Social accountability in primary health care in West and Central Africa: exploring the role of health facility committees

• Main Authors: Elsbet Lodenstein (Author), Eric Mafuta (Author), Adolphe C. Kpatchavi (Author), Jean Servais (Author), Marjolein Dieleman (Author), Jacqueline E. W. Broerse (Author), Alpha Amadou Bano Barry (Author), Thérèse M. N. Mambu (Author), Jurrien Toonen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Social accountability has been emphasised as an important strategy to increase the quality, equity, and responsiveness of health services. In many countries, health facility committees (HFCs) provide the accountability interface between health providers and citizens or users of h...