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“We want financial accountability”: deconstructing tensions of community participation in CHPS, Ghana
Francis JagriThomas Yeboahsubject
FinanceEconomic growthbusiness.industry030503 health policy & servicesCommunity participationGeography Planning and DevelopmentState of affairsDevelopmentCentral region03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineAccountabilityHealth care030212 general & internal medicineBusinessHealth planning0305 other medical sciencedescription
ABSTRACTThis article reports on the ways and factors that facilitate or constrain community participation in the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) programme in Nsanfo, a village in Central Region of Ghana. We found that the community made an important step through mobilising the necessary resources in establishing the CHPS compound, which has resulted in improved access to health care. Yet maintaining the facility did not matter most to community members, owing chiefly to unmet demands for financial accountability pertaining to the running of the programme. Failure to clearly identify various actors and their roles potentially explains this state of affairs.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-17 | Development in Practice |