Segmentation of the contraceptive market in Bangladesh already exists with the public and private sectors playing crucial roles. Using the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) data to highlight each sector's efforts to reach contraceptive users, this report will help guide policymakers and other…
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Limited government and donor resources, as well as the need to serve ever-increasing reproductive health (RH) needs, dictate that the partners for reproductive health in Ghana — the Ministry of Health, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, and the Ghana Social Marketing Foundation — find new…
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This paper looks at the interrelationship of cost recovery and quality improvements in the health sector of developing countries as well as at people's willingness to pay for perceived improvements in health services. Included in this document are in depth literature reviews of five major types…
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Births attended by skilled birth attendants and/or those at medical facilities are significantly associated with better birth outcomes, including reduced maternal mortality. Nkoranza is a rural district in Ghana with a population estimated at 128,000 in 2000. The Catholic Diocese of Sunyani…
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Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have evolved as a result of pressure to ensure quality in providing public services. PPPs pool public and private resources, and capitalize on the skills of the respective sectors to improve the delivery of services. Today, PPPs in the health sector focus on…
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Attitudes toward private health care providers in developing countries are changing. Growing numbers of policymakers are considering or attempting to incorporate private facilities and practitioners into overall sector policy, using methods such as contracting, training of private practitioners…
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In April 2000, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Global Health Council organized a small workshop outside Boston to examine questions about public-private partnerships in international public health. The workshop was just one in a series of meetings on public-private partnerships…
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Recent years have seen a growth in interest in what has often been termed the "public/private mix" in health services. Particularly in developing countries this focus has stemmed from a desire to increase and make better use of the total resources available to the health sector. The motivation…
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This study was undertaken by the Institute for Health Sector Development (IHSD) on behalf of WHO and the Rockefeller Foundation to identify the potential for franchising TB and HIV/AIDS diagnosis and care to mid-level private health care providers in the following nine Sub-Saharan African…
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Objectives. Networks of franchised health establishments, providing a standardized set of services, are being implemented in developing countries. This article examines associations between franchise membership and family planning and reproductive health outcomes for both the member provider and…
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