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Trends and Opportunities in Public-private Partnerships to Improve Health Service Delivery in Africa

The report, in its first part, destroys three common myths regarding the private health care sector in Africa:

• First, that the private sector is for the rich and the public sector is for the poor;
• Second, that health is mainly financed by the public sector; and
• …

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  Project: SHOPS

  Year : 2005

  Language : English

  Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement

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Initiating Public/Private Partnerships to Finance Reproductive Health: The Role of Market Segmentation Analysis

Participants at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) developed an ambitious agenda, calling for more and better quality reproductive health products and services around the world. This mandate, along with the increased global demand for reproductive health care…

State of the Private Health Sector Wall Chart

This Wall Chart is the first in a series of PSP-One-produced tools to help mainstream the concept of private sector provision of health services and advocate for a greater private sector role in reproductive health and other health services. The Wall Chart is a user-friendly tool which consists…

Invitation to Join PSP-One Midwives Exchange

This is a flier promoting a new and unique 'Midwives Exchange' offered to independent and private midwives in developing countries who would like to exchange knowledge, questions, and ideas with private sector experts and with each other. Download for more information.…

Workplace Policy Builder version 2.0

The Workplace Policy Builder (WPB) software helps companies develop their own HIV/AIDS policies. WPB includes a database of corporate workplace policies from around the world, a literature database of the impact of HIV/AIDS, national HIV/AIDS policies, international standards, the AIM-B model,…

How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings?

In low and middle income countries, health workers are essential for the delivery of health interventions. However, inadequate health-worker performance is a very widespread problem. We present an overview of issues and evidence about the determinants of performance and strategies for improving…

Case Study: Physician Recognition Program

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has developed programs to evaluate and recognize individual physicians and physician groups that follow evidence-based standards of care. NCQA currently has three recognition programs in operation: Diabetes Recognition Program, Heart/Stroke…

The Family Planning Program Effort Index: 1999 Cycle

Indices of effort by large scale family planning programs have been measured periodically since 1972. These scores are intended to capture program effort or strength, independent of outputs such as contraceptive use or fertility change. Questionnaires were sent to expert observers who provided…

Social Franchising Health Services: A Philippines Case Study and Review of Experience

For over 15 years, John Snow, Inc. (JSI) has managed a number of public-private partnerships intended to expand access to family planning and other reproductive health services. JSI has been instrumental in establishing one such partnership in the Philippines—a so-called "social franchise," the…

Case Study: Introducing Social Franchising in Myanmar

PSI Myanmar, using a grant from the Packard Foundation, laid the foundation to launch the Sun Quality franchise network in 2001. The Sun Quality franchise now has over 450 providers in 90 townships participating in the franchise and adhering to quality standards. In 2004, Sun Quality clinics had…