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Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Gendering the Burden of Care: Health Reform and the Paradox of Community Participation in Western Belize

    Abstract

    Belizean health policy supports a primary health care (PHC) strategy of universal access, community participation, and multisectoral collaboration. The principals of PHC were a key part of Belize’s emergent national identity and built on existing community?based health strategies.