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Community Health Funds in Tanzania: A literature review Gemini Mtei1 Jo-Ann Mulligan 1 Based at the Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania For more information about this paper please email gmeti@ihi.or.tz January 2007 Ifakara Health Institute, P O Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Community Health Funds in Tanzania: a literature review About CREHS The Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS) is a five year DFID funded Research Programme Consortium that is made up of eight organisations based in Kenya, India, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand and the United Kingdom. It aims to generate knowledge about how to strengthen health systems, policies and interventions in ways which preferentially benefit the poorest. The research is organised in four themes: health sector reform, financial risk protection, health workforce performance and scaling up. The consortium will achieve its aim by: • working in partnership to develop research; • strengthening the capacity of partners to undertake relevant research and of policymakers to use research effectively; • communicating findings in a timely, accessible and appropriate manner so as to influence local and global policy development. For more information please contact: Consortiun for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK WC1E 7HT Email: nicola.lord@lshtm.ac.uk Website: www.crehs.lshtm.ac.uk ii Community Health Funds in Tanzania: a literature review ACRONYMS AIDS Acqui