The experience of the Catholic Relief Services community-based primary health care programme

This article documents the experience of Catholic Relief Services through i ts Community-Based Primary Health Care Program (CBPHCP) in Battambang, Camb odia, in the development of structures and systems of community and health centre co-management/co-financing. The article discusses the role of commun ity health structures in the development of these systems and the relations hip between health centre quality of service and community financing. Final ly, future plans for expansion, challenges, and lessons learned from this p rocess are presented.