Community participation

ABSTRACT

One of the criteria of the Bamako Initiative for selecting participating districts is ability of district level management to assist communities mobilize and utilize resources for health i.e. the community should be in a position to receive a consignment of basic essential drugs and store them securely. From the sale of the drugs; they should recover fully the cost of the drug and realize a small profit that would be used to finance other primary health care activities. However it often happens that communities take it upon themselves to organize funding activities to buy essential drugs and finance other health activities as demonstrated by the inhabitants of Cape Verde