Cross-cutting Evaluation – Health community

Community health is an essential pillar for strengthening the resilience of health systems and ensuring equitable access to care. Community health is based on a participatory approach that aims to actively involve communities.

This summary presents results from the cross-cutting evaluation of eight health community projects funded by L’Initiative and implemented in ten African and two Caribbean countries between 2020 and 2024. This cross-cutting evaluation has yielded key lessons around community health. In particular, it helped to identify ways to strengthen the sustainability and impact of interventions. The recommendations aim to improve the ownership of projects by national systems and maximize their long-term impact.