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Standards of Care for Health Centers: Volume 2, Case Management 2005	Health for all is an achievable goal for the citizens of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan where primary care focuses on providing high quality preventive, promotive, and curative care in a cost-effective manner.	7335
Support to Contraceptive Social Marketing in the Philippines, Performance and Prospects - Final Report 2005	This report identifies and assesses areas of focus for future USAID/Philippines assistance to the social marketing of hormonal contraceptive products. It also recommend potential strategies for USAID support that will best ensure continued availability of affordable hormonal contraceptive products to further increase usage and overall Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) for modern methods of Family Planning (FP).	7255
The Potential of Private Sector Midwives in Reaching Millennium Development Goals 2006	Government health sectors in many countries face an uphill battle to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set for 2015. In the last six years, Ministries of Health (MOHs) in many less developed countries (LDCs) have been unable to invest sufficiently in their health systems.	6190	PSP-One
Improving Hormonal Contraceptive Supply: The Potential Contribution of Manufacturers of Generic and Biosimilar Drugs 2006	Research and development (R&D) companies dominate both the public- and private-sector markets in developing countries, despite the growing number of manufacturers able to produce low-cost generic and biosimilar products around the world.	5878	PSP-One
PSP-One AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION (BCC) 2006	Behavior change communication (BCC) is an interactive, research-based process that meets the informational needs of audience groups, reduces barriers to healthy behaviors, and motivates people to seek appropriate reproductive health and family planning products and services.	4951	PSP-One
Trends and Opportunities in Public-private Partnerships to Improve Health Service Delivery in Africa 2005	The report, in its first part, destroys three common myths regarding the private health care sector in Africa: First, that the private sector is for the rich and the public sector is for the poor; Second, that health is mainly financed by the public sector; and Third, that the private sector is not very developed in most African countries. The second part of this report tries to answer the question, "How to engage the private sector effectively?", with examples of some successful public-private partnerships (PPPs), using the broad definition of PPPs in health as any formal arrangement between government and a private entity established for the purpose of providing health services.	4689	The World Bank
Primer for Policymakers - Insurance as a Way to Increase the Utilization of Reproductive Health Services 2006	Increasing access to and utilization of reproductive health (RH) services in developing countries is critical to improving RH outcomes and reaching the Millennium Development Goals, especially the reduction in maternal mortality.	4482	PSP-One
Best Practices in Social Marketing Safe Water Solution for Household Water Treatment: Lessons Learned from 20 Population Services International Field Programs 2007	Since 1998 Population Services International (PSI), with the funding and support of the U.S. Agency for International Development and other donors, has been involved in the implementation of safe water programs in 20 developing countries, promoting the Safe Water System (SWS), a household water treatment and safe storage strategy originally designed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in response to cholera outbreaks in Latin America.	4476	POUZN Project
PSP-One AND POLICY 2006	Policy can be a primary constraint preventing a vibrant and viable private sector from meeting a population's family planning needs. PSP-One is involved with many policy activities that address the policy environment and market conditions to encourage greater private-sector participation in the provision of family planning and reproductive health products and services.	4404	PSP-One
Navigating Uncharted Waters: A Guide to the Legal and Regulatory Environment for Family Planning Services in the Private Sector 2006	The legal and regulatory environment can have a profound affect on the feasibility of reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) programs. Despite numerous experiences demonstrating their importance, however, most programs still fail to consider this context prior to program design, resulting in constraints to implementation—or even complete failure.	4269	PSP-One
PSP-One AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 2006	Quality improvement in the provision of private-sector reproductive health, family planning, and other health products and services is essential to achieve improved health outcomes.	4137	PSP-One
PSP-One AND PRIVATE PROVIDER NETWORKS 2006	Networks of private health providers are a promising mechanism to expand the supply of and increased demand for reproductive health and family planning products and services.	4134	PSP-One
Keystone Module Background Paper: Private Participation in Health Services Handbook 2001	Attitudes toward private health care providers in developing countries are changing. Growing numbers of policymakers are considering or attempting to incorporate private facilities and practitioners into overall sector policy, using methods such as contracting, training of private practitioners, integration into public referral networks, etc.	4013
The Commercial Sector's Role in Providing Long-Acting and Permanent Methods 2006	The report, developed by the PSP-One project led by Abt Associates, provides information about the use of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPMs) and the role of the commercial sector in their provision.	3928	PSP-One
Providing Quality Family Planning Services to Pakistan's Poor 2003	This presentation was given at the Asia Pacific conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health in Bangkok, 6-10 Oct 2003. It covers the following topics: - Current Situation in Pakistan - Why family planning?	3886
PSP-One AND HIV/AIDS 2006	The impact of HIV/AIDS in the developing world is outpacing the global response and the public sector’s ability to address the pandemic. This one pager discusses how PSP-One's technical-assistance professionals around the world work with USAID Missions and local partners to strengthen public-private partnerships, enhancing the quality and reach of their interventions and applying best practices to fighting HIV/AIDS.	3870	PSP-One
Network Research Navigator 2005	The Network Research Navigator (NRN) is an active research tool for the reproductive health community who are interested in the topic of networks. It is intended to help one navigate the growing literature on networks and easily retrieve articles, case studies, assessment tools and summaries as needed. The information is stored in a single excel spreadsheet and categorized within a series of internal worksheets.	3489
RiskNet2 Final Report 2006	The goal of RiskNet2, a project operated by technical lead PSI with partner Abt Associates, was to contribute to a reduction in HIV and STI (sexually transmitted infection) transmission and improve sexual health in select countries in Southeast Europe.	3368	Abt Associates
Private Health Insurance: Implications for Developing Countries 2005	Private health insurance is playing an increasing role in both high- and low-income countries, yet is poorly understood by researchers and policy-makers.	2763	WHO
On-line Conference: Introduce Yourself Summary 2007	This document is a transcript of the "Introduce Yourself" portion of the on-line conference, "Expanding Health Services, Quality, and Equity in Developing Countries: The Role of the Private Sector," that was held from Nov.	2558

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