Côte d’Ivoire Family Planning Private Health Sector Assessment (English & French)
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Côte d’Ivoire Family Planning Private Health Sector Assessment (English & French)

The SHOPS Plus project, in collaboration with USAID/Côte d’Ivoire, conducted an assessment of the family planning market and provided targeted recommendations to empower stakeholders to sustainably engage the private sector and help Côte d’Ivoire achieve its Family Planning 2020 targets. This brief highlights key findings and recommendations from the full assessment report.

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Task Sharing Tubal Ligation Services with Health Officers in Ethiopia
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Task Sharing Tubal Ligation Services with Health Officers in Ethiopia

Voluntary long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and permanent methods are important family planning options. However, in many developing countries, a shortage of trained health providers presents a barrier to accessing these methods. Task sharing LARC and permanent method services with mid-level clinical providers can increase family planning access and choice.

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West Africa Private Health Sector: Six Macro-Level Assessments
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West Africa Private Health Sector: Six Macro-Level Assessments

This brief is a summary of the West Africa private health sector assessment conducted by the SHOPS project. The assessment looked at six countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, and Togo. Chloé Revuz prepared the brief, which presents the assessment methods, findings, and both regional and country-specific recommendations. The recommendations aim to strengthen family planning and HIV service delivery by leveraging the unique capabilities of the West Africa Health Organization as well as each country’s private health sector.

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The Private Health Sector in West Africa: Six Macro-Level Assessments
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The Private Health Sector in West Africa: Six Macro-Level Assessments

Recognizing that the private health sector represents a key opportunity through which African countries can work to strengthen health indicators, the United States Agency for International Development West Africa Regional Health Office (USAID WA/RHO), asked the Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project to carry out macro-level assessments of the private health sector in six focus countries.

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The Roles and Influence of Grandmothers and Men
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The Roles and Influence of Grandmothers and Men

This report reviews both published and gray literature from the past 25 years that addresses intrahousehold roles and dynamics related to infant and young child nutrition—specifically the roles and influence of senior women, or grandmothers, and men.

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