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Strengthening Family Planning Outcomes through the Private Sector (2011)
A one-page overview of SHOPS family planning activities, including technical approach and strategies for private sector engagement.
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
SHOPS Brochure
A double-sided four panel overview of the SHOPS project. This version is optimized for screens and ordinary printers.
Resource Type : Brochure/Postcard
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Health Area: Family Planning, HIV/AIDS
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
Financial Management and Record Keeping Guide for BlueStar Franchisees
This guide is intended for owners and managers of clinics operating within Marie Stopes International’s (MSI) BlueStar network in Malawi. Because clinic managers are often both clinicians and business managers, this dual role means that skills in clinical care and business management are…
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Firm-Level Perspectives on Public Sector Engagement with Private Healthcare Providers
“Firm-Level Perspectives on Public Sector Engagement with Private Healthcare Providers: Survey Evidence from Ghana and Kenya,” explores the private health sector in sub Saharan Africa and its need for improvement. In this study, private health facilities in Kenya and Ghana were surveyed to…
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
Leveraging the Private Health Sector to Enhance HIV Service Delivery in Lower-Income Countries
Evidence that the private health sector is a key player in delivering health services and impacting health outcomes, including those related to HIV/AIDS, underscores the need to optimize the role of the private health sector to scale up national HIV responses in lower-income countries. This…
Resource Type : Brief
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
The Private Sector Role in HIV/AIDS in the Context of an Expanded Global Response
Global financing for the HIV response has reached unprecedented levels in recent years. Over $10 billion were mobilized in 2007, an effort credited with saving the lives of millions of people living with HIV (PLHIV). A relatively unexamined aspect of the global HIV response is the role of the…
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Tanzania
Health Area: HIV/AIDS
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
2011 Clinical Social Franchising Compendium
This compendium contains profiles that describe innovations in financing, partnerships, quality assurance systems and involvement of community health workers. Quality assurance is a subject of increased attention among franchise programs and a focus of this document. Appendices include summary…
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Technical Area: Networks and Franchising
Using the Base-Of-The-Pyramid Perspective to Catalyze Interdependence-Based Collaborations
Improving food security and nutrition in the developing world remains among society's most intractable challenges and continues despite a wide variety of investments. Both donor- and enterprise-led initiatives, for example, have explored including smallholder farmers in their value chains.…
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A Guide for Developing Family Planning Messages for Women in the First Year Postpartum
This guide is designed mainly to help programs adapt messages for home visits and community-based settings. When you create messages, you will need to make sure that they are consistent with the messages being used by health centers in your community. There are many types of health center and…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
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Analysing Commitments to Advance the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health
This report seeks to further our collective understanding of the current WHO Global Strategy commitments, facilitating more effective advocacy to advance the Every Woman, Every Child effort. It analyzes opportunities and challenges in advancing Global Strategy commitments, stakeholders’…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
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What is the Market Development Approach?
- What is the Market Development Approach (MDA) Process for Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health? Brief #1 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What is the Market System Framework and Its Role in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets? Brief #2 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What are Key Terms Used in a Market Development Approach for Health? Brief #3 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- The Meaning and Importance of Stewardship in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets. Brief #4 of 4 in a series on the MDA
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