Interventions to promote local-level planning and coordination of essential health and family planning services: a review

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The publication is funded by the USAID under Cooperation Agreement No. 388-A-00-97-00032-00 with ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research. The centre is supported by the following countries, donor agencies and others whice share its concern for the health and population problems of developing countries: The aid agencies of the governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America; UN agencies: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO); International organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Population Council, Swiss Red Cross and the World Bank; Foundations: Aga Khan Foundation, Child Health Foundation, Ford Foundation, George Mason Foundation, and Rockfeller Foundation; Medical research organization: International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), New England Medical Centre (NEMC), Northfield Laboratories, Procter and Gamble, Rhone-Poulence Rorer, and Thrasher Research Fund; Universities: Johns Hopkins University, Karolinska Institute, Loughborough University, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Goteborg, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Virginia; Others: American Express Bank, Helen Keller International, Lederle Praxis, NRECA International Ltd., the Rand Corporation, Save the Children Fund-USA, Social Development Centre of the Philippines, UCB Osmotics Ltd., and Wander A.G.