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  Cost and cost-effectiveness of public-private mix DOTS: evidence from two pilot projects in India

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This World Health Organization (WHO) report examines the cost and cost-effectiveness of implementing DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course) – the internationally recognised tuberculosis control therapy – through a mix of the public and private sectors. This strategy, known as public-private mix DOTS (PPM-DOTS), was piloted in two projects in India, one in Hyderabad and one in Delhi.
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  Banking on reproductive health: the World Bank’s support for population, the Cairo agenda and the Millennium Development Goals

  The Global Health Council, 2004

  This report from the Global Health Council reviews the World Bank’s investment in population and reproductive health in light of new donor funding mechanisms and priorities such as health reform and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It highlights the gap between available and needed resources.
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  Water for life: the impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality

  Universidad Torcuato di Tello, Argentina, 2004

  During the 1990s, about 30 per cent of Argentinean municipalities, covering approximately 60 per cent of the population, privatised their water services.
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  Public-private mix for DOTS implementation: what makes it work?

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization compares processes and outcomes of four public-private mix (PPM) projects implementing DOTS for tuberculosis (TB) control, in New Delhi and Pune, India, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, and Nairobi, Kenya.
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  Can developing countries achieve adequate improvements in child health outcomes without engaging the private sector?

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2003

  The private sector exerts a significant and critical influence on child health outcomes in developing countries. This article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization reviews the available evidence on private sector utilisation and quality of care.
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  Antiretroviral treatment can be cost-saving for industry and life-saving for workers: a case study from Côte d’Ivoire’s private sector

  International AIDS Economics Network, 2003

  This paper aims to describe the health and economic impact of comprehensive HIV care with Anti-Retroviral Treatments (ART) within a private enterprise in Côte d’Ivoire.It describes how an “HIV solidarity fund” is used to finance ART to HIV-infected workers in Côte d’Ivoire.
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  Family franchise: reproductive healthcare and the private sector

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Can family planning be successfully contracted out to the private sector?  Would such franchises be sustainable in developing countries?  Marie Stopes International (MSI) looked at the experiences of two such initiatives funded by USAID in Mexico and the Philippines.
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  Private sector participation in child health: a review of World Bank projects, 1993-2002

  World Bank, 2003

  Based on the assumption that the private sector significantly influences child health and nutrition outcomes through both service provision and supply of health related goods, this paper analyses World Bank projects in Health, Nutrition and Population between fiscal years 1993-2002.
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  Private sector drug retailers and malaria control in Kenya

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  In many areas where malaria is endemic, people will buy drugs first from a local seller and treat themselves at home. Almost all home-based treatments are undertaken on a "trial and error" basis.
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  Women, reproductive health and the private sector in India

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  What are the biggest health problems for women? Is the current emphasis on reproductive health correct? Where do women go for healthcare? Researchers from the Indian Institute of Management and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine investigated women’s health in Karnataka State, India.

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