NDLI: Scaling-up Experimental Project Success with the Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative in Ghana

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Scaling-up Experimental Project Success with the Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative in Ghana

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Author	Nyonator, Frank K. Akosa, A. B. Awoonor-Williams, John Koku Phillips, James F. Jones, Tanya C. Simmons, Ruth Fajans, Peter Ghiron, Laura
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative in Ghana is an example of a strategy for scaling up a field trial to become a national programme. Representing a response to the problem that research projects can inadvertently produce nonreplicable service delivery capabilities, CHPS develops mechanisms for expanding national understanding and use of research findings to serve the health service needs of all Ghanaian households. This chapter describes strategies for introducing and developing community health services that were successfully tested in a Navrongo Health Research Centre trial and validated in Nkwanta District for a national programme of reorienting primary health care from clinics to communities. Nurses, once confined to clinical duties, are relocated to community-constructed clinics where they live and work. Volunteers support their services by mobilizing traditional social institutions to foster community support. Strategies for decentralized planning ensure that operational details of the programme are adapted to local circumstances. Strengths and limitations of the programme are reviewed and discussed.
Starting Page	89
Ending Page	112
Page Count	24
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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