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Financing Nigeria's Private Health Sector

This presentation discusses the approach to access to finance taken by the Strengthening Private Sector Family Planning & Reproductive Health (SPSFP/RH), an Associate Award under the SHOPS project. SPSFP/RH provides by business and clinical support through business training, business counseling and access to loan opportunities, as well as clinical skills training, monitoring, and provision of family planning seed stock. The project has also worked with the Office of Development Credit at USAID to create a Development Credit Authority that guarantees a percentage of the loans offered to the providers who participate in the program. The presentation describes the number of loans offered and the challenges associated with this model.