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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…
Resource Type : Other
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Health Area: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
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…
Resource Type : Other
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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…
Resource Type : Other
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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…
Resource Type : Other
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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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Project: SHOPS
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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…
Resource Type : Other
Country : Turkey
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing, Public-Private Engagement
Social Marketing in Senegal: CMS Program Results and Implications
The USAID mission in Senegal requested social marketing assistance from the CMS project and its local implementing agency ADEMAS to increase the supply of, and the demand for, reproductive health products and services through the private sector. Currently CMS/ADEMAS markets a subsidized brand of…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Senegal
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
The Impact of a Microfinance Program on Private Health Care Providers in Uganda
This evaluation assesses the impact of the Summa Foundation's microfinance program on the viability of small-scale private health care practices in Uganda. Summa's microfinance program began disbursing loans in January of 2001 in Uganda. The program has had three main objectives; increasing…
Resource Type : Report
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Access to Finance
Socioeconomic Characteristics of Enrollees in Community Health Insurance Schemes in Africa.
The CMS project provided technical assistance to the Nkoranza Health Plan in Ghana (a hospital-based plan primarily offering inpatient care — the only exception being outpatient care for dog and snake bites) and the Lacor Health Plan (a hospital-based plan offering inpatient and outpatient care…
Resource Type : Report
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Performance of a Reproductive Health Franchise in Nepal
In 2001, the Commercial Market Strategies project established a nurse and paramedic franchise in Nepal to increase utilization of reproductive health services and client satisfaction with service quality. To assess the impact of the intervention, CMS used a quasi-experimental study design, with…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Nepal
Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
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What is the Market Development Approach?
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