Prospects for the development of community-based care in remote rural areas: a stakeholder analysis in Laos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-based health programmes have been a cornerstone of primary care in Laos for decades. The study presented here aimed to document prospects for the development of current programmes, considering perceptions about health and health care priorities in the communities, implementation challenges, the policy landscape and opportunities associated with the availability of new technologies.

Methods

The research design primarily involved qualitative in-depth interviews with stakeholders (n = 35) responsible for the planning, management, or implementation of community-based care in Laos at different levels of the health system. These included health managers at central departments or institutes of the Ministry of Health, provincial health departments, district heal

SUBMITTER: Liverani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10782664 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature