The Abt Associates-led PSP-One project cordially invites you to attend our End of Project Conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. from 9am-5pm. Over the past 5 years, PSP-One has worked to increase the private sector's provision of high-quality reproductive health and family…
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In January 2007, the government of Nicaragua initiated a demonstration project that extended the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute's (INSS') formal sector health insurance program to informal sector workers using MFIs as delivery channels. By offering the INSS' basic package of services and…
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In September 2008, Private Sector Partnerships-One (PSP-One) conducted an assessment to identify support strategies for the MicroBusiness for Health (MBH) franchise being piloted by Freedom from Hunger (FFH) in Ghana. In this social franchise, a neighborhood rural woman becomes the local sales…
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Recently, there has been an unprecedented increase in financing the HIV/AIDS response, driven by three major funders: the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), and the World Bank Multi-country AIDS Program. This donor…
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The Private Sector Program-Ethiopia (PSP-E) is focused on increasing the capacity of private sector health care providers to deliver HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) services. Abt Associates Inc., the lead PSP-E partner, works with Population Services International, IntraHealth International, and…
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HIV/AIDS presents serious demographic, social, economic, and developmental challenges in Ethiopia. The HIV prevalence among adults age 15-49 is estimated to be 2.1% (Single Point HIV Prevalence Estimate, Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office [HAPCO], June 2007). Knowledge of HIV status…
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Ethiopia has a national case detection rate of 27%, and is ranked seventh in tuberculosis (TB) prevalence among high-burden countries (Global Tuberculosis Control Report, World Health Organization [WHO] 2008). In addition, the growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia has contributed to a…
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Both HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) are major health problems in Ethiopia. Recent data indicate that 2.1 percent of adults age 15-49 (7.7 percent in urban areas and 0.9 percent in rural areas) are HIV-positive (Single Point HIV Prevalence Estimate, Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office…
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The Private Sector Program-Ethiopia (PSP-Ethiopia) conducted this HIV counseling and testing (HCT) assessment in collaboration with Amhara Regional Health Bureau in four towns in the Amhara National Regional State to inform the design of mobile HCT services. PSP-Ethiopia, led by Abt Associates…
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The private health sector has the potential to help Ethiopia meet its goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care. However, as in many countries, the role of the private health sector in delivering HIV/AIDS services is not well understood. Better information on private…
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