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Abt Associates: Leaders in Health Service Delivery
2008 |
Abt Associates brings a wealth of practical experience and proven innovative models to strengthen the delivery of health services in both the public and private sectors to improve people's health. |
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Elements of Success in Family Planning Programming
2008 |
Prepared by Catherine Richey and Ruwaida Salem, this issue of Population Reports offers an overview of the core factors contributing to the success of family planning programs. | 1294 | Johns Hopkins University |
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Expanding Access to Contraception: IUD Fees and Subsidies in Egypt
2008 |
One way for developing countries to afford the costs of family planning is to reduce the number of women with high ability to pay from obtaining subsidized (public) services. |
428 | PSP-One |
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Expanding Access to Contraception: How Ability to Pay Affects Use and Source of IUDs
2008 |
Greater use of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPMs) of contraception – intrauterine devices (IUD), implants, and sterilization – has the potential to increase continuation rates and reduce unintended pregnancies. |
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Expanding Access to Contraception: The Role of the Commercial Sector in Providing Long-Acting and Permanent Methods of Contraception
2008 |
Strengthening the role of the commercial sector in contraceptive provision is an important strategy for reducing costs to donors and to local governments. |
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Ten Best Public and Private Sector Practices In Reproductive Health and Family Planning in the Europe and Eurasia Region
2008 |
This brief, developed through a collaborative effort by JSI and PSP-One, synthesizes best practices in achieving reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) goals for the E&E region, and highlights the role of the private sector in meeting these goals. |
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Performance-based contracting for health services in developing countries
2008 |
This toolkit provides practical advice to anyone involved in, or who is interested in becoming involved in, performance-based contracting of health services with nonstate providers in the context of developing countries. |
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Government as a Steward of the Private Health Sector
2008 |
Presentation on the state of the private health sector in Africa by Dr. Dale Huntington at the Addis Ababa Workshop in Ethiopia, May 7 - 10, 2008. |
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HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: A Survey in four Sub-Saharan African Countries-Poster Presentation
2008 |
The International AIDS Economic Network (IAEN) hosted it's fifth pre-conference meeting, held August 1-2 in Cuernavaca Mexico, prior to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. The following is the Poster Exhibition Presentation, HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: A Survey in four Sub-Saharan African Countries, by Ilana Ron, Abt Associates/PSP-One, Sara Zellner, formerly of Abt Associates/PSP-One, and presented by Susna De, Abt Associates. The presentation is related to international work in HIV/AIDS made by Abt Associates, in conjunction with PSP-One. |
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Distribution of Point of Use Water Treatment Product Through Mutual Health Organizations in Rwanda: Baseline Survey Results
2008 |
Mutual health organizations (MHOs) are voluntary community-based health insurance organizations that focus on informal sector, low-income populations. |
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Identifying at risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services
2008 |
Identifying at risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services: Baseline Assessment for Mobile Counseling and Testing Program in the Oromiya Region of Ethiopia. The objective of this assessment was to identify the size and distribution of the populations most at risk for HIV disease in the major towns of Oromiya region, which are located along the busiest roads in Ethiopia. |
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A Summative Evaluation of hte Pilot Facilities Providing TB-Dots in the Private Sector
2008 |
The rapid growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia has resulted in an equally dramatic rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases. With a national case detection rate of 34%, the country is now ranked 8th in TB prevalence among High Burden Countries. |
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Identifying at risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services: Amhara Region
2008 |
Identifying at Risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services: Baseline Assessment for Mobile Counseling and Testing Program in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. The objective of this assessment was to identify the size and distribution of the populations most at risk for HIV disease in the major towns of Amhara region, which are located along the busiest roads in Ethiopia. |
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Implementation of Mobile Counseling and Testing in Ethiopia
2007 |
Recent studies indicate that the populations most at risk for contracting HIV in Ethiopia are: commercial sex workers, their clients and the clients’ partners; girls ages 15–24 reporting sexual activity with more than one partner; separated/divorced individuals; pregnant women; men ages 25–50 engaging in crossgenerational sex; highly mobile workers; workers in a position of authority; young men having multiple sexual partners; uniformed service members; and men who have sex with men. |
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The Potential for Social Franchising as a Strategy for Increasing Private Sector Involvement in Addressing HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis in Ethiopia
2008 |
Commercial franchising is a system where a larger company (the 'franchiser') typically contracts individuals or smaller companies (the 'franchisees') to operate commercial outlets on their behalf to predetermined quality and business model standards. |
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Operational Manual for Scaling Up TB and Tb/HIV Care in Private Health Facilities at the Regional Level in Ethiopia
2007 |
HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and tuberculosis continue to inflict tremendous impact on both morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia today. National and international attention is now focused on providing care in both the public and private health sectors. |
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PSP-One's Expert Panel Panelists Bios: The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health
2008 |
On May 27, 2008, the PSP-One project hosted an Expert Panel, "The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health," at the Global Health Council Conference. | 432 | ||
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2008 On-line Social Marketing Conference: End of Day Summaries
2008 |
A compilation PSP-One Project Director, Ruth Berg's, End of Day Summaries posted to the Social Marketing On-line Conference website. | 477 | ||
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Engaging the Private Sector Around Quality Assurance
2008 |
The Abt Associates-led PSP-One project co-sponsored a workshop with the World Health Organization’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 7 – 10, 2008. Entitled "Network for Africa: Building Public-Private Linkages to Advance Priority Health Services," the four-day workshop aimed to develop national capacity to design and manage partnerships with private sector stakeholders to address reproductive health/family planning and HIV/AIDS-related health challenges. |
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Rational Regulation
2008 |
The Abt Associates-led PSP-One project co-sponsored a workshop with the World Health Organization’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 7 – 10, 2008. Entitled "Network for Africa: Building Public-Private Linkages to Advance Priority Health Services," the four-day workshop aimed to develop national capacity to design and manage partnerships with private sector stakeholders to address reproductive health/family planning and HIV/AIDS-related health challenges. |
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