Private Sector Health Projects Database
The Private Sector Working Group developed a searchable database of over 140 health projects worldwide that work with the private commercial sector. This database is a central repository of the private sector projects in family planning, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS. It contains a brief description of the project and is searchable by keyword, country, region, and implementing organization. The projects below are listed in reverse chronological order by date of submission.
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Found 152 matches.
| Project Name | Description | Countries | Implementers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Role of Private Sector in Health Supply Chains |
A team from Dalberg and the MIT/Zaragoza Logistics Centre was engaged by the Rockefeller Foundation on a study to set a baseline understanding of health supply chains and characterization of current private sector role in Least Developed Countries. |
Ghana, Zambia | Dalberg, MIT/Zaragoza International Logistics Program |
| Santé pour le Développement et la Stabilité d’Haïti Project—Pwojè Djan | Private sector involvement geared towards increasing the availability of health services, reduce internal conflict, nurture livelihoods that contribute to Haiti's economic development, and build capacity as the foundation for progress. | Haiti | AHF, Fondation pour la Santé Reproductrice et l’Education Familiale, Government of Haiti, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins University, Management Sciences for Health, USAID |
| Community-based Family Planning and HIV & AIDS Services | This project works with the Ministry of Health and other community based organizations, especially at the zonal level in eight target districts, to promote fully functional services to clients in rural areas through a revitalized network of 1,000 Community-Based Distribution Agents (CBDAs) trained in family planning (FP) and HIV integration. | Malawi | Christian Health Association of Malawi, Malawi College of Health Sciences, Malawi Ministry of Health, Management Sciences for Health, Muslim Association of Malawi, Peace Corps, PSI |
| Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS) | The project seeks to improve governance in the pharmaceutical sector, strengthen pharmaceutical management systems to support public health services, contain the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance, and expand access to and improved use of essential medicines. | African Medical and Research Foundation, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, BroadReach Healthcare, Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network, Euro Health Group, Infectious Disease Institute at Makerere University, Joint Commission International, LMI Government Consulting, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Management Sciences for Health, The Lewin Group, University of Washington Department of Global Health, USAID, WHO | |
| A2Z Project |
The A2Z Project supports country programs to reduce micronutrient deficiencies by: Implementing proven interventionsExtending coverage Initiating innovative approaches Improving program efficiency Strengthening systems to ensure sustainability The mix of interventions depends on country needs, priorities, and resources. |
Cambodia, Guinea, India, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda | Academy for Educational Development, Helen Keller International, International Eye Foundation, Johns Hopkins University, Management Sciences for Health, Social Sector Development Strategies, University of California/Davis |
| Health in Africa Strategy | IFC's Health in Africa strategy seeks to support the private sector in health care by making financing available (debt and equity) and by assisting countries in improving the regulatory environment for the private sector (country-level and thematic studies, technical assistance to governments, periodic reporting on private sector and business environment in health care). | International Finance Corporation (IFC) | |
| Ghana Sustainable Change Project | GSCP has four main objectives: Strengthening public and private capacity for sustainable behavior change communication (BCC) activities at all levels; Developing and implementing BCC and information, education and communication (IEC) activities (mass media, interpersonal) in reproductive and child health, and HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support; Strengthening the capacity of government, decision-makers and opinion leaders to advocate in support of the programs and activities that influence positive behavior change; and Strengthening and expanding social marketing of products and services that will support positive behavior change. | Ghana | Academy for Educational Development |
| Strategically Managing AIDS Response Together in the Workplace (SMARTWork) |
The Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together in the Workplace (SMARTWork) program is an international effort created to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS within the labor force by reducing the rate of new infections and ensuring the protection of human rights for individuals affected by, and infected with, HIV/AIDS. |
Haiti, Nigeria, Vietnam | AED, Asia-Pacific Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Centrale Autonome des Travailleurs Haïtiens, Confédération des Travailleurs Haïtiens, Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Guinness, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Ministere des Affaires Sociales et du Travail, New Balance, NIBUCCA, NUPENG, NURTW, NUTGTWN, Organisation centrale Independante des Travailleurs Haitiens, Unilever |
