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        <description>Population and Health InfoShare : Newest 15 Documents by Commercial Market Strategies. Sharing Knowledge to Improve Public Health Worldwide</description>
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            <title>A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Performance of a Reproductive Health Franchise in Nepal</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/962/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In 2001 the Commercial Market Strategies project established a nurse and paramedic franchise in Nepal to increase utilization of reproductive health services and client satisfaction with service quality.  CMS then conducted a quasi-experimental study to assess the impact of that intervention.
CMS found that at the clinic level, client satisfaction and client loyalty increased at the intervention clinics. In the general population, there was no significant increase in use of reproductive health services, although the franchise may have caused a slight increase in contraceptive use.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:07:51 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Socioeconomic Characteristics of Enrollees in Community Health Insurance Schemes in Africa</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/963/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The CMS project provided technical assistance to the Nkoranza Health Plan in Ghana (a hospital-based plan primarily offering inpatient care — the only exception being outpatient care for dog and snake bites) and the Lacor Health Plan (a hospital-based plan offering inpatient and outpatient care to small groups in war-torn northern Uganda). A study of willingness to pay for a new benefit — normal obstetric delivery — in Nkoranza and the evaluation of the Lacor plan
provided two data sets, from which the characteristics of joiners and non-joiners were analyzed.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:00:49 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Business Approaches for the Reproductive Health NGO</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/2347/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[During the past five years CMS has worked with NGOs in twelve countries, helping them become more sustainable. CMS’s philosophy of NGO sustainability is strongly business-oriented: In order to support and maintain quality programs,it is essential to have a healthy financial base, solid governance, and a long-term planning processes. To illustrate CMS’s strategies, results, and lessons learned, this paper draws on five country examples: Ghana, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Uganda. CMS’s experience highlights the importance of financial and organizational planning, of choosing wisely from a wide range of marketing techniques, and of constantly surveying the environment for new opportunities. The case studies also illustrate how donor funding can be a double-edged sword – receiving additional resources does not automatically lead to success. Lastly, the case studies demonstrate that even in challenging settings, NGOs can usually find a way to diversify products, services, or funding, and that throughout the process, a focus on the organization’s social mission is key.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:56:54 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Willingness to Pay Increased Prices for Reproductive Health Products and Services in Ghana</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/960/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Are Ghanaians willing to pay more for family planning? What are the potential effects of price increases? A new CMS study indicates that most clients are willing to pay at least 50 percent more. And less than 10 percent would stop using family planning if they could no longer afford their current method]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:35:29 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>AIDS Treatment: Saving Lives, Saving Money</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/2348/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CMS's AIDS treatment brochure articulates the business case for providing ARVs to employees as part of their health care benefits. The brochure, which was developed for CMS/Ghana, targets human resource directors and upper management.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2004 16:55:47 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Commercial Market Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons Learned in Community Health Financing</title>
            <link>http://www.cmsproject.com/resources/PDF/CMS_Feeley_Financing.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Community-based health insurance plans can expand the availability and improve the quality of private-sector health care. CMS worked with several such plans in Ghana and Uganda. In this report, CMS summarizes its experience and makes suggestions for future technical assistance to community health plans.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:20:47 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Sustainability Challenge: Identifying Appropriate Financing Models for Social Marketing Programs</title>
            <link>http://www.cmsproject.com/resources/PDF/CMS_Armand_Sustainability.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What approaches are most effective in helping social marketing organizations be more sustainable? CMS looks at the conditions and trade-offs involved in diferent approaches, and provides a framework for choosing context-appropriate strategies.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Potential Market for Expanded Private-Sector Family Planning in the Philippines</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/935/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is there a market for expanded private-sector family planning provision in the Philippines? CMS’s latest study looks at patterns of contraceptive use among different population segments to see how the private sector might fill the commodities gap]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:27:53 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Social Marketing Models for Product-Based Reproductive Health Programs: A Comparative Analysis</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/971/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Social marketing models for 
product-based reproductive health programs are often defined by the organization that manages them. CMS compares two classic social marketing models, as well as new variations.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2003 16:47:30 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Broadening the Commercial Sector Participation in Reproductive Health: The Role of Prices on ...</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/903/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The demand for family planning methods in the developing world will increase dramatically in the coming decades.  This paper focuses on oral contraceptives and addresses whether the commercial sector would be capable of serving some of the users currently receiving their supplies from the public sector.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2003 19:53:45 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>How Much is Enough? Estimating Requirements for Subsidized Contraceptives: Results from Ten ...</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/904/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Few national family planning programs explicitly target the distribution of subsidized contraceptives to those most in need- resulting in an unsustainable and insufficient use of resources.  Helping countries to develop and successfully implement sound targeting strategies should be a priority for spending donor resources.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2003 19:41:49 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Assessment Manual: A handbook for conducting private sector country assessments</title>
            <link>http://www.cmsproject.com/resources/PDF/Assessment%20Manual.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A handbook for conducting technical assessments to determine the potential for private sector family planning and reproductive health care interventions in a selected country.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2003 19:33:06 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Social Franchising as a Strategy to Expand Access to Reproductive Health Services</title>
            <link>http://www.cmsproject.com/resources/PDF/CMS_GreenStar.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As the Green Star Network is often cited as an example of a successful social franchise, CMS produced the case study to illustrate how this model can expand access to quality reproductive health products and services.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2003 19:49:18 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Business Handbook for Private Health Providers</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/2379/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Targeted to private providers operating small health care practices who have limited training in business management and finance. Topics include
Self-assessment 
Goal setting 
Record keeping 
Financial reporting 
Marketing 
Business management 
Microfinance]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2003 19:43:02 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Sources of Financing: A Tool to Assist the Private Health Sector in Developing Countries</title>
            <link>http://www.psp-one.com/content/resource/detail/1048/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A tool designed to assist the private and commercial health sector to identify sources of financing for health care activities in developing countries.]]></description>
            <author>rainey@forumone.com (Commercial Market Strategies)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2003 19:31:53 +0100</pubDate>
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