title: Challenges in health development.
abstract: Health development projects in Bolivia and Zimbabwe are described in order to illustrate that, in economically depressed areas, the integration of services within the health sector alone is not sufficient to obtain the desired results. Significant barriers to sustainable progress are inevitable unless there is functional coordination with other sectors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Organization and Management of Health Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nugroho
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Macagba
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Dorros
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weinstock
mesh_terms: D001838:Bolivia; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011203:Poverty; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012922:Social Change; D015030:Zimbabwe