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Private sector role in health supply chains 2008	Strong supply chains are essential to effective health care delivery in all sectors – public, faithbased, employer-provided and private. In OECD countries, supply chains rely heavily on the private sector for supply, distribution and provision of key auxiliary services even when the health system itself is largely or exclusively public sector.	24	Dalberg
Best Practices in Training Private Providers 2008	Training of health care providers is one of the most common interventions used in development strategies to improve the quality of reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) services in developing countries.	89	PSP-One
Abt Associates: Leaders in Health Service Delivery 2008	Abt Associates brings a wealth of practical experience and proven innovative models to strengthen the delivery of health services in both the public and private sectors to improve people's health.	52
Elements of Success in Family Planning Programming 2008	Prepared by Catherine Richey and Ruwaida Salem, this issue of Population Reports offers an overview of the core factors contributing to the success of family planning programs.	108	Johns Hopkins University
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.	111	PSP-One
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.	131	PSP-One
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.	207	PSP-One
Ten Best Public and Private Sector Practices In Reproductive Health and Family Planning in the Europe and Eurasia Region 2008	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.	573	PSP-One
Performance-based contracting for health services in developing countries 2008	This toolkit provides practical advice to anyone involved in, or who is interested in becoming involved in, performance-based contracting of health services with nonstate providers in the context of developing countries.	196
Government as a Steward of the Private Health Sector 2008	Presentation on the state of the private health sector in Africa by Dr. Dale Huntington at the Addis Ababa Workshop in Ethiopia, May 7 - 10, 2008.	87
HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: A Survey in four Sub-Saharan African Countries-Poster Presentation 2008	The International AIDS Economic Network (IAEN) hosted it's fifth pre-conference meeting, held August 1-2 in Cuernavaca Mexico, prior to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. The following is the Poster Exhibition Presentation, HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: A Survey in four Sub-Saharan African Countries, by Ilana Ron, Abt Associates/PSP-One, Sara Zellner, formerly of Abt Associates/PSP-One, and presented by Susna De, Abt Associates. The presentation is related to international work in HIV/AIDS made by Abt Associates, in conjunction with PSP-One.	94
Distribution of Point of Use Water Treatment Product Through Mutual Health Organizations in Rwanda: Baseline Survey Results 2008	Mutual health organizations (MHOs) are voluntary community-based health insurance organizations that focus on informal sector, low-income populations.	129	POUZN Project
A Summative Evaluation of hte Pilot Facilities Providing TB-Dots in the Private Sector 2008	The rapid growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia has resulted in an equally dramatic rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases. With a national case detection rate of 34%, the country is now ranked 8th in TB prevalence among High Burden Countries.	113
Identifying at risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services 2008	Identifying at risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services: Baseline Assessment for Mobile Counseling and Testing Program in the Oromiya Region of Ethiopia. The objective of this assessment was to identify the size and distribution of the populations most at risk for HIV disease in the major towns of Oromiya region, which are located along the busiest roads in Ethiopia.	108
Identifying at risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services: Amhara Region 2008	Identifying at Risk Populations and HIV/AIDS Referral Services: Baseline Assessment for Mobile Counseling and Testing Program in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. The objective of this assessment was to identify the size and distribution of the populations most at risk for HIV disease in the major towns of Amhara region, which are located along the busiest roads in Ethiopia.	109
Implementation of Mobile Counseling and Testing in Ethiopia 2007	Recent studies indicate that the populations most at risk for contracting HIV in Ethiopia are: commercial sex workers, their clients and the clients’ partners; girls ages 15–24 reporting sexual activity with more than one partner; separated/divorced individuals; pregnant women; men ages 25–50 engaging in crossgenerational sex; highly mobile workers; workers in a position of authority; young men having multiple sexual partners; uniformed service members; and men who have sex with men.	79
The Potential for Social Franchising as a Strategy for Increasing Private Sector Involvement in Addressing HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis in Ethiopia 2008	Commercial franchising is a system where a larger company (the 'franchiser') typically contracts individuals or smaller companies (the 'franchisees') to operate commercial outlets on their behalf to predetermined quality and business model standards.	103
Operational Manual for Scaling Up TB and Tb/HIV Care in Private Health Facilities at the Regional Level in Ethiopia 2007	HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and tuberculosis continue to inflict tremendous impact on both morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia today. National and international attention is now focused on providing care in both the public and private health sectors.	114
PSP-One's Expert Panel Panelists Bios: The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health 2008	On May 27, 2008, the PSP-One project hosted an Expert Panel, "The Private Sector: An Essential Resource for Community Health," at the Global Health Council Conference.	84
2008 On-line Social Marketing Conference: End of Day Summaries 2008	A compilation PSP-One Project Director, Ruth Berg's, End of Day Summaries posted to the Social Marketing On-line Conference website.	121