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In its efforts to expand the availability of primary and reproductive health care services in the private Health Financing

In its efforts to expand the availability of primary and reproductive health care services in the private sector, the Commercial Market Strategies project provided technical assistance to community health insurance plans in Ghana and Uganda. This paper summarizes the CMS experience and makes suggestions for future technical assistance. Suggestions included raising awareness of the many constraints on including reproductive health benefits in community health insurance; acknowledging the need for a new financial model that takes into account provider financial conditions to assess the feasibility of community plans; placing greater emphasis on provider-based plans; developing methods to increase enrollment and reduce the cost of marketing and premium collection; and maximizing the potential for sale of insecticidetreated bed nets through community plans.