Role of the Community in Strengthening Accountability of Health Systems for Achieving Universal Health Care/Sustainable Development Goals
E. PREMDAS PINTO
The Alma Ata Declaration of Health for All by 2000 in 1978 marked a new shared aspiration for all citizens of the earth. It elevated health to the realm of a fundamental human right and comprehensive primary health care was seen as an achievable goal. Community participation was centre staged as one of the core principles... READ MORE
COPASAH Organisational Review: Snapshot of Reflections on COPASAH
COPASAH SECRETARIAT As a major step in consolidating COPASAH as an institution to be able to achieve its vision, mission and goals, an Organizational Review exercise was conducted in 2017. This exercise aimed to assess the strengths and challenges of COPASAH with a focus upon taking stock of progress to-date and inform key directions and its mission, structure, and plan of action for the next five to seven years.... READ MORE
Dalit Women’s Struggle and Campaign Towards Demanding Accountability for and Claiming Maternal Health Rights A Photostory narrative of Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatan
E. PREMDAS PINTO Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatan (JMS) is Dalit women Agricultural/wage workers’ grass roots collective and has been one of the few Dalit women’s autonomous collectives with a clear articulation on health rights issues and has been tracking dalit women’s access to health care services in Sindanoor and Manvi taluks of Raichur district (Karantka State, India). The core of JMS’ intervention is the issue of dignity and justice of Dalit Communities in general, and Dalit women in particular... READ MORE
COPASAH Global Symposium on Citizenship, Governance and Accountability in Health
Role of the Community in Strengthening Performance and Accountability of Health 2019, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
COPASAH SYMPOSIUM SECRETARIAT COPASAH (Community of Practitioners for Accountability and Social Action in Health) focuses on marginalized communities where practitioners learn from each other and by distilling lessons from practice and a bottom up process Building upon the current interest on achieving universal health coverage and the need to include the most marginalized within the ambit of health systems as an active participant, ... READ MORE
Community Health Worker Voice, Power, And Citizens' Right To Health: Learning Exchange Report
MARTA SCHAAF, CAITLIN WARTHIN, AMY MANNING, STEPHANIE TOPP (ARC AND AMDD)*
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including addressing challenges associated with low health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system.... READ MORE