Health Services

The private health sector is increasingly dominating service provision in Low-and-Middle income countries (LMICs). It has thus emerged as a critical stakeholder in achieving UHC and Health Security. The Country Connector aims to raise awareness about the role of the private health sector in the provision of equitable, quality and essential health services. It also seeks to develop guidance and considerations for the effective engagement of the private health sector in different programme areas.

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The Potential of the Private Sector in Expanding the Reach of and Access to National Immunization Programs

This blog discusses the potential role of the private sector in expanding immunization including the 17 million infants who did not receive the first dose of their recommended childhood vaccinations in 2020 — known as “zero dose”

A MOMENTUM Resource on Key Issues for Private Sector Engagement in Immunization

The introduction brief shows that immunization services differ greatly from one country to the next. From places where the government prohibits private sector involvement, mixed settings where private providers may offer up to 20

Mutual Learning on Digital Health Ecosystems

Click here fore the report on the consultations Click here for the individual panel discussions If you would like to share your story with us, please get in touch with the Country Connector on Private Sector in Health. We seek to

Sehat Kahani, a health story from Pakistan

The Country Connector engages with national health systems and the people that lead, manage and operate within these systems to build understanding of health governance of the private sector in health, to learn from practice, to

Inclusion of private family physicians in mixed health systems

Primary care is foundational to health service delivery and a primary health care (PHC) approach. It is the core of the service-fronting component of PHC and refers to essential health and social services that meet most of people

Business for Health

This is a competency-based training program in business administration and financial management. The program comes with materials for trainers to train managers of private clinics and health facilities who want to deepen their

Organizing Private Health Care Providers

This course is mainly intended to help private health care providers understand the benefits to organizing, identify when and where there might be opportunities to join an organizing effort, and learn what they can do to support

Shaping Health Services and Systems

IFC Health is presenting six, 30-minute webinars looking at the necessary building blocks for affordable, sustainable healthcare systems. The series will convene a global audience of business and thought leaders from the world of

Masterclass: Public-Private Contracting for HIV and Other Essential Health Services

This resource is a PowerPoint template that can be adapted to conduct a masterclass on public-private contracting for HIV and other essential health services. In many countries, national HIV programs are delivered mostly in public

Understanding the private health sector in Tunisia

This report summarizes the operational environment of the private health sector in Tunisia. The assessment was part of a regional assessment project of the private health sector in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region between 2019

Understanding the private health sector in Sudan

This report summarizes the operational environment of the private health sector in Sudan. The assessment was part of a regional assessment project of the private health sector in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region between 2019-2022.

Understanding the private health sector in Yemen

This report summarizes the operational environment of the private health sector in Yemen. The assessment was part of a regional assessment project of the private health sector in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region between 2019-2022.