Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain

There is a strong global movement to scale-up various types of programs based on women's groups, both to empower women economically and to use the potential of women's groups to deliver other interventions. In India the movement has taken a strong hold, with the launch and scale-up of the National R...

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Main Authors: Menon, Purnima, Kumar, Neha
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Lancet 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142474
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Summary:There is a strong global movement to scale-up various types of programs based on women's groups, both to empower women economically and to use the potential of women's groups to deliver other interventions. In India the movement has taken a strong hold, with the launch and scale-up of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission and several other associated programs. Many of these programs operate in poor states, or are focused on the poor even in richer states.