Recommended Reading

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Resource	Description	Requests	Contributor
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.	6198	PSP-One
Designing Health & Population Programs to Reach the Poor 2006	The need to improve the health of the poor is urgent, but many health programs fail to serve them well. The recent report, Designing Health & Population Programs to Reach the Poor, explains why the poor typically receive less health care than the rich and describes approaches used around the world to better serve the poor.	1260	Population Reference Bureau
Zinc Supplementation for the Treatment of Diarrhea in Infants in Pakistan, India and Ethiopia 2006	OBJECTIVE: This randomized, placebo controlled trial was designed to assess the safety and efficacy of 10-mg zinc supplementation for the treatment of acute diarrhea in infants.	1098	POUZN Project
Assessment of District Level Private Sector and NGO Partnership Opportunities 2006	The Health Services Program (HSP) aims to improve maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) in Indonesia. HSP conducted an assessment of public-private partnerships (PPP) opportunities in Indonesia to develop the types of partnerships that are appropriate for Indonesia and the goals of the HSP.	593	Abt Associates
Fight AIDS as well as the brain drain 2006	Leaders in international health have begun to address the critical shortage of professionals in the poor regions of the world with the highest disease burden.	749	Abt Associates
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.	4270	PSP-One
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.	3929	PSP-One
Safe in their hands? Engaging private providers in the quest for public health goals 2006	In many low-income countries, private providers have long been a significant source of health care. (1–3) Private providers include individual practitioners, both formal and “informal”, working alone and in groups; (4) national and international nongovernmental organizations; and private companies providing health care for employees and their dependents.	1853	Abt Associates
Sustaining the Benefits: A Field Guide for Sustaining Reproductive and Child Health Services 2006	This guide is a reference for nongovernmental organization (NGO) leaders, board members and program managers who wish to build enduring community-based programs.	1020	CEDPA
Issue Brief: Blended Models of Health Supply Starting to Show Promise in Developing Countries 2006	Years of experience have shown that there is no single way to be successful in international development. What works depends on country conditions: the manner, number and capability of partners on the ground, and the state of the markets for health-related goods and services. Those markets generally mature over time.	560	PSI
BIO Ventures for Global Health: Building Biotech Solutions for Diseases of the Developing World 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session PS7: New Technologies: The Role of the Private Sector.	1159	Global Health Council
Pangasinan Province: Contraceptive Self-Reliance Experience 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session E3: Pathways to Self-Reliance: Ensuring Commodity Security When Donor Support Ends.	926	Global Health Council
New Technologies: the Role of the Private Sector: Biotech’s Perspectives on Vaccine Development Alliances 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session PS7: New Technologies: The Role of the Private Sector.	694	Global Health Council
When Donor Support Ends: The Fate of Social Marketing Products and the Markets They Help Create 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session E3: Pathways to Self-Reliance: Ensuring Commodity Security When Donor Support Ends.	755	PSP-One
Contraceptive Self Reliance (CSR) Strategy 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session E3: Pathways to Self-Reliance: Ensuring Commodity Security When Donor Support Ends.	792	Global Health Council
Public-Private Partnerships 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session PS7: New Technologies: The Role of the Private Sector.	729	Global Health Council
New Technologies: The Role of the Private Sector 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session PS7: New Technologies: The Role of the Private Sector.	690	Global Health Council
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition: Maximizing Stakeholder Interest 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session D3: Delivering the Goods: Coordinating Efforts to Meet Reproductive Health Supply Needs.	570	Global Health Council
Reproductive Health Supplies Pricing in Nepal and Nicaragua: Equity, Availability, and Affordability 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session D3: Delivering the Goods: Coordinating Efforts to Meet Reproductive Health Supply Needs.	613	Global Health Council
Mobilizing Resources and Raising Awareness around Reproductive Health Supplies: Where do we go from here? 2006	PowerPoint presentation from GHC session D3: Delivering the Goods: Coordinating Efforts to Meet Reproductive Health Supply Needs.	506	Global Health Council

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