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All hands on deck: mobilising the private sector for the COVID-19 response

Health Emergencies
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global surge in demand for health services. In response, all countries are striving to urgently increase their capacity to test, trace, and treat COVID-19 patients while also maintaining their essential health …
Blog

Governing vaccine deployment –Doing things right but missing the mark?

Health Emergencies
When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccination deployment, we did things wrong and missed the mark at a global level. This resulted in a highly inequitable vaccine deployment. Although more than 5.7 million doses have been administered globally, 73 percent …
Blog

Improving Coverage of National Immunization Programs

Health Emergencies
This blog focuses on a preliminary learning agenda proposed by MOMENTUM that aims to capture lessons learned from partnerships with private sector actors, both NGOs and for-profits that have worked to build stronger and more resilient immunization …
Blog

Learning from Crisis for a Resilient and Responsive Medtech Industry in South Africa

Health Emergencies
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Should Governments Engage the Private Sector in Health Security Efforts?

Health Emergencies
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for a multi-sectoral, “whole of society” approach to large-scale public health emergencies. While limited documentation exists on private sector participation in health security operations to date, and much of …
Research
20 March 2024

The role of the private health sector in COVID-19 response

Health Emergencies Others
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization (WHO), the private health sector is responsible for 53% of inpatient services and 66% of outpatient services and is, therefore, a major stakeholder in the COVID-19 response. In this …
Research
20 December 2023

Engagement with the private sector in health for the COVID-19 response in the EMR

Health Emergencies Others
This document provides comparative synthesis of country experience on private sector engagement as part of the COVID-19 response in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR), with a specific focus on health service delivery The intention of this comparative …
Tool
08 June 2023

Where can I find resources on the private sector during COVID-19?

Health Emergencies Others
Where can I find resources on the private sector during COVID-19? …
Research
08 June 2023

How can we leverage lessons learned from the first waves of COVID-19 to address our current challenges

Health Emergencies Others
A comprehensive overview of early-pandemic engagement with the private sector guidance, country case studies, and more …
Tool
08 June 2023

Emergency actions checklist and diagnostic for vaccine deployment

Health Emergencies Immunization
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of primary health care systems that include preventative health services such as immunization has become increasingly apparent. Engaging the private sector in the delivery of these services can …
Research
08 June 2023

Private sector engagement in the COVID-19 response: Rwanda country experience

Health Emergencies Others
To support Member States, the health system governance department of WHO has created the WHO’s Private Sector Engagement COVID-19 Initiative (WHO-PCI). The WHO-PCI case study is for Member States seeking to engage the private health sector in their …
Research
08 June 2023

Private sector engagement in the COVID-19 response: Kenya country experience

Health Emergencies Others
The WHO’s Private Sector Engagement COVID-19 Initiative (WHO-PCI) case study series is for Member States seeking to engage the private health sector in their COVID-19 response. The series seeks to promote a culture of “learning by doing”, recognizing that …
Research
08 June 2023

An Action Plan to Engage the Private Health Service Delivery Sector in the Response to COVID-19

Health Emergencies Others
This Action Plan aims to create a single, unified, coherent response to the COVID-19 pandemic that integrates the public and private health sectors. The intention is to ensure that care-seekers experience no material difference in terms of access or …
Research
08 June 2023

COVID-19 testing

Health Emergencies
The purpose of this discussion note is to support Member States with practical advice and illustrative examples of private sector engagement as part of a whole-of-society approach to COVID-19 …
Research
08 June 2023

Enabling the Private Health Sector in the National Response to COVID-19: Six Current Policy Challenges

Health Emergencies Others
This document identifies and frames the policy challenges that low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are facing in enabling the domestic private health sector to support the national response to …