Leveraging the informal private sector in Afghanistan: was key to improving health system

Leveraging the private health sector to enhance HIV service delivery in lower-income countries.

Evidence that the private health sector is a key player in delivering health services and impacting health outcomes, including those related to HIV/AIDS, underscores the need to optimize the role of the private health sector to scale up national HIV responses in lower-income countries. This article reviews findings on the types of HIV/AIDS services provided by the private health sector in devel...

Government stewardship of the for-profit private health sector in Afghanistan

Background Since 2003, Afghanistan's largely unregulated for-profit private health sector has grown at a rapid pace. In 2008, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) launched a long-term stewardship initiative to oversee and regulate private providers and align the sector with national health goals. Aim We examine the progress the MoPH has made towards more effective stewardship, consider the ch...

Private sector becoming the key to research funding in Canada.

The private sector, and drug companies in particular, are beginning to play a much stronger and visible role in funding health care research in canada. The implications of this change were discussed at a recent conference.

Afghanistan Health Sector Profile August 2002

Extending voluntary health insurance to the informal sector: experiences and expectations of the informal sector in Kenya

Background: Kenya has made a policy decision to use contributory health insurance as one of its key pre-payment health financing mechanisms. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is the main health insurer in Kenya. While the NHIF has hitherto focused its efforts on providing health insurance coverage to individuals in the formal sector, it has recently broadened its focus to include indi...