Community based monitoring: Reviving hopes realizing rights
Journal Title: Progress in Health Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in 2005 with a vision to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care. In order to ensure that these outcomes are achieved and quality and accountable health services which are responsive and are taking care of the needs of the poor and vulnerable sections of the society. There are flexible mechanisms built into the mission so that local needs and priorities can be identified and addressed and local initiatives promoted. Community based monitoring involves drawing in, activating, motivating, capacity building and allowing the community and its representatives to directly give feedback about the functioning of public health services, including giving inputs for improved planning of the same. In this monitoring process thrust is mainly on ‘fact-finding’ and ‘learning lessons for improvement’ rather than ‘fault finding’. It is a three-way partnership between healthcare providers and managers; the community and Panchayati Raj Institutions. To conclude, CBM of health services is a key strategy of NRHM to ensure that the services reach to those for whom they are meant. This framework is consistent with the ‘Right to Health Care’ approach since it places health rights of the community at the center of the process.
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S. Shrivastava, P. Shrivastava, J. Ramasamy
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