Lessons in Health System Strengthening in India


Community Action for Health (CAH) functions as a key component under the National Health Mission (NHM), placing people at the center of the process of ensuring that the health needs and rights of the community are being fulfilled. The right to health serves as a cornerstone of social justice, encapsulating the right of people everywhere to have access to quality health services, good nutrition, education and freedom from discrimination.This year’s World Health Day also emphasized the importance of the right to health, with the theme ‘My Health, My Right’. A key method to strengthen not just the right to health but also the systems supporting health services is to ensure strong community engagement in the implementation of health-related services and policies. Engaging communities is widely believed to have a positive impact on the effectiveness of health programmes, enhancing social capital, community empowerment and an improved health status with reduced inequalities.

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