The role of provincial health administration in supporting district health management teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo: eliciting an initial programme theory of a realist evaluation

• Main Authors: Samuel Bosongo (Author), Zakaria Belrhiti (Author), Faustin Chenge (Author), Bart Criel (Author), Yves Coppieters (Author), Bruno Marchal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In 2006, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo designed a strategy to strengthen the health system by developing health districts. This strategy included a reform of the provincial health administration to provide effective technical support to district healt...