Addressing fragility through community-based health programmes: insights from two qualitative case study evaluations in South Sudan and Haiti

Addressing fragility through community-based health programmes: insights from two qualitative case study evaluations in South Sudan and Haiti

Abstract Background Fragility can have a negative effect on health systems and people’s health, and poses considerable challenges for actors implementing health programmes. However, how such programmes, in turn, affect the overall fragility of a context is rarely considered. The Swiss Red Cross has...

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Main Authors: Séverine Erismann, Sibel Gürler, Verena Wieland, Helen Prytherch, Nino Künzli, Jürg Utzinger, Bernadette Peterhans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Health Research Policy and Systems
Subjects:
Fragile and conflict-affected states
fragility
Haiti
health programmes
South Sudan
stability
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12961-019-0420-7

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