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08 June 2023

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

Health Policy Others
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 …
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

Engaging the private Sector in primary health care to achieve UHC

Health Services Primary Health Care
A practical manual that contains step-by-step guidance along with real-world examples and case studies to help facilitate public-private sector engagement around primary health care (PHC). This is a resource for public sector policymakers and …
Research
08 June 2023

Private Participation in Health Services

Health Services Others
This book draws on a wide range of country experience to provide a judicious blend of practical advice and useful information on health services privatization issues. It discusses how to assess the potential for private sector involvement, how to engage …
Research
08 June 2023

State of Play— Public-Private Dialogue

Health Policy Others
This is a how-to guide that captures the evolution of public-private dialogue (PPD) and the challenges faced by practitioners since the first PPD handbook was published in …
Research
08 June 2023

A Guide to Conducting Private Health Sector Assessments

Others Data for Governance
This is a guide to conducting private health sector assessments in developing countries. …
Research
08 June 2023

Strategic Purchasing of Health Services

Others Others
This guide provides a synthesis of the institutional environment needed for countries to shift to strategic purchasing, organizational incentives that need to be in place, and management capacity that needs to be …
Research
08 June 2023

SafeCare standards

Health Services Others
SafeCare standards are divided into 13 different categories, covering full range medical to non-medical aspects of care and ranging from small health shops to large district …
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 …
Research
08 June 2023

A Market Shaping Primer

Health Policy
This market shaping primer identifies noteworthy achievements across products and markets. It is intended as a starting point for ideas that can be further developed and …
Research
08 June 2023

How to Engage the Private Health Sector to Tackle COVID-19?

Health Emergencies Others
This note outlines options for private sector engagement to support the COVID-19 containment phase as part of a low- and middle-income pandemic …
Research
08 June 2023

Market Segmentation Primer

Health Services Maternal and Child Health
This primer endorses the importance of market segmentation to overall market growth. The primer serves the following purposes: (1) introduce the purpose, theory, process, and approaches for segmenting markets to increase family planning (FP) market …