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Private Providers: A Vast Untapped Resource to Improve Women's Health
A well-known definition is derived from social franchising and includes a group of providers who offer a set of services, with quality standards and set low price, and who have been trained in clinical and business skills. A broader definition is: an affiliation of independent health service…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
Priorities for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration
A recent USAID-funded study demonstrated that adding voluntary family planning to services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV can prevent an additional 55,000 child deaths and avert more than 150,000 unintended pregnancies in high HIV prevalence countries.
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
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A Client-Centered Approach to Reproductive Health
This manual is designed for trainers facilitating the learning of trainees in how to offer client-centered reproductive health services. It is intended for people who have prior experience in participatory training using adult learning methods and who have undergone basic training in the…
Resource Type : Tool
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
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Family Planning Success Stories in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Ghana demonstrate that rapid uptake and sustained use of modern family planning methods can occur in even the most poor, resource-strapped, and largely rural countries.
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
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Safe Water, Healthy Workers
Providing access to safe water is remarkably effective and cost-efficient. Recent WHO research findings indicate that the return-on-investment for point-of-use water purification programs is between 500 and 6,000 percent. PSI markets two water treatment products under four brand names. In…
Resource Type : Brief
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Corporate AIDS Prevention Program: Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is increasingly affecting businesses that operate in developing countries. Companies are experiencing reduced productivity, decreased profits, increased training costs, declining employee morale, and higher health care and insurance costs. To fight the epidemic and reduce…
Resource Type : Brochure/Postcard
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Corporate Engagement, Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Reducing the Toll: PSI and Business Battle Malaria
To curb the impact of malaria on health and business, PSI promotes and distributes insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) and long-lasting insecticide-treated bed-nets (LLITNs). ITNs, promoted under the brand names Supanet, Moustiquaire, and Chitetezo, are polyester bednets packed with an…
Resource Type : Other
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Health Area: Malaria
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Fighting for Life: PSI and Business Tackle HIV/AIDS
Throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America, PSI implements quality HIV-prevention programs pro-moting consistent and correct condom use, mutual fidelity and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT). Programs typically include behavior change and mass media campaigns, employ peer educators and drama…
Resource Type : Other
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Corporate Engagement, Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Organization of Health Care in Developing Countries
The present edition of this selective bibliography is a partial upgrade of the 2001 list, not a cumulative replacement. Evidently, many references from the last 3 years have been added, but the pre-1990 literature is no longer represented (even early 1990's references are scarce). Also, because…
Resource Type : Other
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing, Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Working with Private Sector Providers for Better Health Care: An Introductory Guide
"Working with Private Sector Providers for Better Health Care: An Introductory Guide" aims to provide the most critical approach to develop strategies for working with Private Sector Participation (PSPs) for better health care. This guide focuses specifically on those PSPs that operate on a for-…
Resource Type : Tool
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
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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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