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Social Accountability for Family Planning: A Case Study of the Healthy Action Project in Uganda
Social accountability refers to the efforts of citizens and civil society to scrutinize and hold duty bearers (politicians, government officials, and service providers) to account for providing mandated services, most often at the sub-national or community levels. Social accountability is based on the assumption that increased and targeted citizen and civil society engagement and action will lead public officials to act on their commitments.