The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM): a critical overview.
This paper explores the forces that led to the conceptualisation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) including the role of the Common Minimum Programme and the Structural Adjustment Programme. The paper analyses the key components of the NRHM in terms of the theoretical frameworks of decentralisation, integration of programmes, primary health care, community health workers and standards.
Centre of Social Medicine & Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. dasgupta_jnu@yahoo.com
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D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*