Brazil - Innovative approaches to extending family health services (English)

The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage of basic health services. The project aimed to improve utilization and quality of publicly-financed health services by: (a) expanding coverage of the PSF in about 100 large municipalities, establishing well-articulated referral and counter-referral...

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La Forgia,Gerard Martin;
Document Date
2008/03/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
44693
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Brazil - Innovative approaches to extending family health services
Keywords
Municipalities

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La Forgia,Gerard Martin.

Brazil - Innovative approaches to extending family health services (English). En breve|no. 123 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177681468020654684

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