Participation in primary health care through community-level health committees in Sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative synthesis.

Background: Health committees are key mechanisms for enabling participation of community members in decision-making on matters related to their health. This paper aims to establish an in-depth understanding of how community members participate in primary health care through health committees in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Methods: We searched peer-reviewed English articles published between 2010 and 2019 in MEDLINE, Popline and CINAHL databases.