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The Commercial Market Strategies Final Report
The Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) project was the flagship private-sector project of USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health (G/PRH). CMS was designed to increase the use of family planning and other health products and services through the private sector. From 1998 to 2004,…
Resource Type : Report
Country : India, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal
Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Language : English
Technical Area: Corporate Engagement, Public-Private Engagement
Performance Improvement: Stages, Steps and Tools
Performance Improvement (PI) is a method for analyzing performance problems and setting up systems to ensure good performance. PI is applied most effectively to groups of workers within the same organization or performing similar jobs. While PI principles are relevant to workers in any field,…
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Technical Area: Provider Quality
Private Sector Participation in Health
The study focuses on how engagement with the private sector can improve access to and uptake of quality and appropriate health services by the poor, and identifies approaches to promote private sector engagement. It reviews the mechanisms for working with the private sector, including…
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Technical Area: Health Financing
Applying Social Franchising Techniques to Youth Reproductive Health/HIV Services
The paper examines the role that social franchising has in expanding reproductive health and HIV services for youth. It reviews the literature and research on social franchising and analyzes how different models have been applied to meet the specific needs of youth. The report examines five case…
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Low-income markets present a prodigious opportunity for the world's wealthiest companies — to seek their fortunes and bring prosperity to the aspiring poor. In short, the poorest populations raise a prodigious new managerial challenge for the world's wealthiest companies: selling to the poor and…
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Community Participation is Key to Supporting Quality in Gold Circle Clinics
This "Communication Impact!" newsletter from CCP highlights the importance of community participation for the success of quality in Gold Circle clinics in four countries in Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte D'Ivoire and Togo.
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Family Planning Programs: Improving Quality, Population Reports
This chapter from a CCP Population Report discusses the importance of quality in family planning programs.
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Egypt's Gold Star Quality Program Wins Clients and Communities
"Communication Impact!" Newsletter by CCP on Egypt's Gold Star Quality Program
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The Transition to the Commercial Sector: What Happens to Socially Marketed Products after Graduating from USAID Support? Special Study 1
This paper explores the transition of the commercial sector in 5 countries following the graduation of a US Agency for International Development (USAID) support and turnover of responsibilities to the private sector. The essential goal of Social Marketing Change (SOMARC), a USAID-funded project…
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Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons: Overview
Many countries face the challenge of meeting people's needs for contraceptives and condoms on a sustainable basis. Demand is rising, but financing is not keeping pace. Local and national capacities key to ensuring availability of supplies are also often inadequate to the task. Countries need to…
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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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