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Therapeutic effects of oral zinc in acute and persistent diarrhea in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials
Presents the meta-analyses of efficacy studies demonstrating that 10-14 days of zinc supplementation reduce the duration and severity of diarrhea episodes.
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Peru
Year : 2000-01-01T15:15:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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Case Study: Key Social Marketing
Key Social Marketing (KSM) operates on the premise that the primary barrier to attracting family planning users among lower income couples is the lack of family planning information available and the inability to access to high quality services. To address this, KSM operates a media and education campaign around three hormonal products. The Key logo identifies Key products, trained service providers, and sales outlets. KSM also reaches potential clients with small group counseling and visits by trained Lady Health Visitors. KSM also provides training to doctors, paramedics, and chemists in providing quality contraceptive services. Key has achieved over 90% awareness levels, since its inception in November 1997, among its target audience and growing sales for their products. Key pills account for almost 30% of all pills used in Pakistan, including both private and public sectors.
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Country : Pakistan
Year : 2005-09-13T10:45:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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The Green star Network: Social Marketing Reproductive Health Services in Pakistan
The Green Star Network is one of the largest developing-country, private reproductive health networks in the world. Green Star clinics and pharmacies deliver comprehensive, affordable, quality reproductive health products and services to millions of low-income people throughout Pakistan.
Resource Type : Other
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Year : 2000-06-22T15:15:00
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Project : SHOPS
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New Directions in Reproductive Health, Contraceptive Security
Private sector contribution to contraceptive security Clean delivery kit launch, Uganda Fortified foods, Morocco Goli Ke Hamjoli campaign featured in Cosmopolitain magazine New line of condoms in Ghana Green Star — social franchising in Pakistan Summa Foundation conducts a workshop with the IFC
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Ghana, Morocco, Pakistan, Uganda
Year : 2002-02-18T15:15:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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Willingness to Pay for Family Planning: Country Applications
Dr. Karen Foreit is a senior felow at Futures Group and is one of the developers of the Willingness to Pay Tool. She co-authored a user's manual on the tool and conducted several projects to use it to make decisions about prices and price changes. Dr. Foreit's presentation to the Willingness to Pay Panel reviews the experiences of the Futures Group's application of the tool in several countries.
Resource Type : Presentation
Country : Madagascar, Mali, Pakistan
Year : 2005-05-16T14:45:00
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
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Country Profile: Pakistan
In Pakistan, the Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) project supports Key Social Marketing (KSM), a local family planning program that increases access to high-quality hormonal contraceptive methods. This profile provides an overview of the local context and discuss program goals, design, challenges, evolution, and impact.
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Pakistan
Year : 2003-10-01T10:00:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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The UNFPA Private-Sector Initiative: Exploring Ways to Facilitate Cooperation between Governments and the Commercial Sector to Expand Access to Reproductive Health Commodities
This report outlines the experience of various agencies, including UNFPA, in expanding cooperation with the private sector for the provision of reproductive health services and commodities. While reviewing the conclusions of international consultations in 1997 and 1998 on the progress of the UNFPA private-sector initiative, it highlights various practical recommendations for Governments and donors as well as UNFPA. Brief case study reports of some of the important work, principally with family planning programmes carried out by other agencies, in Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey appear in Annex A.
Resource Type : Report
Country : Brazil, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey
Year : 1999-01-01T17:15:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS
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Reproductive Health in Today's World: Franchising Reproductive Health Services
Objectives. Networks of franchised health establishments, providing a standardized set of services, are being implemented in developing countries. This article examines associations between franchise membership and family planning and reproductive health outcomes for both the member provider and the client. Methods. Regression models are fitted examining associations between franchise membership and family planning and reproductive health outcomes at the service provider and client levels in three settings. Results. Franchising has a positive association with both general and family planning client volumes, and the number of family planning brands available. Similar associations with franchise membership are not found for reproductive health service outcomes. In some settings, client satisfaction is higher at franchised than other types of health establishments, although the association between franchise membership and client outcomes varies across the settings. Conclusions. Franchise membership has apparent benefits for both the provider and the client, providing an opportunity to expand access to reproductive health services, although greater attention is needed to shift the focus from family planning to a broader reproductive health context.
Resource Type : Other
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Year : 2004-12-01T16:15:00
Language : English
Project : SHOPS