Arrows For Change articles from December 2003

Arrows For Change archives from December 2003

Strengthening community participation and accountability in sexual and reproductive health and rights.
December 1, 2003... Since the 1990s there has been renewed interest in community participation (1). The impetus for this interest has stemmed from both the neo-liberal agenda of mobilising community resources due to cutback on social budgets, and the emergence of...

Decentralisation, accountability and SRH services: lessons from Philippines.(Policy)
December 1, 2003... This case study in the Philippines explores the potential and limitations of one model of decentralisation--devolution of powers to local bodies--in strengthening accountability to communities with regards to sexual and reproductive health...

Bangladesh: participation and accountability in health and population.(Policy)
December 1, 2003... This case study in Bangladesh is used to illustrate the potential and limitations of community participation. During the pre-health reform years, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) of Bangladesh implemented over 120 projects...

Women's groups in India, including HealthWatch Uttar Pradesh, announced a campaign for monitoring State accountability to ensure equal rights for women in Uttar Pradesh, India.(India)
December 1, 2003... Women's groups in India, including HealthWatch Uttar Pradesh, announced a campaign for monitoring State accountability to ensure equal rights for women in Uttar Pradesh, India. The campaign, Complete Citizen, Total Rights, drew from earlier...

Some 36 individuals representing three sub-regional groups of the Asia-Pacific Women Watch (APWW) and 24 women's organisations and networks, as well as UNIFEM and UNESCAP officials, met at the first Asia-Pacific NGO Convener's Meeting held on February 13-14, 2004 in Bangkok.(Regional)
December 1, 2003... Some 36 individuals representing three sub-regional groups of the Asia-Pacific Women Watch (APWW) and 24 women's organisations and networks, as well as UNIFEM and UNESCAP officials, met at the first Asia-Pacific NGO Convener's Meeting held...

Gender and poverty issues were high priorities at Forum 7 of the Global Forum for Health Research, held in Geneva on December 2-5, 2003.(International)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Gender and poverty issues were high priorities at Forum 7 of the Global Forum for Health Research, held in Geneva on December 2-5, 2003. Over 500 researchers, policymakers, NGOs and donors discussed cutting edge concerns, which would make a...

The Third International Health Forum for the Defence of People's Health was held on January 14-15, 2004 in Mumbai.(India)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Third International Health Forum for the Defence of People's Health was held on January 14-15, 2004 in Mumbai. Some 700 medical practitioners, health-based NGOs, academicians and World Health Organisation officials (AIDS Department) from 43...

The AMDD Network Conference held in Kuala Lumpur from October 21-23, 2003, brought together 300 people from various government officials, development practitioners and leading figures from international agencies.(Malaysia; focus on maternal deaths and other women's health issues)
December 1, 2003... The AMDD Network Conference held in Kuala Lumpur from October 21-23, 2003, brought together 300 people from various government officials, development practitioners and leading figures from international agencies, including Carol Bellamy, the...

With a view to build capacities and skills as well as enhance confidence of NGOs in Asia to influence public opinion.(Thailand; Interact Worldwide, London and International Council on Management of Population Programme (ICOMP) workshop held in Dec. 2003)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... With a view to build capacities and skills as well as enhance confidence of NGOs in Asia to influence public opinion., national laws and government policies and practices in relation to sexual reproductive health, a workshop was organised...

Ramiro, Laurie [et al]. 2001. "Community participation in local health boards in a decentralised setting: cases from the Philippines".(Resources)
December 1, 2003... Ramiro, Laurie [et al]. 2001. "Community participation in local health boards in a decentralised setting: cases from the Philippines". Health Policy and Planning. No. 16 (Suppl. 2), Oxford University Press. pp 61-69. Decentralisation has...

Suoratikto, Gunawan [et al]. 2002. "A district-based audit of the causes and circumstances of maternal deaths in South Kalimantan, Indonesia".(Resources)
December 1, 2003... Suoratikto, Gunawan [et al]. 2002. "A district-based audit of the causes and circumstances of maternal deaths in South Kalimantan, Indonesia". Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2002. 80(3), Geneva: World Health Organisation. pp 228-235...

Newell, Peter; Bellour, Shaula. 2002. Mapping accountability: origins, contexts and implications for development.(Resources; use of the word accountability in political contexts; research prepared by the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability)
December 1, 2003... Newell, Peter; Bellour, Shaula. 2002. Mapping accountability: origins, contexts and implications for development. IDS Working Paper. Brighton, England: Institute for Development Studies. 28 p This background paper was produced for the...

George, Asha. 2003. "Accountability in health services: transforming relationships and contexts".(Resources)
December 1, 2003... George, Asha. 2003. "Accountability in health services: transforming relationships and contexts". Cambridge, MA: Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies. Working Paper Series, Vol. 13, No. 1. pp 16 Accountability mechanisms...

Murthy, Ranjani K. 2003. Service Accountability and Community Participation in the Context of Health Sector Reform in Asia: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health.(Resources)
December 1, 2003... Murthy, Ranjani K. 2003. Service Accountability and Community Participation in the Context of Health Sector Reform in Asia: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health. Johannesburg. Women's Health Project, South Africa....

Cornwall, Andrea; Lucas, Henry; Pasteur, Kath. 2000. "Accountability through participation: developing workable partnership models in the health sector".(Resources)
December 1, 2003... Cornwall, Andrea; Lucas, Henry; Pasteur, Kath. 2000. "Accountability through participation: developing workable partnership models in the health sector". IDS Bulletin. Vol. 31 No. 1, January 2000. pp 1-13. The IDS Participation and Health...

Other resources.(Resources)(Directory)
December 1, 2003... Lakshminarayanan, Rama. 2003. "Decentralisation and its implication for reproductive health, The Philippines experience." Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 11 No. 21, May 2003. Amsterdam. Elsevier Ltd. pp. 96-108. Zhang, Kaining. 1997....

Health Sector Reforms.(Definitions)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
December 1, 2003... Health Sector Reforms are sustained processes of fundamental change in policy and institutional arrangements in the health sector. Source: World Health Organisation. 1997. The Regional Consultative Meeting on Research on Health Sector...

Neo-liberalism and women.(Definitions)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
December 1, 2003... The pillars of neo-liberalism are large-scale privatisation, dismantling of the welfare state, de-democratisation of economic activities and curtailing the influence of politics to the benefit of the so-called Global Players in business life....

Accountablity.(Definitions)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
December 1, 2003... The right to demand and the capacity and willingness to respond to calls for accountability assumes relations of power. Indeed, the very function of accountability is to ensure that those that wield power on behalf of others are answerable for...

Community participation.(Definitions)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Community participation implies participation of clients as well as other stakeholders who function at the community level like health providers, health managers, political leaders, NGOs and non-health department personnel. This broad...

Decentralisation.(Definitions)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
December 1, 2003... With regard to the health sector, decentralisation is concerned with changing the way health systems are organised. It is conceptually a change in power relations between the central government level and other actors in the health system,...

Citizenship.(Definitions)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
December 1, 2003... With emphasis on inclusive participation as the very foundation of democratic practice, a more active notion of citizenship recognises the agency of citizens as 'makers and shapers' rather than as 'users and choosers' of interventions or...

Reviewing World Bank-financed health projects in Asia.(Factfile)
December 1, 2003... The World Bank is financing health sector reforms in low-income and middle-income countries of Asia. A review of community participation and accountability strategies within nine World Bank-financed projects (see table) spanning nine Asian...