Diarrhea is the fourth leading cause of child mortality in Ghana. In 2010, Ghana endorsed guidelines from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund for use of zinc with low-osmolarity oral rehydration salts (ORS) for the treatment of acute childhood diarrhea. From late…
Resource Type : Other
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Health Area: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Private health care providers are an important source of modern contraceptives in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet they face many challenges that might be addressed through targeted training.
This study measures the impact of a package of trainings and…
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Country : Nigeria
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
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SHOPS Plus developed a tool to capture a broad range of performance indicators for a social marketing organization to improve the organization technically, financially, and institutionally. The team reviewed several organizational development tools and decided to measure the current state of the…
Resource Type : Tool
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Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
Collecting reproductive health data in high-fertility settings ridden with conflict such as Afghanistan is challenging and requires dynamic approaches. Evidence regarding motivators and barriers to family planning use in Afghanistan is critically needed to inform contraception demand generation…
Resource Type : Presentation
Country : Afghanistan
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Gender, Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing, Social and Behavior Change Communication
Le mouvement mondial visant à atteindre la couverture sanitaire universelle présente des opportunités pour faire progresser les objectifs de la planification familiale. La communauté de la planification familiale s’intéresse vivement à la possibilité de rendre accessible toute la gamme des…
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Senegal
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : French
Technical Area: Health Financing, Universal Health Coverage
In August 2016, SHOPS Plus conducted a needs assessment of private health providers in Tanzania. The overall objective was to evaluate their business and financial management training needs and to gain an understanding of their financing requirements.
This report documents providers’…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Tanzania
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Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Access to Finance
This presentation includes lessons from the field in ensuring financing for and access to quality private sector family planning services. It was presented during a panel discussion facilitated by Joseph Addo-Yobo of SHOPS Plus in January 2018. Representatives from Vodaphone, Bayer…
Resource Type : Presentation
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Corporate Engagement, Digital Health, Health Financing, Public-Private Engagement, Universal Health Coverage
This presentation gives an overview of the private sector landscape, the total market approach, and the role of social franchises in providing quality and affordable family planning services. It set the stage for the fourth day of a USAID-funded regional workshop in Accra, Ghana in January 2018…
Resource Type : Presentation
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Health Area: Family Planning
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing, Networks and Franchising, Total Market Approach, Universal Health Coverage
Efforts to organize the private sector can benefit from past experience with private health care providers, who are important sources of family planning products and services. In many countries, the private health sector is fragmented, making it difficult for providers to engage with one another…
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Networks and Franchising, Universal Health Coverage
USAID Madagascar engaged the services of the Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Plus project team to conduct an assessment of the private health sector in Madagascar.
This evaluation had the following objectives:
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Country : Madagascar
Health Area: Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : French
Technical Area: Private Health Sector Assessments
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