Community-based monitoring as an accountability tool: influence on rural health services in Maharashtra, India
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Introduction Introduction of comprehensive framework for community-based monitoring (CBM) and planning at various levels of the public health system has been one of the most significant policy initiatives under the national rural health mission. One of the key considerations while introducing this large-scale social experiment was to fill the accountability deficit of the public health system by involving local communities. In this paper I examine how CBM has contributed to improvement of local health services as well as some limitations of CBM.
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