Understanding communication pathways to foster community engagement for health improvement in North West Pakistan

• Main Authors: Monique Lhussier (Author), Nicola Lowe (Author), Elizabeth Westaway (Author), Fiona Dykes (Author), Mick McKeown (Author), Akhtar Munir (Author), Saba Tahir (Author), Mukhtiar Zaman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This paper describes the community engagement process undertaken to ascertain the focus, development and implementation of an intervention to improve iodised salt consumption in rural communities in North West Pakistan. The Jirga is a traditional informal structure, which gathers...