Combining worker and user interests in the health sector: trade unions and NGOs
Lethbridge, Jane
Lethbridge, Jane
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2004-02-01
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14
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Eade, Deborah
Leather, Alan
Leather, Alan
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This paper examines the relationship between workers in the health sector and users of health services as seen through two case studies of trade unions and NGOs working together, one in Malaysia and the other in South Africa. Despite a history of tensions between these two types of organisation, when they work together effectively the results can be influential. The Malaysia Citizens' Health Initiative has set up a separate organisation and now has the power to mediate differences between trade unions, NGOs, and the government. The partnership between the Treatment Action Campaign and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in South Africa is providing a unified voice demanding government action on HIV/AIDS.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>
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Development in Practice
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Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of engagement
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14
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1 & 2
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0961-4524
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1364-9213