Integrating interventions supported by development assistance for health into local health system: evidence from a China-World Bank-UK rural health system strengthening project (1998-2007).

The DAH-supported interventions can achieve sustainability by being integrated into the local health system. This integration can take various forms to improve health outcomes, including being accepted and internalised, modified as well as innovated and expanded. The host country and development partners can promote DAH sustainability by contextually integrating these interventions within the project scope.