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Partnerships with Pharmaceuticals: Good Health is Good Business
In developing countries, the goal of forming partnerships with pharmaceutical companies is to establish a full range of affordable reproductive health products available through the private sector. Increasing the role of the private sector helps to ensure that low-cost contraceptives will be…
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Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing, Public-Private Engagement
NGO Sustainability: Strengthening a Health Organization So It Can Grown, Expand, and Serve the Public Health Needs of its Community
As donor funding diminishes, and as public health programs begin to contract services to NGOs, the need for financial independence, sound management and quality control is more important than ever. NGOs must be able to operate efficiently over time and they must function in an autonomous manner…
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Health Financing: A Tool to Improve Access to Reproductive Healthcare
The Commercial Market Strategies project (CMS) looked for ways to improve access to reproductive health services in the private sector. In developing countries, patients normally pay private providers, out of their own pocket, at the time of service. Any technique that makes private sector…
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Private Sector's Unique Role in Improving Community Health
In today's global economy, corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities are an important part of corporate business, with more and more companies recognizing that giving back to their employees and to the communities where they operate is a critical strategy for long-term success.
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Technical Area: Corporate Engagement
HIV-AIDS Brochure
An overview of how the CMS project worked with the private sector on prevention and treatment programs for sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS around the world.
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
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The Commercial Market Strategies Project: Partnering with the Commercial Sector in Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) is the U.S. Agency for International Development's flagship project to increase the use of quality family planning and other health products and services through private-sector partners and commercial strategies.
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
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AIDS Treatment: Saving Lives, Saving Money
CMS's AIDS treatment brochure articulates the business case for providing ARVs to employees as part of their health care benefits. The brochure, which was developed for CMS/Ghana, targets human resource directors and upper management.
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
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CMS/Morocco Reproductive Health Baseline: Mobilizing Data and Indicators for Effective Private-Sector Program Interventions
This report is a partial account of a survey on awareness and use of reproductive and child health products and services among married women 15 to 49 years of age. CMS, in agreement with the Moroccan Ministry of Health (MOH), also carried out a survey and interviews with public and private…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Private Sector Health Care Providers in Morocco: Family Planning Attitudes and Characteristics
National programs have played a major role in the improvement of reproductive and child health. Social marketing has contributed to the expansion of family planning (FP) and relieved some of the burden on the public sector. Challenges remain, however, as more women want to limit the number of…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
MHOs and Reproductive Health: Using Mutual Health Organizations to Promote Reproductive Health
In developing countries, a large proportion of maternal deaths linked to pregnancy and childbirth could be prevented by improved access to and use of reproductive health (RH) services. These services include family planning (FP) to reduce unplanned pregnancy, post-abortion care, prenatal…
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
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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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