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EOP series: Improving access to products and services in the private sector

This webinar examined three models of financing private provision of services, and lessons learned from a variety of country contexts on removing financial barriers to access care from private health providers.

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EOP series: Galvanizing strategic public-private engagement

This webinar presented lessons learned to improve stewardship and support public-private engagement in the health system.

Improving Access to Implants through the Private Sector

The popularity of contraceptive implants is rapidly increasing in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in East Africa where implant users typically obtain the method from government and NGO-supported clinics. In Tanzania, two barriers limit the ability of for-profit private clinics to…

Achieving Injectable Contraceptive Task-Sharing Policy Change in Rwanda

Rwanda has made significant gains in family planning and has ambitious plans to sustain those gains. Married women currently using any modern method of contraception has increased from 10.3 percent in 2005 to 47.5 percent in 2015, with most users of modern contraception accessing their…

Training on public-private contracting for HIV/AIDS or other health services – January 2021: Group Exercise: Operations Management

This document details a group exercise that can be used in a training on public-private contracting for HIV/AIDS or other health services. The purpose of the exercise is to practice operations management of a contract by the Ministry of Health with a private provider, using a case study on…

Training on public-private contracting for HIV/AIDS or other health services – January 2021: Group Exercise: Evaluating Feasibility of a contract by MoH with a private provider (HAM)

This document details a group exercise that can be used in a training on public-private contracting for HIV/AIDS or other health services. The purpose of the exercise is to practice evaluating the feasibility of a contract by the Ministry of Health with a private provider, using a case study on…

Masterclass: Public-Private Contracting for HIV and Other Essential Health Services

This resource is a PowerPoint template that can be adapted to conduct a masterclass on public-private contracting for HIV and other essential health services. In many countries, national HIV programs are delivered mostly in public health facilities. The private health sector has human, financial…

Training on public-private contracting for HIV/AIDS or other health services – January 2021: Roleplay or small group exercise (based on case study about country of Manyland) Facilitator’s Guide

This document serves as a facilitator’s guide to conduct short interactive learning exercises that use a fictitious case based on real experience. They can be delivered as a roleplay involving role players and observers, or as a small group exercise, where teams read each scenario and discuss…

e-Conference report: Health and Financial Services in the Middle East and North Africa: Time to go Digital

On February 10, 2021, SHOPS Plus hosted an e-conference with a broad range of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and global stakeholders with interests in digital financial services (DFS), health, financial inclusion, regulation, private sector engagement, humanitarian aid, and gender equity.…

Webinar: Harnessing the Private Health Sector for Gender Equality (recording)

The SHOPS Plus project has advanced gender equality and sparked global learning on gender integration in health programming by incorporating a gender lens across a global initiative and championing gender transformative approaches within the private health sector.

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