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Market Assessment of Prepaid Health Schemes: Summary of Findings

In this presentation, Dr. Nelson Gitonga shares the key findings of a market assessment of Kenya’s private prepaid health schemes. Some of the key findings are that there is adequate coverage for the most common causes of morbidity but non-communicable conditions have gaps in coverage, the…

Fostering Dialogue between Private Insurers and Private Providers

In this presentation, Dr. Richard Ayah explores the relationship between private insurers, private providers, and patients. He outlines what maintains these relationships and illustrates various scenarios when they in and out of balance. He also discusses how to optimize the link between these…

Developing Affordable and Innovative Health Insurance Products

In this presentation, Dr. Nelson Gitonga explores the importance of engaging key stakeholders in the product design and development of insurance products. He provides an overview of health insurance coverage related to various wealth quintiles, key stakeholders in the health insurance market and…

HIV Testing by Private Health Providers: Evidence from 18 Countries

While numerous studies have examined the role of the public health sector in providing HIV counseling and testing, less known about the role played by private providers. This fact sheet summarizes research conducted by Doug Johnson and Xi Cheng, which analyzed the role of private commercial…

Total Market Initiatives: A Systemic Approach

In this presentation, Jeff Barnes discusses two examples of taking a total market approach to increase access to reproductive health commodities. A total market approach is a process in which the suppliers and financers of health products and services from all sectors (public, non profit,…

SHOPS Private Sector Health Glossary

This health glossary includes common private health sector terms you may find frequently in the materials obtained from this resource center. This is a PDF version of the glossary that also appears on the SHOPS website (http://www.…

Reducing ARV Costs in Namibia: A Means to Increase Access (poster)

This poster describes a study of the cost savings potentially available to the Public Service Employee Medical Aid Scheme (PSEMAS) in Namibia if it could procure antiretroviral drugs at public sector prices as opposed to the private sector prices it is currently paying. The study found that the…

Paraguay Private Health Sector Assessment

This brief is a summary of the Paraguay private health sector assessment report. Dawn Crosby and Erica James prepared this brief, which presents the assessment methods, findings, and the following recommendations:

• Support the Contraceptive Security Committee (DAIA) to become more…

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  Health Area: Family Planning

  Project: SHOPS

  Year : 2012

  Language : English

  Technical Area: Private Health Sector Assessments

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Grenada Health Systems and Private Sector Assessment

This assessment consisted of an integrated rapid assessment of Grenada’s health system according to the “building blocks” of the World Health Organization (WHO) health systems strengthening framework: governance, health financing, service delivery, human resources for health, pharmaceutical…

Saathi Bachpan Ke: Diarrhea Prevention and Management Baseline Report

Implemented by the USAID funded Market-based Partnerships for Health (MBPH) project, Saathi Bachpan Ke (‘Friends of Childhood’ in Hindi) is a program that aims at improving child health by reducing the incidence of diarrheal diseases in children under five (the second highest cause of deaths…