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Improving Market Linkages through Private Health-Sector Trade Fairs

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Banking on Health project expands access to financing and businesssupport services for private health providers, thereby improving their capacity to deliver high-quality reproductive health (RH) and family planning (FP) services. The private health sector in many developing countries is fragmented. Private health providers typically are isolated in their practices, face barriers to access productive inputs, and have few opportunities to network or stay abreast of clinical developments. To expand RH/FP in the private sector, it is important not just to consider clinical issues but also to address the business constraints that providers face. Strengthening market linkages for private health care businesses can help them access the inputs they need to grow, improve their practices, and invest in priority publichealth services, such as FP.