0. OVERVIEW AND NAVIGATION HINTS
Overview

How to navigate
1. IDENTIFYING THE CHALLENGE
Why work with civil society?

Key objectives for WHO and health personnel

Interactive exercise
2. CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNANCE
Defining civil society

Civil society and the state


State and non-state: a working possibility?

Interactive exercise
3. CURRENT CIVIC ROLES IN HEALTH
Civil society's involvement in health

"Community participation" and civil society

Civil society's role in financing health systems

Decentralisation and civil society

Making best use of civil society's resources

Interactive exercise
4. TAPPING CIVIL SOCIETY POTENTIALS FOR HEALTH
Enhancing civil society roles

Civil society and priority health problems

Facilitating civil society roles

Interactive exercise

Strengthening policy accountability in health systems

Health-civil partnerships: the positive factors

Improving equity in health

Becoming more responsive to communities

The potential for success

Interactive exercise
5. TOOLS FOR WORKING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY IN HEALTH
Strengthening civil-state interactions

Identifying the civic organisations to work with

Working with communities

Supporting information exchange

Other skills

Checking our progress

Interactive exercise
6. RESOURCES
References

Obtaining a printed version of this manual

About this website

Links to keywords