New Measures of Success for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
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New Measures of Success for Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Today there is no alignment among investors, governments, donors, and other stakeholders on how to quantify the benefits of A&R investments. This is holding back much-needed private-sector investment and limiting progress on the implementation of national climate plans. Today there is no alignment among investors, governments, donors, and other stakeholders on how to quantify the benefits of A&R investments. This is holding back much-needed private-sector investment and limiting progress on the implementation of national climate plans.

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Unlocking Finance for the Private Health Sector
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Unlocking Finance for the Private Health Sector

This brief provides USAID missions and implementing partners with an overview of the challenges around the private health sector accessing finance, definitions of blended and innovative financing, information on the US International Development Finance Corporation, illustrative examples of innovative financing, and case studies on health from multiple regions.

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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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Trends in Health Financing and the Private Health Sector in the Middle East and North Africa
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Trends in Health Financing and the Private Health Sector in the Middle East and North Africa

To understand current health financing policies and mechanisms, as well as the current role of the private sector in the health systems of the Middle East, the USAID Middle East Regional Bureau commissioned the Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Plus and Health Finance and Governance (HFG) projects to conduct a review of health financing and the private health sector in the 11 low- and middle-income countries in the region, focusing on the years 2008 to 2017.

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Telemed Medical Services
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Telemed Medical Services

Telemed was founded in 2012. Mission: design and implement systems that allow clients who seek health care in Ethiopia to receive affordable, reliable and immediate healt

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Increasing the Use of ORS and Zinc through the Private Sector
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Increasing the Use of ORS and Zinc through the Private Sector

In April 2011, USAID Kenya invited SHOPS to conduct a Total Market Assessment of diarrhea management practices. The assessment focused on identifying opportunities available through the private health sector, to increase access to and use of the recommended diarrhea treatment (ORS and zinc) by caregivers of children under 5.

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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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