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Delivery of health care
The Institute is not primarily responsible for research on health services and delivery of health care (health systems research). However, these aspects form a component of the integrated studies of major diseases, and new methods of providing health care and disease prevention, particularly at the community level, have been evaluated. The Institute has contributed to studies on health services undertaken by the Health Department, and we believe that the agency responsible for health care delivery should itself be the prime mover in such studies, to ensure that the findings will be implemented. One such study was completed on maternal and child health services in the Eastern Highlands Province. The Institute took part in a study on the cost of rural health services conducted by the Department of Health. District health management and the performance of community health workers have been studied. The role of communities in making their own decisions for improved health and participating in the process of carrying out these decisions is of fundamental importance to long-term, sustainable community development. Ways to study and promote these communal activities have been investigated by the Women's Health Unit.
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