Fostering good governance at peripheral public health facilities: An experience from Nepal

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gurung, G ^a   Tuladhar, S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Community accountability; Community engagement; Good governance; Local health governance; Nepal; Resource mobilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEPAL; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; NEPAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIETIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877890785     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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