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Centre-staging citizenship, power and communities in accountability discourses: An overview

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This paper distils the key insights from thematic and inter-thematic deliberations of the Global Symposium on Citizenship, Governance and Accountability in Health. It describes the evolution of the symposium theme on linking accountability to citizenship and governance in health while providing an overview of the symposium. The paper further synthesises the key discussions of the core-themes, then lays out analytical reflections that have emerged from the deliberations that touch upon the issues of power and politics surrounding accountability, viz civil society, democracy, power, civic space and the role of private non-state actors that affect health rights of the marginalised.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

DOI: 10.20529/ijme.2021.073

Authors: Sathyasree Goswami, E Premdas Pinto

Institutions: Azim Premji University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3206560101