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Social Marketing in Senegal: CMS Program Results and Implications
The USAID mission in Senegal requested social marketing assistance from the CMS project and its local implementing agency ADEMAS to increase the supply of, and the demand for, reproductive health products and services through the private sector. Currently CMS/ADEMAS markets a subsidized brand of…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Senegal
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Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
The Impact of a Microfinance Program on Private Health Care Providers in Uganda
This evaluation assesses the impact of the Summa Foundation's microfinance program on the viability of small-scale private health care practices in Uganda. Summa's microfinance program began disbursing loans in January of 2001 in Uganda. The program has had three main objectives; increasing…
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Project: SHOPS
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Technical Area: Provider Access to Finance
Socioeconomic Characteristics of Enrollees in Community Health Insurance Schemes in Africa.
The CMS project provided technical assistance to the Nkoranza Health Plan in Ghana (a hospital-based plan primarily offering inpatient care — the only exception being outpatient care for dog and snake bites) and the Lacor Health Plan (a hospital-based plan offering inpatient and outpatient care…
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A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Performance of a Reproductive Health Franchise in Nepal
In 2001, the Commercial Market Strategies project established a nurse and paramedic franchise in Nepal to increase utilization of reproductive health services and client satisfaction with service quality. To assess the impact of the intervention, CMS used a quasi-experimental study design, with…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Nepal
Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Bangladesh: Contraceptive Market Segmentation Analysis—Final Report
Segmentation of the contraceptive market in Bangladesh already exists with the public and private sectors playing crucial roles. Using the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) data to highlight each sector's efforts to reach contraceptive users, this report will help guide policymakers and other…
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Project: SHOPS
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Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
Health Financing in Ghana: Willingness to Pay Increased Prices for Reproductive Health Products and Services in Ghana
Limited government and donor resources, as well as the need to serve ever-increasing reproductive health (RH) needs, dictate that the partners for reproductive health in Ghana — the Ministry of Health, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, and the Ghana Social Marketing Foundation — find new…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Quality of Health Care and its Role in Cost Recovery With a Focus on Empirical Findings About Willingness to Pay for Quality Improvements
This paper looks at the interrelationship of cost recovery and quality improvements in the health sector of developing countries as well as at people's willingness to pay for perceived improvements in health services. Included in this document are in depth literature reviews of five major types…
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Health Financing in Ghana: Willingness to Pay for Normal Delivery Benefits in a Community-Based Health Insurance Plan
Births attended by skilled birth attendants and/or those at medical facilities are significantly associated with better birth outcomes, including reduced maternal mortality. Nkoranza is a rural district in Ghana with a population estimated at 128,000 in 2000. The Catholic Diocese of Sunyani…
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Project: SHOPS
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Technical Area: Health Financing
Public-Private Partnerships for Health: A Review of Best Practices in the Health Sector
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have evolved as a result of pressure to ensure quality in providing public services. PPPs pool public and private resources, and capitalize on the skills of the respective sectors to improve the delivery of services. Today, PPPs in the health sector focus on…
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Project: SHOPS
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Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
Keystone Module Background Paper: Private Participation in Health Services Handbook
Attitudes toward private health care providers in developing countries are changing. Growing numbers of policymakers are considering or attempting to incorporate private facilities and practitioners into overall sector policy, using methods such as contracting, training of private practitioners…
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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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