PSP-One Partners with Freedom from Hunger on Base of the Pyramid Initiative in Ghana

The Abt Associates-led Private Sector Partnerships One project (PSP-One) and the international NGO Freedom from Hunger have just signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines their collaboration on a base of the pyramid (BOP) initiative in Ghana.

PSP Jordan Initiatives in Family Planning and Violence Against Women

Family Planning

The Abt Associates-led PSP Jordan program conducted a contraceptive market assessment of Jordan in November 2007. The latest Demographic Health Survey (DHS) shows that intrauterine devices (IUDs) and oral contraceptives (OCs) are popular among users and traditional methods also remain a popular choice.

COMPRI-A Announces the First Public-Private Partnership Project in Health in Afghanistan

The Public/Private Partnership Task Force (P/PPTF) was created during the COMPRI-A Strengthening of Public Private Sector Health Policy Environment Workshop in November 2006 and importantly has been endorsed and approved by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).

N-MARC Publishes Two New Training and Reference Materials

AED’s Nepal Social Marketing and Franchise Project: AIDS, Reproductive Health and Child Survival (N-MARC) project recently published two important training and reference manuals that will support efforts to improve the delivery of quality family planning and reproductive health services through private pharmacies in Nepal.

PSP Zimbabwe Partnership Project: Local Partner Capacity Building

As part of its mandate, the Partnership Project provides capacity building assistance to grant recipient partners implementing New Life (post HIV test services), New Start (voluntary testing and counseling), HIV/AIDS Communications (BCC), and other program activities.