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Rose Reis
Posted by Rose Reis
May 15 2012

Healthy Firms

What’s hindering the growth of health businesses in Ghana and Kenya?

A pharmacy that will a point referral for m-Afya Kiosks

In a series of new studies for the World Bank’s Health in Africa series, the authors look at public-private sector collaboration from the perspective of health firms.

David de Ferranti
Posted by David de Ferranti
Jan 17 2012

Today's launch of new one-stop portal on Universal Health Coverage

Moving UHC Forward

To support the efforts of countries that have committed to making substantive universal health coverage reforms, experts in many areas of financial protection must continually share in dialogue and debate.

To this end, the Results for Development Institute, in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of UHC Forward, a new website that tracks and consolidates key health coverage information from hundreds of sources into a one-stop portal with feature n

Rose Reis
Posted by Rose Reis
Nov 28 2011

New CHMI Report Highlights 5 Market-Based Health Models to Watch

Voucher program in Kenya - Image by Richard Lord, courtesy of Population Council

A chain of well-designed private clinics where the poor can afford care. A telemedicine-in-a-box solution connecting villagers to doctors in cities miles away over low-bandwidth internet.

Maria Belenky
Posted by Maria Belenky
Jul 11 2011

The 8th iHEA World Congress Symposium: The Private Sector in Health

From “working with the private sector” to “engaging health markets”

Health markets took center stage on Saturday at the 2nd Pre-Congress Symposium on the Private Sector in Health. Kicking off the 8th iHEA World Health Economics Congress, the Symposium showcased the latest evidence on private provision of health care around the world and explored the role of the sector within a broader health system.

Rose Reis
Posted by Rose Reis
Jun 22 2011

Collapsing barriers between the public and private sectors in Uganda

Dithan Kiragga of Health Initiatives for the Private Sector

At the first-annual Private Sector Working Group meeting, during last week’s Global Health Council, participants discussed approaches to improving governments’ engagement with the the private sector to improve the quality and affordability of health care. Here, I asked Dr. Dithan Kiragga, deputy chief of party for the USAID-funded Health Initiatives for the Private Sector (HIPS) about his experience with in Uganda organizing the private sector to better serve the poor.

Virginia Resende
Posted by Virginia Resende
Jun 16 2011

What innovators in Brazil can learn from the flexible, dynamic Indian subcontinent

Meeting hosted by Robert Parkinson from ANDE

About a week ago, a diverse group of partners gathered to exchange critical views and challenge old strategies regarding Brazilian healthcare.

Cohosted by my organization, ACCESS Health International, with Artemisia Social Businesses, AVINA Foundation and the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, the workshop included representatives from the healthcare field, as well as entrepreneurs, academia, investors and the government.

Gina Lagomarsino
Posted by Gina Lagomarsino
Jun 8 2011

Public-Private Engagement for Better Health in Africa

New World Bank Group Report Assesses the Good, the Bad, and the Innovative

Representatives from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, the IFC and World Bank Group

This post can also be found on NextBillion, as part of a series on health care delivery with the BoP.

African governments do not ignore the private sector, as a rule. In Lesotho, the main national hospital is run by a private organization, publicly funded at 80 percent of its budget, provided that it submits health data monthly and follows Ministry of Health accreditation procedures.

Sana Anwaar
Posted by Sana Anwaar
May 23 2011

Asia Foundation roundtable in Islamabad

Dialogue between government and practitioners from the private sector on regulation and collaboration

Dr. Naeem uddin Mian, CEO of Contach, presenting on his model

The Asia Foundation convened a Round Table on Health Market Innovations in Pakistan on April 21, 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Priya Anant
Posted by Priya Anant
Apr 27 2011

Improving infant survival by engaging the private sector in Bihar

Hope blooms in India’s most impoverished state

ASHA workers listen in training session

If you told me five years back I would be working in Bihar on a sophisticated government contracting program to improve child survival I would have been incredulous.

For many years simply driving through the state was not safe, due to very poor law and order situation. The restoration of law and order has been a huge change in Bihar over the last few years.

Gina Lagomarsino
Posted by Gina Lagomarsino
Mar 24 2011

Designing a Better Prize

On World TB Day, a conversation about awards for TB diagnostics for point of care use

Woman with TB cured by Operation ASHA

Every year, more than 9 million people fall sick with TB, and 1.7 million die. Most strains of the disease can be effectively treated with a lengthy course of medicine, usually provided free by governments. But patients must be correctly diagnosed in the first place—not exactly a given, considering the test used in most low and middle income countries hasn’t been updated in 125 years. The test involves a tedious examination of sputum by lab techs, and it doesn’t identify antibiotic-resistant strains well.

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