Most countries have pluralistic health systems, where a mix of public and private providers deliver health related goods and services. An important challenge in governing mixed health systems relates to the diversity of characteristics and interests of stakeholders involved. Health systems include a large variety of entities, from public to small not-for-profit providers to large multinational private for-profit companies. Entities respond in very different ways to governments efforts to steer public policy for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and require a variety of tools and incentives. An inclusive health policy therefore should set out the rationale for private sector engagement and respective roles for the different types of private sector entities, including the means through which this will be achieved. The Country Connector aims at developing technical resources on the development and implementation of national health policies that are inclusive of the different parts of the private sector in health...
The private sector’s role in healthcare is growing across many settings. However, the sector remains under-governed in many contexts, particularly in low- and middle income countries. Further, the understanding of the evidence
The objective of this paper is to advocate for the approach adopted by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO) in engaging the private health sector to reorient health systems in the Region towards a PHC
In the African Region, 17 countries1 requested technical support for private sector engagement (PSE) in health and outlined PSE as a priority in their 2022/2023 work plans. This request for technical support included support to
This report has been originally developed by WHO Advisory Group on the Governance of the Private Sector for Universal Health Coverage. It outlines the governance approach for engaging the private sector in health. It has been
The Progression Pathway for Governance of Mixed Health Systems (the Progression Pathway) is a practical tool developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries strengthen their capacity to govern and provide better
This study seeks to identify what data and information is currently being collected by governments and how this is used for governance of the private sector in health. Information will consider routine and other data sources, as
This brief provides an operational definition of the private sector in health service delivery.
A brief about WHO's progression model for the governance of mixed health systems
Private Sector Engagement for Tuberculosis Elimination : India’s Journey from Pilots to National Scale-Up (2012-2021)
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
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
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.
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 applied.
This is the Strategy recommended WHO's Advisory Group on the Governance of the Private Sector for UHC for WHO's work on a new way of doing business for health system governance.
This is a collection of studies on engaging the private sector in heath commissioned by WHO to support its Strategy Report.
