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Governance of the private healthcare sector: A scoping review of approaches, effectiveness, and enablers

The private sector’s role in healthcare is growing across many settings. However, the sector remains under-governed in many contexts, particularly in low- and middle income countries. Further, the understanding of the evidence base relating to private …

Leveraging the Private Health Sector for Primary Health Care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

The objective of this paper is to advocate for the approach adopted by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO) in engaging the private health sector to reorient health systems in the Region towards a PHC …

The Progression Pathway for Governance of Mixed Health Systems

The Progression Pathway for Governance of Mixed Health Systems …

A multi-country consultation in the African Region

In the African Region, 17 countries1 requested technical support for private sector engagement (PSE) in health and outlined PSE as a priority in their 2022/2023 work plans. This request for technical support included support to host in-country workshops …

Engaging the private sector in delivering quality MNCH services

Engaging the private sector in delivering quality maternal, newborn and child health services: a step-by-step workbook to inform analysis and policy …

Arabic Version: Engaging the private health service delivery sector through governance in mixed health systems

This report has been originally developed by WHO Advisory Group on the Governance of the Private Sector for Universal Health Coverage. It outlines the governance approach for engaging the private sector in health. It has been translated into Arabic given …

The Progression Pathway for Governance of Mixed Health Systems

The Progression Pathway for Governance of Mixed Health Systems (the Progression Pathway) is a practical tool developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries strengthen their capacity to govern and provide better health, focusing on the …

Protocol: using data to drive governance

This study seeks to identify what data and information is currently being collected by governments and how this is used for governance of the private sector in health. Information will consider routine and other data sources, as well as innovations in …

The private sector in health service delivery: an operational definition

This brief provides an operational definition of the private sector in health service delivery. …

Advancing country’s capacity to govern the private sector in health

A brief about WHO's progression model for the governance of mixed health systems …

Private Sector Engagement for Tuberculosis Elimination

Private Sector Engagement for Tuberculosis Elimination : India’s Journey from Pilots to National Scale-Up (2012-2021) …

Resources on private sector engagement in health

Resources on private sector engagement in health …

A brief history: how has engagement with the private sector at global level evolved?

To inform WHO’s Strategy Report on engaging the private health service delivery sector through governance in mixed health systems, Barbara O’Hanlon & Dr. Mark Hellowell analyzed current global health practice in the domain of engagement of the private …

A socio-ecological approach to governing the private sector in health

In this brief, we introduce six governance behaviours, to foster effective public-private engagement, as part of more resilient and responsive health systems. The governance behaviours were conceptualised as part of the WHO strategy “Engaging the private …