Copasah

COPASAH is a community where practitioners who share an interest and passion for the field of community monitoring for accountability in health interact regularly and engage in exchanging experiences and lessons; sharing resources, capacities, and methods; in the production and dissemination of conceptual, methodological and practical outputs towards strengthening the field; and in networking and capacity building among member organizations. This Community of practitioners was established as a result of a three-day' Practitioners Convening on Community Monitoring for Accountability in Health' organized by the Accountability and Monitoring in Health Initiative (AMHI) of the Open Society’s Public Health Program in July 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Our Vision: Communities are actively engaged in promoting accountability and transforming health systems towards the realization of social justice. Our Mission: Our mission is to nurture, strengthen and promote collective knowledge, skills and capacity of community-oriented organizations and health activists - primarily from Africa, Asia, and Latin America - working in the field of accountability and social action in health, for promoting active citizenship to make health systems responsive, equitable and people-centered.