Working with the non-state sector

For-profit private sector

Our expertise includes:

• advising on the strengths and weaknesses of different donor-funded approaches to for-profit healthcare markets
• researching and analysing national health sector plans and assessing how governments deal with the for-profit markets for drugs and health services
• analysing how the health-seeking behaviour of poor people in public and private markets can be influenced for the better

Examples:

• Provider Purchasing and Contracting Mechanisms
• Partnerships for Malaria Control: Engaging the Formal and Informal Private Sectors
• Private Sector Participation in Health
• The Impact of Public-Private Partnerships Addressing Access to Pharmaceuticals in Low and Middle Income Countries
• UNITAID: Expert Working Group Meeting on Market Impact and Criteria
• Reviews of Social Marketing Programmes and Other Market Initiatives
• Tanzania Pilot ACT Subsidy

Civil society

Our expertise includes:

• strengthening the capacity of civil society for advocacy, networking, representation and strategic engagement in policy fora
• developing capacity for service delivery organisational management, strategic planning, and monitoring and evaluation
• setting-up and managing NGO/CBO grant systems

Examples:

• Zambia: Strengthening the AIDS Response (STARZ)
• South Africa: Multi-Sectoral HIV and AIDS Support Programme (MSP)
• India: Programme Management Organisation (PMO)
• Health and Social Care Partnerships scheme (HSCP)
• Nigeria: Partnerships for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS)
• Civil Society at the Centre of HIV Responses: Lessons from the DFID Programme Management Office in India
• Strategic Partnerships for Co-ordinating the AIDS Response: Lessons Emerging in Zambia

For more examples of our work in private markets for public health, search our projects and resources databases.