Links
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research: www.who.int/alliance-hpsr
"Since its inception in 1999, the Alliance’s overall goal has remained unchanged – promoting the generation and use of health policy and systems research (HPSR) as a means to improve health and health systems in developing countries. The Alliance pursues this goal by developing and harnessing existing methods and approaches to improve both the quality of research and its ultimate uptake."Center for Health Market Innovations: healthmarketinnovations.org
"The Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) promotes policies and practices that improve privately delivered health care for the poor in low- and middle-income countries. Operated through a global network of partners since 2010, CHMI is managed by the Results for Development Institute. It informs, analyzes and connects."Health Systems 20/20: www.healthsystems2020.org
"Consumers, providers, and health officials face multiple challenges that need to be addressed to improve health and save lives. Health Systems 20/20 addresses these challenges by working on the health systems focussing particularly on the priority health issues: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child health, and reproductive health."Health Systems Action Network: www.hsanet.org/
"HSAN is a global network of committed professionals for strengthening health systems through effective involvement of diverse stakeholders and better management of resources that is guided by evidence. Its key role is to be a leading global network to facilitate the development of equitable, accountable, and sustainable health systems for improved health outcomes."Health Systems Development Programme at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: healthsystems.lshtm.ac.uk
"The programme's goal is to make health systems more accessible to poor people and to deliver better health services. The intention is to get a substantial, cohesive, innovative and challenging body of policy-relevant new knowledge in the following areas: Choice, access, quality and outcomes; Redefining the role of the government; Monitoring, quality and impact; Effective inter-sectoral policies and programmes."HLSP institute - Private sector in health: www.hlspinstitute.org/privatesectorinhealth
"HLSP has been implementing projects to strengthen health systems throughout the developing and developed world for over 20 years. It provides health sector consultancy, programme management and policy advice to international agencies and national governments in developing countries."Investment Climate: www.wbginvestmentclimate.org/health
"The World Bank Group supports governments in their efforts to improve the investment climate, which refers to the economic and market conditions that influence decisions to invest. A sound investment climate provides private firms with opportunities and incentives to invest and is key to sustaining growth and reducing poverty. A vibrant private sector creates jobs, provides the necessary goods and services to improve living standards, and contributes taxes to fund health, education, and other public goods."Private Health Care in Developing Countries: www.ps4h.org
"The aim of this website is to present a brief and up-to-date review of the pertinent issues in private sector healthcare delivery. Private sector topics are organized into two major categories: Service Delivery and Disease. Within this framework this site presents topics related to the delivery of private sector health services and goods in general, and disease-specific private sector services, respectively."Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) www.shopsproject.org
"The SHOPS project is USAID's flagship initiative in private sector health. It works to involve nongovernmental organizations and for-profit entities in addressing the health needs of people in developing countries. It focuses on increasing availability, improving quality, and expanding coverage of essential health products and services in e.g. family planning and reproductive health, maternal and child health, and HIV/AIDS."the Private Sector in Health: www.pshealth.org
"The Private Sector in Health Symposium is a biennial event. Since 2009 it has been held in advance of the International Health Economics Association world congress. The Symposium brings together researchers, implementers, donors and policy makers for dialogue and discussion. It is an unparalleled opportunity to hear the best and most recent research and to network with colleagues from around the world."World Health Organization (WHO) - Partnerships management: Working with the private sector: www.who.int/management/partnerships
"Managing partnerships is important for effective health services delivery. Partners or stakeholders might include the communtiy, civil society organisations, other sectors, district, regional and national authorities, donors, private providers, and others." On this website, WHO collects concepts and issues, and tools and guidelines on working with the private sector.