Zaidi, Shehla;
(2007)
Increasing NGO Role in Health Service Delivery: A Review of Key Challenges for Pakistan and Developing Countries.
Pakistan Perspectives
, 12
(1)
pp. 1-18.
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Abstract
Recent years have seen an upsurge in international donor interest for promotion of NGOs as preferred providers to replace government delivery of social services in developing countries, particularly in the health care sector.1 This has been driven by an increasing research consensus over the years on the poor quality of government services, inability to reach those most in need as well as centralized and slow moving systems with weak planning and loose monitoring.2 Issues of dubious quality of care and high cost margins associated with the private commercial sector have driven recent policy attention to the role of the NGO sector credited with client commitment, a non-profit nature and better quality of care.3 In Pakistan, this has involved increased donor
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Increasing NGO Role in Health Service Delivery: A Review of Key Challenges for Pakistan and Developing Countries |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://journal.psc.edu.pk/index.php/pp/article/vi... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10212335 |
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