| Market Development of Private Health Sector |
Private sector initiative of RTM International in Health is to promote sector growth in a more qualitative manner by identifying sector constraints and addressing them through developing sustainable business solutions/services. |
Bangladesh | Research, Training and Management International (RTM International), Swisscontact-KATALYST |
| Haiti Health Systems 2007 | Improve the Haitian population's access to high-quality health services with active programs in both the public and private sectors. | Haiti | AIDS Healthcare, HHF, JHU-CCP, Manoff, MSH, PAGS |
| Benfam | The Brazilian Society for Family Welfare (BEMFAM), IPPF/WHR’s affiliate in Brazil, contracts with municipalities to provide technical support to their sexual and reproductive health service provision activities. | Brazil | BENFAM, International Planned Parenthood/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) |
| Nepal Social Marketing and Franchise Project: AIDS, Reproductive Health and Child Survival (N-MARC) | USAID’s overall purpose in using social marketing and franchising in Nepal is to expand products and services with high public health impact to low socio-economic populations. | Nepal | AED, USAID |
| Community [Insurance] Scheme Program Nigeria | Targeting groups of uninsured, low-income people, including 40,000 market women in Lagos and 75,000 farmers in Kwara state, this project aims to (1) Increase access to quality basic health care through risk-pooling and health insurance for currently uninsured groups in Africa; (2) evaluate different health care models to implement insurance based health care programs; (3) build sustainable medical and financial-administrative capacity in the health sector; (4) realize investments in health infrastructure; and (5) support Millennium Development Goals 1 and 6: reducing poverty and halting the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other major diseases. | Nigeria | Amsterdam Institute for International, Apollo Hospitals Group, Center for Poverty-related Communicable, Hygeia HMO, Lexence, Pharmaccess, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| Orange Babies | Targeting 150 HIV+ low-income mothers in Windhoek, this project contributes to the prevention of HIV transmission from mothers to their newborn children (PMTCT) and complements Namibian government PMTCT efforts. | Namibia | Lironga Eparu, Orange Babies, Pharmaccess |
| Netmark | Reduce malaria cases and deaths in Africa by increasing the availability, affordability and use of insecticide-treated mosquito bednets (ITNs) through partnerships with commercial net and insecticide manufacturers and their African distributors. | Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia | Aventis, BASF, Bayer, Foote, Cone & Belding, Group Africa, Johns Hopkins University, Malaria Consortium/UK, Siamdutch, USAID, Vestergaard-Frandsen; A to Z Textile Mills |
| Rwanda Affiliated Treatment Centres (ATC) | Targeting private sector clinics and private employers, this project aims to expand access to HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Rwanda by strengthening the private health sector's capacity to provide quality HIV/AIDS treatment services and support initiatives that complement public sector efforts. | Rwanda | Pharmaccess, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Rwanda Ministry of Health, Rwandan business coalition against HIV/AIDS (APELAS) |
| Heineken Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) Program | Progam targets about 28,000 employees and dependents. Objectives are to prevent HIV-infection by improving the knowledge of Heineken employees and their families on the subject of HIV/AIDS, and provide therapy for employees and dependents infected with HIV/AIDS. | Burundi, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Nigeria, Rwanda | Heineken, Pharmaccess |
| HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Program of the Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces (TPDF) | Targets 30,000 servicemen and -women, as well as 170,000 civilians living in the vicinity of the military hospitals. Objectives are to reduce HIV/AIDS infections in the military force and in the communities surrounding eight military hospitals in Tanzania -- Lugalo, Mbeya, Mwanza, Morogoro, Tabora, Songea, Arusha, and Zanzibar; and to provide care and treatment to those people in the military force and the communities surrounding the military hospitals who are living with HIV. | Tanzania | Henry Jackson Foundation, Presidents Emergency Program For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Tanzania Peoples Defense Force, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) |
| Celtel International Corporate HIV/AIDS Program | Targets 4,000 Celtel employees in all operations, as well as their dependents (one spouse and up to 4 dependant children below the age of 18 years). Project objectives are to (1) prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among the Celtel population, and (2) provide quality and confidential treatment for HIV infected employees and their dependents. | Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Gabon, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia | Ministry of Health, Pharmaccess |
| National Business Coalition Suriname | Targeting the private sector in Suriname, this project aims to establish a National Business Coalition in order to assist the private sector in its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. | Suriname | Organization of Surinamese Businesses (VSB), Paramaribo, Pharmaccess |
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