COVID-19 pandemic showed in many settings that the private sector has been key to support the fight against the pandemic, bringing resources, skills and capacities to maximize the national response. At the same time, adverse behaviours and opportunistic practices have also been featured by private actors in the health systems. This highlighted the need for a strong governance of the health system as a whole in order to steward all health actors to behave in accordance with national health principles. WHO Country Connector on Private Sector in Health (CCPSH) aims to to support Member states in employing different governance tools for building resilient health systems that would be able to absorb shocks from acute events such as COVID-19 or prolonged health emergencies such as those experienced in fragile and conflict affected states (FCS)
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
A comprehensive overview of early-pandemic engagement with the private sector guidance, country case studies, and more
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
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
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
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 testing
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 COVID-19.
This note outlines options for private sector engagement to support the COVID-19 containment phase as part of a low- and middle-income pandemic response.
This information note explores how trade policy can play its part in ensuring the rapid roll-out of vaccine against COVID-19.
This knowledge brief provides practical guidance to address some of these challenges and to reduce the risks of collaboration with an unfamiliar partner.
This rapid review documents behaviours and practices of some private health sector actors in response to the surges in demand for COVID-related products and services, providing recommended actions for governments in stewarding the
This case study was prepared by the Uganda National Health Consumers Organisation (UNHCO) and was commissioned by the Country Connector COVID-19 Working Group. The Country Connector and its working groups aim to decolonise global
This paper summarizes a literature review conducted in Uganda on engaging the private sector for MNCH services during COVID-19.
This paper summarizes a literature review conducted in Bangladesh on engaging the private sector for MNCH services during COVID-19.
This annex summarises the approach and methodology for a study on engaging the private sector to deliver MNCH services during COVID-19.
