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Family Planning Programs: Getting the Most for the Money
This Viewpoint piece discusses how donors can know how to get the most change in contraceptive prevalence per dollar spent. Some of the issues mentioned are barriers to contraceptive use, price elasticity, and price subsidies. The paper then discusses other activities and areas where further…
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Technical Area: Health Financing
Technical Assistance in Developing Private Sector Resources for the Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Namibia: Work Done in Conjunction with PharmAccess International (PAI)
This report presents the history of technical assistance provided by the Commercial Market Strategies project to support the expansion of private sector treatment of HIV/AIDS in Namibia. The work, supported by USAID, was undertaken between March and September 2004, and was performed in…
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
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Technical Area: Private Health Sector Assessments, Public-Private Engagement
Demonstrating the Potential of Private Health Providers: Summary and Evaluation of Privatising a Reproductive Health Services Project in Uganda
This report presents the evaluation of Privatizing Uganda Reproductive Health Services (PURSE) Project, an initiative implemented by Commercial Market Strategies in Uganda. The purpose of the evaluation is to document experience and lessons learned from the PURSE Project, with the aim of…
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Health Area: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Project: SHOPS
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Technical Area: Provider Access to Finance, Public-Private Engagement
Corporate Social Responsibility: Opportunities for Reproductive Health
The Commercial Market Strategies project defines CSR as the responsibilities that a company has to its stakeholders — including employees, their communities, consumers or customers, shareholders, and key host government agencies— and the actions that the company takes to address and balance the…
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Health Area: Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Language : English
Technical Area: Corporate Engagement, Public-Private Engagement
Business Strategies for the Reproductive Health NGO.
During the past five years CMS has worked with NGOs in twelve countries, helping them become more sustainable. CMS's philosophy of NGO sustainability is strongly business-oriented: In order to support and maintain quality programs, it is essential to have a healthy financial base, solid…
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Health Area: Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Technical Area: Health Financing
The Sustainability Challenge: Identifying Appropriate Financing Models for Social Marketing Programs
Social marketing has proven to be a cost-effective approach to increasing the availability and use of health products. The ability to recover costs through sales revenue and leverage commercial efficiencies also provides social marketing programs with opportunities for increased financial…
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing, Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing, Social and Behavior Change, Social and Behavior Change Communication
Social Marketing Models for Product-Based Reproductive Health Programs: A Comparative Analysis
Social marketing models for product-based reproductive health programs in developing countries typically have been defined according to the organization that manages them. This paper explores the major differences and similarities between two classic social marketing models: the NGO and…
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
In its efforts to expand the availability of primary and reproductive health care services in the private Health Financing
In its efforts to expand the availability of primary and reproductive health care services in the private sector, the Commercial Market Strategies project provided technical assistance to community health insurance plans in Ghana and Uganda. This paper summarizes the CMS experience and makes…
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Health Area: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Funding for the Future? Lessons from the Past: A Review of USAID Dollar-Appropriated Endowments
The Commercial Market Strategies project prepared Funding for the Future? Lessons From the Past: A Review of USAID Dollar-Appropriated Endowments in response to a request by USAID's Bureau of Policy and Program Coordination (PPC) and Bureau of Global Health, Office of Population and Reproductive…
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Engaging the Private Sector in Turkey: Can Public/Private Partnerships Help Achieve Contraceptive Security?
From 1988 to 2002, USAID supported a number of initiatives designed to increase the provision of contraceptive methods through the private sector. These initiatives included social marketing programs through the Social Marketing for Change (SOMARC) project and public/private workshops on…
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Country : Turkey
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing, 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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