Strong primary health care (PHC) is vital to achieving universal health care (UHC). As countries work toward UHC, they recognize that the public sector alone cannot provide all necessary comprehensive PHC services to cover country populations and that countries need to engage and effectively steward both the public and private health sectors. A critical element […]
As countries move toward universal health coverage, there’s a growing recognition that the public health sector alone cannot provide all primary health care services necessary to cover everyone. Integrating private health sector into primary care will be critical. But, how can the private health sector be adequately regulated so that it sets standards for, protects […]
“Investing in Family Planning is the gift that keeps on giving” – HFG’s Dr. Chris Atim during his presentation on mobilizing domestic resources for family planning. Together with the HP+, SHOPS Plus, PACE, and SIFPO2 projects, HFG led several sessions at a regional meeting titled, “Attaining Sustainable Financing For Family Planning In Sub-Saharan Africa” which […]
USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) and the Joint Learning Network hosted an hour-long webinar on Wednesday, May 3rd, on engaging non-state actors in governing quality of care. The webinar presented in-country examples of private sector contributions in governing health quality — providing technical inputs on policy development, monitoring health service delivery, and promoting accountability […]
Previously underappreciated for its contributions to the health of the Beninese population, the private health sector has a new voice in national level deliberations. Providing as much as 45% of care, the private sector is an important player in Benin’s health sector, and consequently, in achieving the Government of Benin’s goal of universal health coverage […]
In Nigeria, private organizations, including the media, are heeding the call to take ownership of the HIV and AIDS response. Rivers state radio station Cool/Wazobia FM/Nigeria Info has shown commitment to the cause, signing a deal in July 2016 to provide HIV-related programming over the next two years.
Recently, the U.S. Government and Ecobank Cameroon SA announced a new partnership that will mobilize up to U.S. $3.7 million of local financing over eight years for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the health sector in Cameroon. Financing will be made available via loans to health SMEs which provide family planning, reproductive health and […]
Tenu à l’INFOSEC de Cotonou, le 07 Octobre 2013, l’atelier de restitution des résultats de l’évaluation du secteur privé de la santé du Bénin a connu la participation de plus de 35 personnes représentant les acteurs des secteurs public, privé et de la société civile. En effet, l’évaluation du secteur privé de la santé a […]
Ce Plan Stratégique de Développement de la Plateforme du Secteur Privé de la Santé (PSSP), 2015-2019 représente une feuille de route pour permettre à la PSSP d’atteindre son objectif et la vision de contribuer à l’amélioration l’état de santé de la population béninoise sur la base d’une meilleure organisation des acteurs du secteur privé de […]
Resource Type: Report Authors: Laurel Hatt, Danielle Altman, Slavea Chankova, Carol Narcisse, Donna-Lisa Peña, Pamela Riley, Jordan Tuchman, Taylor Williamson, and Andrew Won Published: 5/1/2012 Resource Description: Grenada is one of 12 Caribbean countries joining efforts with the United States Government in the United States-Caribbean Regional HIV and AIDS Partnership Framework 2010–2014 (Partnership Framework). The United States Agency for […]
