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Ngos And Government Partnership For Health Systems Strengthening: A Qualitative Study Presenting Viewpoints Of Government, Ngos And Donors In Pakistan, Iram Ejaz, Babar T. Shaikh, Narjis Rizvi
Ngos And Government Partnership For Health Systems Strengthening: A Qualitative Study Presenting Viewpoints Of Government, Ngos And Donors In Pakistan, Iram Ejaz, Babar T. Shaikh, Narjis Rizvi
Community Health Sciences
Background: Health systems are expected to serve the population needs in an effective, efficient and equitable manner. Therefore, the importance of strengthening of public, private and community health systems has been emphasized time and again. In most of the developing countries, certain weaknesses and gaps in the government health systems have been hampering the achievement of improved health outcomes. Public sector in Pakistan has been deficient in the capacity to deliver equitable and quality health services and thus has been grossly underutilized.Methods: A qualitative study comprising in-depth interviews was conducted capturing the perceptions of the government functionaries, NGO representatives …