Ved, R.
Scott, K. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-9637
Gupta, G.
Ummer, O.
Singh, S.
Srivastava, A.
George, A. S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development (AID-OAA-A-14-00028)
South African Research Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change (82769)
Article History
Received: 13 July 2018
Accepted: 5 December 2018
First Online: 8 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Biomedical Science Research Ethics Committee of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, approved the key informant interviews (reference number: BM17/6/18, rec number REC 130416-050). Our analysis of publically available government policy documents and published academic work are not human subject research. All participants provided informed consent.
: Not applicable
: RV, GG, SS, and AS are employees of the National Health Systems Resource Centre, which is a technical support agency for the National Rural Health Mission, under the Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.