Social Accountability in Health in Indonesia : Lessons from Programs

Bennouna, Cyril ; Kusumaningrum, Santi ; Siagian, Clara ; Laugen, Chris

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY;    MATERNAL HEALTH;    CHILD HEALTH;    CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT;    CIVIL SOCIETY;   

RP-ID  :  131476

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This brief provides an overview of themost relevant programs promoting social accountability inIndonesia's primary health sector. It focuses onmaternal and child health, and summarizes key global andregional lessons learned to inform social accountabilityinitiatives in the country. A number of programs inIndonesia have increased citizens' access toinformation in the health sector and have empowered citizensto hold government accountable to basic health services.Some lessons include using multi-tool and multi-stakeholderapproaches to social accountability strategies in order toreduce implementation risks in different contexts. Socialaccountability can reinforce programmatic gains bystrengthening institutional mechanisms for problem solving.