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Article: Strengthening community participation and accountability in sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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- Arrows For Change
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Since the 1990s there has been renewed interest in community participation (1). The impetus for this interest has stemmed from both the neo-liberal agenda of mobilising community resources due to cutback on social budgets, and the emergence of radical debates on rights of citizens to participate in policy decisions, monitoring and evaluation. In the sphere of health, the neo-liberal perspective is reflected in many of the World Bank-supported health sector reforms in developing countries, while the radical perspectives are reflected in citizen action, demanding health service accountability. Reflecting both perspectives, the ICPD Programme of Action recommends that ...