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The private sector in health service delivery: an operational definition

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

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

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

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)

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

A comprehensive overview of early-pandemic engagement with the private sector guidance, country case studies, and more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Private Participation in Health Services

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

State of Play— Public-Private Dialogue

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 2006.

Strategic Purchasing of Health Services

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 strengthened.

SafeCare standards

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 hospitals.

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

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.