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Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Following Emergencies and Disasters
This resource describes various effective, simple and inexpensive household water treatments. It covers chemical and solar disinfection, filtration, combined flocculation/chlorination systems, boiling and safe storage. Annexes contain specific use instructions.
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Managing Water in the Home: Accelerated Health Gains from Improved Water Supply
This report describes and critically review the various methods and systems for household water collection, treatment and storage. It reviews data on the ability of various methods to provide water that has improved microbiological quality and lower risk of waterborne diarrheal and other…
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A Cure That Really Works: Cambodia Tries the Nonprofit Path to Health Care
Sovan Sna had been in labor all night long. By the 16th hour of contractions, she was in trouble. The baby, her first, was not coming out. And she was so exhausted and in such pain she could barely speak. Her mind churned with fear. In the Khmer language,... To read the rest of this archive…
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Contracting for Health Care Service Delivery: A Manual for Policy Makers
The last decade has seen a number of important changes in the mix of public and private services in the health sector and in the organization of those services throughout the developing world. Governments are looking for ways to increase efficiency in the use of public sector resources, improve…
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Health Care Purchasing Among Private and Public Employers in California
This report presents the findings from a comprehensive survey of health benefits strategies among 318 of California's largest private and public employers. Conducted by researchers at the JSI Research and Training Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the survey attained a…
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Improving Hormonal Contraceptive Supply: The Potential Contribution of Manufacturers of Generic and Biosimilar Drugs
Research and development (R&D) companies dominate both the public- and private-sector markets in developing countries, despite the growing number of manufacturers able to produce low-cost generic and biosimilar products around the world. This paper describes the different types of hormonal-…
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Buying Results? Contracting for Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries
To achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals, the delivery of health services will need to improve. Contracting with non-state entities, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has been proposed as a means for improving health care delivery, and the global experience with…
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Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R): A Field Guide
JHPIEGO is pleased to announce the publication of "Standards-Based Management and Recognition-A Field Guide: A Practical Approach for Improving the Performance and Quality of Health Services" by Edgar Necochea and Débora Bossemeyer. The purpose of this field guide is to present a streamlined,…
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PSI Public-Private Partnership in Tanzania for Net Delivery
SMARTNET is a public/private partnership between the Ministry of Health (MOH), PSI/Tanzania, net manufacturers, insecticide suppliers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, NGOs, research organisations, advertising and promotion companies, the UK Department for International Development (DFID)…
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Working with the Private Sector to Eliminate Poverty
Selling fruit on a street corner; working on a farm; cleaning a high-rise office; selling basic medicines; operating a factory machine; repairing bicycles... The poorest people in our world are living in, and working in and sustaining a bustling, often unnoticed, private sector. Poor people sell…
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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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