Local solutions, local governance: the municipal health committee initiative in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon
Joanna Khalil, Rouham Yamout, Wesam Mansour, Fouad Fouad, Joanna Raven · 2026
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Description
Joanna Khalil and co-authors weigh a municipal health committee set up in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon. Their 2026 piece looks at health governance at the local level, in a fragile place hit by economic collapse, by a pandemic, and by conflict.
The team used participatory action research. They pulled in process documents, notes from the field, meetings to look back on the work, and talks with key informants. Their analysis used a frame of transparency, accountability, participation, integrity, and capacity. The committee made participation more open to all, which made its local place more firm and built trust. In time, it took transparency into its work and made choices based on proof, and that work took in the making of local health data. Gaps stayed in how well it met the best marks for governance, and the piece talks through those gaps.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joanna Khalil, Rouham Yamout, Wesam Mansour, Fouad Fouad, Joanna Raven |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |