Program Focus: Health Area, Patient Demographic, and Geography

How are programs profiled by CHMI targeting their services? While some programs are very general in their focus, many target their activities to cater to a specific geographic area or a specific segment of the population. In addition, while all programs featured on this topic page have a primary focus, many are simultaneously focusing on other health areas. Click "Learn More" below to explore these focuses through graphs and data.

Health Focus

371
Programs

Dentistry: 12
Emergency care: 13
Eye care: 20
Family planning and reproductive health: 103
HIV/AIDS: 110
Malaria and other vector borne diseases: 25
Maternal, newborn and child health: 125
Mental health: 16
Noncommunicable disease(s): 30
Nutrition: 23
Other/not applicable: 19
Pharmacy services: 18
Primary care: 130
Rehabilitative care: 12
Secondary/tertiary care: 35
Tuberculosis: 22

Target Geography

368
Programs

Peri-urban: 193
Rural: 308
Urban: 198

Target Population

375
Programs

Children five or older: 68
Children under five: 110
Disabled: 9
Elderly: 12
Ethnic minority: 13
Formal sector workers: 10
General population: 198
Informal sector workers: 19
Men: 51
Military: 2
Women: 176
Young adults (13-24): 95

Program Funding

What are the sources of funding for programs profiled by CHMI? Programs receive funding from a range of sources, often in combination, including: donors, investors, government, and more. Click "Learn More" below to explore where CHMI-profiled programs are receiving funding through graphs and data.

Funding Sources

364
Programs

Donor: 319
Government: 98
In-kind contributions: 66
Investor capital: 12
Revenue: 134
Self-funded (bootstrapped): 17

Innovative Approaches

Which innovative approaches are these programs using to achieve their goals? The following graphs illustrate the approaches that CHMI-profiled programs use to improve health market performance in this health area. These approaches fall into five categories: innovations that organize healthcare delivery, innovations that help finance care, innovations that regulate the performance of healthcare providers, innovations that change behaviors among patients and providers, and innovations that enhance processes for increased efficiency. Click "Learn More" below to explore each of these categories through graphs and data.

Approaches

311
Programs

Enhancing Processes: 242
Financing Care: 74
Organizing Delivery: 128
Regulating Performance: 49

Organizing Delivery

128
Programs

Discover how programs deliver healthcare services or link together private providers.

Cooperative: 4
Health services chain: 41
Health services network: 51
Professional association: 10
Social Franchising: 33

Financing Care

74
Programs

Discover how programs help to finance care for the poor.

Contracting: 9
Cross-subsidization: 27
Government health insurance: 4
Health savings: 5
Micro/community health insurance: 22
Vouchers: 20

Regulating Performance

49
Programs

Discover how programs set standards and/or enforce quality care among private health providers.

Expansion incentives: 8
Licensing/accreditation: 21
Monitoring standards: 25
Pay for performance: 6
Policy/legislation: 4

Changing Behavior

380
Programs

Discover how programs encourage consumers to seek better care or health workers to provide better care

Conditional cash transfer: 2
Consumer association: 27
Consumer education: 266
Provider training: 156
Social Marketing: 85

Enhancing Processes

242
Programs

Discover how programs apply operational processes or technologies to improve quality, access, efficiency, or cost.

Information communication technology: 91
Innovative operational processes: 52
Laboratory testing/ diagnostics: 38
Mobile clinic: 75
Products/equipment: 41
Supply chain enhancements: 37