COMPLUS
Community Voices in Health Governance Translating Community Participation into Practice in a World of Pluralistic Health System
COMPLUS, Community Voices in Health Governance, is a multi-country, multi-city research project led by a consortium of academic, research and action institutions in Brazil, India and South Africa.
COMPLUS will examine the changing scape of health systems delivery, particularly the new ways in which public and private care are combined, and what potential role can institutionalised community participation can play in contributing to system effectiveness. COMPLUS will research on what role community participation can play to help foster alignment of bureaucracies, communities and health professionals around improving population health and well-being.
VISION
COMPLUS envisions enhancing accountability, responsiveness and inclusivity of urban health systems through strengthening participation of communities and their voices in pluralistic urban health systems.
PARTNERS
COMPLUS will be carried out in six cities in three countries by four partners – UCT in South Africa, CEBRAP in Brazil, The George Institute for Global Health India and SPARC in India
TEAM
COMPLUS comprises researchers with diverse backgrounds, and the participating institutions that will work with resident communities in their respective geographies