The AHOP comparative study is a collection of complementary peer reviewed manuscripts focused on a topic decided by consensus across AHOP National Centres having consulted their national policy makers.
In our inaugural AHOP comparative study we investigate the interface between Community Health Systems (CHS) and Primary Health Care from the perspective of Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Senegal. The multicounty analysis aims to help understand how community level structures and influences from the health sector and beyond, both formal and informal, improve the health of their local populations.
The term ‘Community Health Systems’ has emerged to capture community led efforts to improve health. In this series of papers, AHOP explore in greater depth the interface between CHS, the primary health system and the broader environment. Using a variety of entry points, we present a series of papers designed to better understand how community health systems are defined, operationalised and provide opportunities to further improve the health of the communities they serve.
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