Community health and its failures in the Kayes region of Mali
This article looks at advances and failures of community health in Mali. The work is based upon a study undertaken on the ground with community health bodies and their users in the Kayes region. The results show that despite the services provided by community health, this can only be a real tool for...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institut Veolia Environnement
2012-11-01
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Series: | Field Actions Science Reports |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/1724 |
Summary: | This article looks at advances and failures of community health in Mali. The work is based upon a study undertaken on the ground with community health bodies and their users in the Kayes region. The results show that despite the services provided by community health, this can only be a real tool for health under certain conditions, mainly involving the role of public bodies in regulating health centres and rebalancing their unequal resources. |
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ISSN: | 1867-139X 1867-8521 |