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Broadening the Commercial-Sector Participation in Reproductive Health: The Role of Prices on Markets for Oral Contraceptives
This study examines the impact of public sector pricing on commercial oral contraceptive (OC) markets. Dr. Foreit found that introducing or promoting free OCs in an established commercial market induces users to abandon the commercial sector without increasing overall use. Conversely, a single…
Resource Type : Other
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
What Influences the Private Provision of Contraceptives?
This study discusses the factors that promote or hinder commercial sector participation in the provision of a secure supply of contraceptives. Competition is a key factor, especially when it comes to price differences between publicly and privately provided contraceptives. Other factors include…
Resource Type : Other
Country : Pakistan
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Policy Lessons Learned in Finance and Private Sector Participation
This paper examines lessons learned in USAID's OPTIONS and POLICY projects, both of which have worked extensively in developing countries to foster private sector involvement in family planning and reproductive health care. It presents lessons learned during implementation of these activities…
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing, Public-Private Engagement
Social Franchising as a Strategy to Expand Access to Reproductive Health Services: A Case Study of the Green Star Service Delivery Network in Pakistan
This case study chronicles Social Marketing Pakistan's experience designing and implementing the Green Star Network as documented and interpreted by Population Services International (PSI). Social Marketing Pakistan (SMP) and PSI operate as a joint venture, with SMP functioning as a local…
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Country : Pakistan
Health Area: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
The Commercial Market Strategies Final Report
The Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) project was the flagship private-sector project of USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health (G/PRH). CMS was designed to increase the use of family planning and other health products and services through the private sector. From 1998 to 2004,…
Resource Type : Report
Country : India, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal
Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Corporate Engagement, Public-Private Engagement
Performance Improvement: Stages, Steps and Tools
Performance Improvement (PI) is a method for analyzing performance problems and setting up systems to ensure good performance. PI is applied most effectively to groups of workers within the same organization or performing similar jobs. While PI principles are relevant to workers in any field,…
Resource Type : Tool
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Private Sector Participation in Health
The study focuses on how engagement with the private sector can improve access to and uptake of quality and appropriate health services by the poor, and identifies approaches to promote private sector engagement. It reviews the mechanisms for working with the private sector, including…
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Project: SHOPS
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Technical Area: Health Financing
Applying Social Franchising Techniques to Youth Reproductive Health/HIV Services
The paper examines the role that social franchising has in expanding reproductive health and HIV services for youth. It reviews the literature and research on social franchising and analyzes how different models have been applied to meet the specific needs of youth. The report examines five case…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Networks and Franchising
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Low-income markets present a prodigious opportunity for the world's wealthiest companies — to seek their fortunes and bring prosperity to the aspiring poor. In short, the poorest populations raise a prodigious new managerial challenge for the world's wealthiest companies: selling to the poor and…
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Project: SHOPS
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Community Participation is Key to Supporting Quality in Gold Circle Clinics
This "Communication Impact!" newsletter from CCP highlights the importance of community participation for the success of quality in Gold Circle clinics in four countries in Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte D'Ivoire and Togo.
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Country : Togo
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
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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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