New Project: Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS)

SHOPS website coming soon!

The Abt Associates-led SHOPS Project is a new five-year Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement with a funding ceiling of $95 million. The mandate of this USAID-funded project is to increase the role of the private sector in the sustainable provision and use of quality family planning (FP), HIV/AIDS, and other health information, products, and services.

PSP-One End of Project Conference

The Abt Associates-led PSP-One project held their End of Project Conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on September 16th, 2009.

Over the past 5 years, PSP-One has worked to increase the private sector’s provision of high-quality reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) and other health products and services in developing countries.

Abt HIV Panel Discussion at Global Health Council

Maximizing the Role of the Private Sector in HIV/AIDS

Abt Associates and speakers from John Snow International, Boston University, and O’Hanlon Health Consulting joined forces for a panel discussion examining the evolving role of the private health sector in HIV/AIDS services.

Banking on Health: Working with Equity Bank in Uganda to Launch an Education Loan Product for Nursing Students

In Uganda, the Abt Associates-led USAID Banking on Health (BoH) project, which is implemented by Banyan Global, has provided technical support to Equity Bank to tailor its education loan product for nursing students at the Mayanja Memorial Nursing Training Institute.

PSP-One Builds Capacity of Nigerian Health Officials to Create Public-Private Partnerships

In May 2008, the Abt Associates-led PSP-One project hosted a regional policy workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for Ministry of Health (MOH) officials in six sub-Saharan African countries in order to promote public-private partnerships (PPPs) to expand health outcomes.