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Le Secteur Privé : Un partenaire indispensable pour des résultats de santé durables?

This presentation was given at the Regional Private Health Sector and mHealth Assessment Dissemination Workshop in May 2014.

Ghana Licensed Chemical Sellers Increase Provision of Zinc to Treat Childhood Diarrhea

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a diarrhea management training and marketing program for licensed chemical sellers and a mass media campaign. The interventions, which have led to a high level of zinc sales, are a promising approach to promote the use of ORS and zinc as a childhood…

Private Midwife Provision of IUDs: Lessons from the Philippines (Brief)

This case study identifies enabling factors that help to ensure viable provision of IUDs by private midwives, based on the experiences of midwives from two major franchises in the Philippines. The study team gathered information from structured and unstructured interviews of midwives, franchise…

Expanding and Improving Access to LARCs and PMs through the Private Sector

The SHOPS project hosted a meeting on March 4, 2014 to explore the role of independent private providers in the provision of long-acting reversible contraceptives and…

Preliminary Results of the Impact of a Free SMS Info Service on Family Planning Knowledge in Kenya

This poster describes an evaluation that SHOPS conducted of a free mobile health platform piloted by FHI 360 under the USAID-funded PROGRESS project. Mobiles for Reproductive Health (m4RH) offers a variety of information related to reproductive health, including advantages, disadvantages, myths…

Understanding the Association between Wealth, Long-Acting Contraception, and the Private Sector (Infographic)

An analysis of 14 Demographic and Health Surveys reveals that wealthier women are more likely than poorer women to use long-acting or permanent contraceptive methods (LA/PMs). In contrast, in South Asian countries, wealthier women are more likely than poorer women to use short-acting methods.…

Including the Private Sector in the SPARHCS Process

This resource aims to provide guidance to reproductive health commodity security planners on how to best involve a wide range of private sector stakeholders in the strategic pathway to reproductive health commodity security process. It also provides direction on how the private and public…

Advancing Knowledge and Promoting Best Practice in Mitigating the Impact of Dual Public-Private Practice among Health Providers

This primer aims to provide policymakers, program managers, and private providers with comprehensive background knowledge on the phenomenon of dual practice. Topics addressed include:

• External conditions as contributing factors to dual practice
• Motivations…

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Botswana Private Health Sector Assessment

The USAID Mission in Botswana commissioned a private health sector assessment, which was approved by the Ministry of Health, and was intended to provide evidence and guidance to key stakeholders on how to best leverage private health sector resources for both service delivery and financing, in…

Census of Private Health Facilities in Nigeria

The SHOPS project conducted a census of six Nigerian states to assess the private health sector’s capacity, geographic distribution, and services offered. The census reveals that private facilities are overwhelmingly concentrated in Lagos and that existing lists of private facilities are…