Accountability of Health Programmes”
Community of Practitioners for Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) organised a three- days South Asian regional workshop in Mumbai, India, from 20th – 22nd Feb, 2013. The workshop was organised with a view to continue dialogue and exchange approaches, experiences, methods and possible further strategies regarding development of community monitoring and accountability in […]
Balkans Guatemala Exchange
From November 28-December 5 year 2012, seven organizations working with Roma population in the Balkans, participated in an exchange with the Center for Studies of Equity and Governance in Health Systems (CEGSS), Guatemala. This video summarizes the different activities carried-out during that visit. The video is available on the COPASAH website at http://www.copasah.net/film-gallery.html
Localizing Development: Does Participation Work? A World Bank Report
ABSTRACT Promoting participation through community development projects and local decentralization has become a central tenet of development policy. The World Bank alone has invested about $85 billion over the last decade on development assistance for participation. However, some observers feel that policy making in the area is conceptually weak, that project design is informed more […]
West Meru District Hospital offers Examination Bed and Drug Supplies at Shishtone village Health Post in Tanzania
Article by: Manka Martin Kway Civic education may be defined as the process of educating citizens on their rights, duties and responsibilities to empower and motivate them to identify what areas of the political and governance processes they can effectively participate in and what they can do to influence political outcomes and thereby improve the […]
COPASAH at the Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (GSHSR), Beijing
The Community of Practitioners in Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) participated actively in the recently concluded Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research held in Beijing from October 31 to November 6, 2012. The Symposium brought together researchers, policymakers, funders, implementers, civil society, media representatives and other stakeholders to share new evidence, identify opportunities and […]
Community Monitoring for Accountability and Equity in Healthcare Services
People’s Health Movement-PHM and the Community of Practitioners in Accountability and Social Action in Health- COPASAH, organised a workshop: Community Monitoring for Accountability and Equity in Healthcare Services. The workshop was held during the PHA at Cape Town on July 9th, 2012Community monitoring for accountability in health refers to the systematic review of the availability, accessibility and quality […]