Assessing engagement of scheduled tribe communities in the functioning of Village Health Sanitation & Nutrition Committees in India by Apoorva Pandey, Harpreet Kaur, Vijay Kumar Karra, R K Mutatkar, A M Khan

“…Despite initiative of the National Rural Health Mission, now National Health Mission (NHM) and various tribal development programmes since India's Independence, disparity in healthcare for Scheduled Tribes (STs) prevails. The constitution of Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committees (VHSNCs) in 2007 by the NHM is a step towards decentralized planning and community engagement to improve health, nutrition and sanitation services. …”
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