Public-Private Partnership to Improve Family Planning Service Provision in Nigeria

This presentation examines improving family planning service provision through public-private partnerships in Nigeria. It was given as part of a panel discussion at the 3rd Nigeria Family Planning Conference in Abuja on November 27, 2014.

HANSHEP Health Enterprise Fund: Promoting Pro-Poor Health Innovations

The HANSHEP Health Enterprise Fund provides grants, technical assistance, and facilitates connections with investors, creating a base for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses and reach more people with affordable health services and products.

A Total Market Approach to Diarrhea Management

This presentation examines a total market approach to diarrhea management, including policy, stakeholders, market segmentation, marketing, service delivery, and health financing strategies. Using examples from Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and other countries, the presentation highlights key aspects of SHOPS ORS and zinc activities. The presentation was made on November 6, 2014 at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Estimating the Untapped Capacity of the Private Sector to Deliver Antiretroviral Therapy in Lagos State, Nigeria

Private commercial providers represent a growing source of health care in Lagos State, Nigeria, serving people from all socioeconomic classes. While 65 percent of commercial providers in Nigeria offer HIV testing and counseling, just 10 percent provide antiretroviral therapy (ART). Increasing the role of the commercial sector in ART provision could help reduce unmet need, easing the burden on the public sector. To stimulate a more informed discussion about the potential role of the private sector, SHOPS researchers estimated the magnitude of the potential private sector contribution in Nigeria and identified barriers to expansion of the private sector’s role in ART delivery. They developed a series of equations to estimate the number of additional people living with HIV who could plausibly receive ART if commercial sector involvement were strengthened. Facility surveys and stakeholder interviews were conducted to measure interest in providing ART, the capacity to provide it, and perceived barriers to its provision. Researchers found that commercial providers have substantial slack capacity that could be used to provide ART. The primary barriers to scaling up ART provision were inadequate provider expertise, laboratory capacity, and financing the cost of treatment. If these barriers were removed, the commercial sector could fill 97 percent of the estimated unmet need for ART in Lagos State. Strengthening the capacity of private providers to meet the needs of people living with HIV offers a promising path to achieving universal ART coverage in Nigeria.

Ghana, Nigeria: Mobiles to Improve Quality of Services

These studies examined how supportive supervision can improve the quality of services in Ghana and Nigeria. The activities introduced supportive supervision to address the identified gaps in private provider performance. Through the use of checklists on smartphones, supervisors were able to provide real-time feedback, and web-based monitoring enabled improved weekly stockouts and training needs identification. The presentation was made by Joseph Addo-Yobo at the mHealth in the SHOPS Project: Case Studies and Lessons Learned special event at the Ronald Reagan Building in June 2014.

A Census of Private Health Facilities in Six States of Nigeria

The SHOPS project conducted a census of six Nigerian states to assess the private health sector’s infrastructure, staff, patient volume, and services offered. This report highlights findings census regarding:

• Number of facilities, by type

• Accuracy of official lists 

• Infrastructure, staff, and patient volume

• Family planning services

• HIV and AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health services

• Provision of pharmaceuticals

• Quality of family planning counseling 

• Access to finance and business practices 

Census of Private Health Facilities in Nigeria

The SHOPS project conducted a census of six Nigerian states to assess the private health sector’s capacity, geographic distribution, and services offered. The census reveals that private facilities are overwhelmingly concentrated in Lagos and that existing lists of private facilities are inaccurate. The findings indicate that private facilities may have excess capacity to deliver family planning services.

Informal Provider Markets

This presentation was given by Maria Belenky at the PSWG Annual Meeting on April 2, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The presentation examines the dynamics of informal providers and markets in India, Nigeria, and Bangladesh.

Overview of the LiveWell Initiative in Nigeria

CEO Bisi Bright gives the inside story on the LiveWell Initiative, a Nigerian based health care nonprofit which has served 1.5 million Nigerians. LiveWell Initiative successfully operates a business model that extends its reach to the base of the pyramid and beyond, without donor funding. This presentation was made during a webinar hosted by the Network for Africa initiative and the SHOPS project on November 5, 2013.

The Role of the Private Sector in Family Planning Provision and Use: Past, Present, and Future

As moderator of a panel session at the International Conference on Family Planning 2013 titled "The Role of the Private Sector in Family Planning Provision and Use: Past, Present, and Future", Diana Silimperi gave this presentation for Steven Sinding.