Capacity building: for what?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2000 English Publisher:CSIRO PublishingJournal:New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, volume 11, pages 22-24 (issn: 1034-7674, eissn: 1444-8262,

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Authors: Penelope, Hawe;

doi: 10.1071/nb00012

pmid: 12105508

Capacity building: for what?

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The words ‘capacity building’ have spread rapidly throughout the health system, almost like a virus. But what exactly does capacity building mean? How did the term originate? What difference will or should capacity building make to the business of running health services?

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