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Political empowerment of marginalized indigenous communities through the monitoring of public health care services in Guatemala
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Flores, Walter Mora |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Rural indigenous communities in Guatemala are not able to access public health care services on an equal footing with wealthier urban populations. Despite a National Political Constitution, which allows for public participation in health care decisions, indigenous people face barriers to doing so. As result, Guatemala’s indigenous population experiences high avoidable infant, child and maternal mortality and extreme poverty. Using a rights’ based approach to community monitoring of public health care services, a civil society organization (CEGSS) in partnership with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) have developed an implemented a system to implement citizens’ vigilance of public health care services. The approach includes three main components: a) capacity building process aimed to enhance knowledge and skills of indigenous populations about the legal framework, human rights and public policies and services b) data collection and analysis tools to monitor public services used by the communities themselves and c) strategic advocacy to influence public policy making and services. After 5 years of implementation, communities have managed to influence the improvement of public health services at local level and the allocation of resources. However, the most important achievement has been the connection of highly marginalized communities with public policies and services and the overall Estate in Guatemala. This is resulting in the political empowerment of community leaders that |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.municipalservicesproject.org/userfiles/FLORES-political%20empowerment%20through%20monitoring%20public%20health%20services.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
