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Recommended Reading 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.

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Recommended Reading 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.

27 PSP-One
Recommended Reading 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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Recommended Reading Ten Best Public and Private Sector Practices In Reproductive Health and Family Planning in the Europe and Eurasia Region
2008

This publication is dedicated to the memory of our colleague and friend at John Snow Inc., Diane Hedgecock, whose commitment to the E&E region and passion for improving women's health inspired the team and guided the joint E&E Regional Family Planning Activity since its inception.

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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Recommended Reading Private Provider Networks in Ethiopia
2008

In response to the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Ethiopia mission’s request, the Private Sector Partnerships-One (PSP-One) project fielded an assessment team from February 11–24, 2007, to document the state of operations for the Biruh Tesfa network, identify strategies to improve network sustainability, and determine local organizations that could have a role in network management and support.

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Recommended Reading ZAMBIA SNAPSHOT Access to Workplace HIV/AIDS and Family Health Services
2008

To understand how employers are meeting the health needs of the workforce in the context of HIV/AIDS, and to help formulate recommendations to better meet these needs, the Private Sector Partnerships One (PSP-One) project conducted a survey in May and June 2006.

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Recommended Reading KENYA SNAPSHOT Access to Workplace HIV/AIDS and Family Health Services
2008

To understand how employers are meeting the health needs of the workforce in the context of HIV/AIDS, and to help formulate recommendations to better meet these needs, the Private Sector Partnerships One (PSP-One) project conducted a survey in May and June 2006.

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Recommended Reading ETHIOPIA SNAPSHOT Access to Workplace HIV/AIDS and Family Health Services
2008

To understand how employers are meeting the health needs of the workforce in the context of HIV/AIDS, and to help formulate recommendations to better meet these needs, the Private Sector Partnerships One (PSP-One) project conducted a survey in May and June 2006.

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Recommended Reading Enabling Communities to Improve Health: Two African HIV/AIDS Case Studies
2008

Presentation given by Rihanna Kola, Director, Global HIV/AIDS Programs, Merck & Co. Her presentation was part of the PSP-One expert panel, The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health, held at the Global Health Council Conference on Global Health on May 27, 2008.

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Recommended Reading Harnessing IT for Community
2008

Presentation given by Paul Meyer, Co-Founder, Chairman and President, Voxiva. Mr. Meyer's presentation was part of the PSP-One expert panel, The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health, held at the Global Health Council Conference on Global Health on May 27, 2008.

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Recommended Reading Working with Traditional Providers in Improving Health Outcomes in India
2008
Presentation given by Sanjeev Vyas, Program Director, PSP-One India/Abt Associates. Mr. Vyas's presentation was part of the PSP-One expert panel, The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health, held at the Global Health Council Conference on Global Health on May 27, 2008. 217
Recommended Reading Filipino Midwives Reaching out to the Communities
2008

Presentation given by Patricia M. Gomez, President, Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines. Her presentation was part of the PSP-One expert panel, The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health, held at the Global Health Council Conference on Global Health on May 27, 2008.

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Recommended Reading Business Strategies for Reaching the Poor
2008

Presentation given by Dr. Berangere Magarinos Senior Manager of the Investments and PartnershipsProgram at GAIN. Dr. Magarinos was part of the PSP-One expert panel, The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health, held at the Global Health Council Conference on Global Health on May 27, 2008.

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Recommended Reading PSP-One AND HEALTH FINANCING
2008

As part of its health financing activities, PSP-One provides technical assistance, evidence, and tools to improve the financial environment and conditions for private provision of reproductive health, family planning (RH/FP) and other health products and services.

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Recommended Reading PSP-One AND Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
2008

PSP-One’s Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) team provides support to policy makers and program managers seeking to gain a better understanding of the private health sector by evaluating innovative initiatives and documenting promising approaches.

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Recommended Reading PSP-One and Social Marketing and Pharmaceutical Partnerships
2008

Social Marketing can increase the demand for and the supply of family planning products. Social marketing programs use commercial marketing and distribution techniques to make products available and affordable.

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Recommended Reading "Saathiya" Country Research Brief: Evaluating Demand-Side Impacts of a Youth-Friendly Initiative (YFI) in India: Baseline Findings
2008

Evaluation of the demand-side effects of a youth-friendly FP initiative in India. This study was designed to inform and evaluate the PSP-One "Saathiya" youth-friendly initiative (YFI) that consists of training Indian chemists and indigenous systems of medicine practitioners (ISMPs) on how to provide youth-friendly FP services in the city of Lucknow.

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Recommended Reading Environmental Health Project-Bibliography on Point-of-Use Water Disinfection
2007
Resource for more information on the POUZN project and activities. POUZN Project
Recommended Reading Maximizing Private Sector Contribution to Family Planning in the Europe & Eurasia Region: Context Analysis and Review of Strategies
2007

The private sector is increasingly recognized globally as a key partner in addressing social sector issues in emerging markets. Product suppliers, private sector service providers, and nongovernmental organizations can help meet the public’s demand for reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) services and products.

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Recommended Reading Checklist - Sustainable Social Marketing Self-Assessment Tool
2007
Social marketing organizations (SMOs) can conduct their own sustainability analysis using the Sustainability Continuum for Social Marketing. Because so many of the factors affecting sustainability are context-specific, sustainability assessments are more qualitative than quantitative. 510 PSP-One

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