Towards Strengthening Primary Health Care: Lessons from a Government-Civil Society Collaborative Intervention in India

Journal of Community Systems for Health (JCSH),

Abstract

The need to strengthen comprehensive primary health care towards ensuring Health for All” is well established yet operationalising this has remained a challenge globally as well as in India. Based on a qualitative study of a collaborative initiative between the government and a civil society organisation, this article discusses what factors and processes explain successful implementation of primary health care in a remote rural area in central India.

Authors: Arima Mishra, Raman Kataria, Roseline Sagar, Pawan Singh, Pankaj Tiwari, Shivkant Tripathi, Vinay Vishwakarma, Sapna Mishra