State-civil society partnerships for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in Ghana: exploring factors associated with successes and challenges
| Autor: | Cephas N. Omenyo, Michelle Lally, Martin Hushie, Jacob J. van den Berg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Economic growth
Civil society HIV Infections Ghana Public-Private Sector Partnerships Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences Government Agencies 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Nursing Qualitative research Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 10. No inequality health care economics and organizations Organizations Government 030505 public health State-civil society partnerships business.industry Nursing research Health Policy Social change 1. No poverty Capacity building medicine.disease 3. Good health Community mobilization HIV/AIDS response 0305 other medical science business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Health Services Research |
| ISSN: | 1472-6963 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12913-016-1598-9 |
| Popis: | Background The past decade has seen an increased number of state-civil society partnerships in the global Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) response of many countries. However, there has been limited research carried out concerning the successes and challenges of these partnerships. Methods In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 23 participants from 21 different state-civil society partnerships throughout Ghana including all three major geographical zones (Northern, Middle, and Southern zones) to examine the nature of these partnerships and their positive and negative effects in responding to the national HIV/AIDS epidemic. Results Major themes included: 1) commitment by the government and civil society organizations to work cooperatively in order to support the development and implementation of HIV/AIDS interventions in Ghana; 2) the role of civil society organizations in facilitating community mobilization; capacity building; and information, resources and skills exchange to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these partnerships for HIV prevention and treatment; and 3) significant challenges including funding issues and other structural barriers for these partnerships that need to be addressed moving forward. Conclusions Future research should focus on examining the impact of recommended changes on state-civil partnerships and studying the extent and nature of these partnerships in other countries in order to establish the generalizability of the findings from this study. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1598-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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