Public-Private Partnership Laboratory and Diagnostics Directory

The Public-Private Partnership Laboratory and Diagnostics Directory is a joint publication between the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association of Tanzania (MeLSAT) and the USAID Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project. The directory was created to serve as a source of information for public and private health leadership, facility owners, laboratory personnel, and other health sector stakeholders who are seeking to strengthen their provision of laboratory and diagnostic services through multi-sectoral partnership. This directory is intended to support the creation of public-private partnerships in Tanzania’s laboratory sector by providing comprehensive information on the availability and location of laboratory tests and services in the Dar es Salaam region.

Video Transcript: Engaging the Private Health Sector to Sustain National HIV Responses

A transcript of the video, "Engaging the Private Health Sector to Sustain National HIV Responses."

Video Transcript: Increasing Access to HIV Services through the Private Sector in Tanzania

A transcript of the video, "Supporting Service Delivery through the Private Sector in Tanzania."

Increasing Access to HIV Services through the Private Sector in Tanzania

Emmanuel Malangalila, country representative for the SHOPS project in Tanzania, discusses what SHOPS is doing to support the private sector in health care service delivery, encourage collaboration between the public and private sectors, and scale up HIV efforts.

Transcript of Interview with Dr. Mariam Ongara

This is a transcript from a video interview with Dr. Margaret Ongara, the Public-Private Partnerships Cordinator at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania.

Tanzania: A Dedicated Unit for Increased Public-Private Partnerships in Health

An Interview with Dr. Mariam Ongara, National Health PPP Coordinator, Ministry of Health ad Social Welfare, Tanzania.

M-Enabled Business Models

This presentation reviews the findings from a study funded by the SHOPS project and conducted by the Monitor Group that identified mhealth (mobile applications for health) business models enabling enterprises to successfully engage with the poor in Africa. The multi-country study examined the ability of mobile-based enterprises to increase access and efficiency of health services, and the presentations highlights a few case studies and overall lessons learned from successful models. The presentation was made by Pamela Riley at USAID/Washington in September 2013.

Direct Sales Agent Models in Health

The SHOPS project funded a 16-month study conducted by the Monitor Group as reported in Promise and Progress: Market-based Solutions to Poverty in Africa. The study identified promising direct sales agent business models enabling enterprises to engage with the poor in Africa, primarily in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. This primer aims to provide a data-driven perspective on the conditions under which direct sales agent models are most likely to succeed, highlights how these models are applied to health and the barriers they face in the health sector, and examines case study examples. Based on the characteristics and constraints of the direct sales agent model, this primer proposes three direct sales agent archetypes that could serve as guidelines for donors, social enterprises, and health goods manufacturers for future application of the model.

m-Enabled Inclusive Business Models: Applications for Health

The SHOPS project funded a 16-month study conducted by the Monitor Group as reported in Promise and Progress: Market-based Solutions to Poverty in Africa. The study identified mhealth (mobile applications for health) business models enabling enterprises to successfully engage with the poor in Africa, primarily in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. This primer aims to:

1. Highlight key practices that will assist m-enabled enterprises in reaching commercial viability in the near term
2. Assist funders interested in business model principles that enable sustainable impact

Presenting four case studies on m-enabled solutions and 10 lessons for consumer-facing and systems-oriented mhealth projects, the primer shows that inclusive businesses in all sectors are still in their infancy and that much can be learned about how they work, why many struggle, and why only a few succeed.

Tanzania Private Health Sector Assessment Brief

This brief is a summary of the Tanzania private health sector assessment, conducted by the SHOPS project and the IFC-World Bank Health in Africa Initiative in 2012. Sean Callahan prepared this brief, which presents the assessment methods, findings, and key recommendations for engaging the private sector.

Given the relatively organized state of Tanzania’s private health sector and the Tanzanian government’s focus on building strong public-private partnerships, the overall goal of these recommendations is to present actionable steps for the public and private sectors to fully leverage private sector resources and achieve national health goals in HIV/AIDS, reproductive and child health, malaria, and tuberculosis.