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Qualitative Research for a Zinc Treatment Program in Nepal: Findings and Recommendations
This study provides results of formative research conducted in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal in focus group sessions with caregivers from varying socio-economic subgroups and in-depth interviews with 30 pharmacists. Diarrhea symptoms and danger signs are well-understood. Oral rehydration therapy and/or ORS are both commonly requested and used by caregivers and "prescribed" by pharmacists. Caregivers are amenable to using zinc as a diarrhea treatment if it proves effective. Both caregivers and pharmacists have long associated zinc with vitamin supplements rather than as a pharmaceutical treatment for illness. The challenge will be to convey the concept of zinc as a high quality, cost effective, essential diarrhea treatment rather than as an "extra" or adjunct treatment or supplement. The results of this study will be used to inform the development of communication and marketing strategies and the design of a range of communication and educational materials and training curricula for both public and private sector health care providers and pharmacists.
Resource Type : Report
Country : Nepal
Year : 2006-10-15T17:15:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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Reproductive Health Supplies Pricing in Nepal and Nicaragua: Equity, Availability, and Affordability
PowerPoint presentation from GHC session D3: Delivering the Goods: Coordinating Efforts to Meet Reproductive Health Supply Needs.
Resource Type : Presentation
Country : Nepal, Nicaragua
Year : 2006-06-26T14:45:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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3rd International Zinc Conference (24-25 April 2006): Recent Advances in Scaling up Zinc
This web link will take the reader to the ICDDRB website and access to all presentations from the meeting where lessons learned were shared from India, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia, East Timor, Pakistan and Uganda. Important recent research findings that have emerged over the past year and usage and effectiveness of zinc treatment in emergency settings were also highlighted.
Resource Type : Other
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Year : 2006-04-24T10:00:00
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Project : SHOPS
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Zinc: From Research to Programs
This powerpoint presentation provides an overview of zinc deficiency, research undertaken over the last few years on zinc supplementation to address diarrheal disease in children under five, and the status of program implementation.
Resource Type : Presentation
Country : Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal
Year : 2004-09-01T15:45:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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Examining the Role of Private Maternity Services in Nepal, India and Tanzania
The maternal and child millennium development goals (MDG) call for a reduction of maternal mortality by three-quarters and child deaths by two-third between 1990 and 2015. It is widely acknowledged that a functioning healthcare system is essential to achieve these aims. To date, Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) initiatives have primarily focused on improving skills, resources, and referral systems within public sector services. The private maternity care sector has received little attention. However, in many low income countries, there is reportedly a growth in the non-government provision of maternity and obstetric care, and health sector reform strategies are promoting private and public sector "mixes". If the ambitious targets set for reduction in maternal and child health are to be reached, the role played by different elements within the private sector, their limitations and their capacity, and their interface with government services in key areas such as skilled attendance and essential obstetric care, all need to be far better understood. This literature review brings together existing knowledge concerning private (non-government) sector maternity care provision in low-income settings and identifies some key issues for future exploration. It presents a set of tools designed to gather information about private sector provision of maternity care at National or sub-National levels. These tools were simultaneously piloted in three settings, the State of Andhra Pradesh in India, Nepal and Tanzania. Separate reports from each of these pilot studies have been prepared (Ensor & Dey 2003; MacDonagh & Neupane 2003 and Murry & Nyambo 2003). A synthesis report that draws out the key issues arising from this review and across the three settings is also available (MacDonagh, Murray and Ensor 2003). Section 2 explains the scope of and methods used in the review of the literature. Section 3 provides an introduction to some of the terminology and typologies used in discussion of the "private " healthcare sector. Section 4 outlines the findings of the literature review on private sector maternity care in developing countries, and Section Five draws out five key areas where further investigation is required. In section 6 examples of existing initiatives in work with private sector providers of maternity care are outlined. Section 7 introduces a "tool kit" designed to assist local study of private sector provision of maternity care, and the annexes contain the pilot-tested tools.
Resource Type : Tool
Country : India, Nepal, Tanzania
Year : 2003-12-12T10:00:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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New Directions in Reproductive Health, Spotlight - Nicaragua
CMS program in Nicaragua Social marketing of services NGO sustainability workshops in Tunisia, Ecuador Training program for midwives and paramedics in Nepal 'Smart Sex' campaign targets teens in Guatemala Summa Foundation loan to Clinica Sanangel, Nicaragua
Resource Type : Other
Country : Guatemala, Nepal, Nicaragua
Year : 2001-06-01T15:15:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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Provider Networks: Increasing Access and Quality of Care
Provider networks are an affiliation of health providers (for-profit or nonprofit) under an umbrella brand name that serves as a guarantee of quality for a defined package of services at known prices. Private provider networks can evolve into franchising programs that have a controlling organization (franchiser) providing on-going monitoring and technical support to the franchised providers.
Resource Type : Brochure/Postcard
Country : Nepal, Nicaragua
Year : 2005-07-18T14:30:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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The Commercial Market Strategies Project: Partnering with the Commercial Sector in Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) is the U.S. Agency for International Development's flagship project to increase the use of quality family planning and other health products and services through private-sector partners and commercial strategies.
Resource Type : Brochure/Postcard
Country : Dominican Republic, Ghana, Nepal, Nicaragua, Uganda
Year : 2005-07-18T13:30:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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The Quality Assurance Project
Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Quality Assurance Project (QAP) seeks to improve the quality of health, population, and nutrition through state-of-the-art technical support. QAP builds on over ten years of experience using modern quality assurance methods to improve healthcare in middle income and developing countries. QAP also addresses human resource management issues that impact quality of care.
Resource Type : Website
Country : Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, Egypt, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Year : 2005-01-01T13:45:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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Contraceptive social marketing statistics
This report contains the 2001 contraceptive social marketing statistics from various organizations worldwide.
Resource Type : Report
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Year : 2002-09-01T13:30:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS