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Private Sector Working Group Annual Meeting Report, April 2, 2014

On April 2, 2014, the SHOPS project convened the third Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The objectives of the meeting were to:

• Consolidate learnings from assessing the private health sector in developing countries.
• Share technical…

  Resource Type : Report

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  Project: SHOPS

  Year : 2014

  Language : English

  Technical Area: Private Health Sector Assessments

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