Action for Health in Tonga and Shongwe 1997/98 : ISDS Technical Report 2e

This report will present a summary of these large documents, together with further background information and additional data. It will also record the process of how the initiative started, key events and plans developed for the ISDS. The strategies presented will be placed in an appropriate research framework.

Developments in the area must be understood within the context of the extensive restructuring of the provincial health department, major local trends and events, and profound political and economic change in the communities themselves.

It is to be expected that reports on the progress of the initiative within the two districts will increasingly diverge, as the districts operate more independently.

Although this presents difficulties for co-ordinating the joint facilitation and various support interventions, it also presents a unique opportunity to compare the processes, decisions and responses to these at district and sub-district levels.