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The cost-effectiveness of a competitive voucher scheme to reduce sexually transmitted infections in high-risk groups in Nicaragua
Current evidence suggests that sexually transmitted infection (STI) interventions can be an effective means of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention in populations at an early stage of the epidemic. However, evidence as to their cost-effectiveness when targeted at high-risk groups is…
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Best Practices in Social Marketing Safe Water Solution for Household Water Treatment: Lessons Learned from 20 Population Services International Field Programs
Since 1998 Population Services International (PSI), with the funding and support of the U.S. Agency for International Development and other donors, has been involved in the implementation of safe water programs in 20 developing countries, promoting the Safe Water System (SWS), a household water…
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Unwanted Fertility Among the Poor: An Inequity?
In February, the World Health Organization (WHO) came out with its most recent 2007 bulletin, entitled "Unwanted Fertility Among the Poor: An Inequity?" The paper's objective is to determine if higher fertility and lower contraceptive use among the poorer segments of society should be considered…
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Contraceptive Security in the Central Asian Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
The United States Agency for International Development/Central Asian Republics (USAID/CAR) is currently drafting its next mission strategy, and has identified contraceptive security (CS) as an impediment to achieving the mission's health objectives (Hare et al. 2004). The mission has…
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Expanding Services for Injectables
This report discusses the current trends in injectable use among women in developing countries. It is available for family planning program managers working to meet the increasing demand for injectables, and addresses women who would like to use such services, but either lack access or are…
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Injectable Contraceptives: Tools for Providers
More than twice as many women are using injectable contraceptives today as a decade ago, and the numbers keep growing. Women choose injectables because they are highly-effective, long-acting, reversible, and private. At the same time, many women do not choose injectables or stop using them…
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Dimpa Outlook: The Dimpa Program Newsletter
The DIMPA Outlook quarterly newsletter, a publication of PSP-One's India country program, is a platform to share news, views, opinions, comments and discussions on the Dimpa network and DMPA (Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) -- the injectable contraceptive method women can…
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The Potential of Private Sector Midwives in Reaching Millennium Development Goals
Government health sectors in many countries face an uphill battle to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set for 2015. In the last six years, Ministries of Health (MOHs) in many less developed countries (LDCs) have been unable to invest sufficiently in their health systems. To achieve…
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On-line Conference: Why the Private Sector Matters: Evidence from the Field
This document is the keynote presentation Why the Private Sector Matters: Evidence from the Field , from the on-line conference, "Expanding Health Services, Quality, and Equity in Developing Countries: The Role of the Private Sector," that was held from Nov. 13-18, 2006.
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On-line Conference: The (In)Visible Hand of Government in the Medical
This document is a transcript of the discussion from the presentation The (In)Visible Hand of Government in the Medical Market, from the on-line conference, "Expanding Health Services, Quality, and Equity in Developing Countries: The Role of the Private Sector," that was held from Nov.…
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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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