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Healthy Partnerships: How Governments Can Engage the Private Sector
This report was launched at the Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) annual meeting on June 17, 2011 by Connor Spreng of the World Bank. Health systems across Africa are in urgent need of improvement. The public sector should not be expected to shoulder the burden of directly providing the needed…
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Regulation of Private Health Providers: Tools for Improvement
Rich Feeley's presentation "Regulation of Private Health Providers: Tools for Improvement" at the International Health Economics Association bi-annual meeting in Toronto, on July 9, 2011 in the pre-Congress symposium as part of "Private Sector Role in the Overall Health System" roundtable.
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Unraveling the Quality and Utilization of HIV Counseling and Testing Services Offered by the Private Sector in Zambia
"Unraveling the Quality and Utilization of HIV Counseling and Testing Services Offered by the Private Sector in Zambia" was prepared for the IHEA Pre-Congress Symposium, July 2011. For further information see also "Who Goes Where and Why? Examining HIV Counseling and Testing Services in the…
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Technical Area: Private Health Sector Assessments
Assessment to Action Approach
"Assessment to Action Approach: Using a PSA/PPD to inform and shape private sector policy" was prepared for the IHEA Pre-Congress Symposium, July 2011. This presentation looks at private sector assessments and public-private dialogue. It gives an overview of the approach and cites examples from…
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Country : Guatemala
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An MFI Tests Health Savings and Health Loans to Address Clients’ Healthcare Needs
The Réseau des Caisses Populaires du Burkina (RCPB), a federation of credit union networks, is the largest MFI in Burkina Faso. RCPB’s mission is to improve the living conditions of its members and the greater community by applying principles of solidarity and individual and collective…
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A Microfinance Institution Offers Health Education to Reach New Clients
Projet d’Appui au Développement des Microentreprises, known as PADME, is among the most prominent MFIs in the crowded and competitive Béninois microfinance market. Having experienced unsuccessful results with group loans in rural areas (high PAR and write-offs), PADME worked with Freedom from…
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A Microfinance Institution Expands Its Services to Protect Clients’ Health
Crédito con Educación Rural (CRECER), a Bolivian microfinance institution that has offered integrated financial and health education since its inception in 1990, expanded its health protection services in late 2007 as part of Freedom from Hunger’s Microfinance and Health Protection (MAHP)…
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An MFI Tests a Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Clients' HealthCare Needs
The Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) is the largest microfinance institution in the Philippines and reaches about one million Filipinos with financial and other development services. As part of the Microfinance and Health Protection (MAHP) initiative that was directed by…
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An Indian Microfinance Institution Meets Clients’ Health-Related Needs
Bandhan, a rapidly growing microfinance institution in India, introduced an integrated set of health service to its clients as part of the Microfinance and Health Protection (MAHP) initiative led by Freedom from Hunger. Bandhan’s health protection services included the following: -Community…
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Health and Microfinance: Leveraging the Strengths of Two Sectors to Alleviate Poverty
This paper summarizes the health-related findings associated with the delivery of multiple health protection products and services designed, developed and tested by Freedom from Hunger and five microfinance institutions (MFIs)—Bandhan (India), CARD (Philippines), CRECER (Bolivia), PADME (Bénin)…
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Country : India
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Technical Area: Health Financing
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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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