1. Regional and country specific recommendations from macro-level private sector assessment
Bettina Brunner
Regional Manager, Francophone Africa, SHOPS

2. Regional Recommendations
Improve the public-private landscape across the region through collaboration with WAHO as catalyst, convener, and connector
Develop a regional dialogue platform
Develop standards for private sector policies, reporting, disease surveillance
Develop private health sector strategies for each country
Resource mobilization strategies

3. Develop a Regional Total Market Approach to FP
Include private for-profit sector in contraceptive security (CS) committees
Conduct a market segmentation exercise in CS committees
Use Ouagadougou Partnership as platform for TMA in each country
Work with WAHO to standardize TMA activities

4. Increase CSR Opportunities within the Region
Work through CSR associations and business councils in each country to identify company partners
Using tools from HANSHEP’s Mining Initiative, work with companies to expand HIV offerings and include FP

5. Document and Develop PPPs in West Africa
Document current PPPs
Go beyond service level agreements to consider innovative PPPs with private for-profit sector at national, regional and district level
Determine strategy for health PPPs in collaboration with WAHO

6. Recommendations: Burkina Faso
Streamline import regulations and value-added tax exemptions that impede growth of the private health sector.
Collaborate with WBG on private sector initiatives (policies, private sector federation)
Increase the role of FBOs in provision of HIV services to most-at-risk populations such as Union des Religieux et Coutumiers du Burkina pour la Promotion de la Santé et du Développement.

7. Recommendations: Cameroon
Increase coverage in rural areas through Community Pharmacies
Develop tax incentives with MOH to increase private for-profit provision of HIV services
Add HIV services to ProFam FP network & expand to Bafousam, Douala, & Yaoundé
Work with Cameroon Business Coalition Against AIDS on prevention & education campaigns

8. Recommendations: Côte d’Ivoire
Revise Reproductive Health Law to include private health sector
Work with the Africa Center for Information and Development to provide HIV and FP services in mining companies such as Newmont Overseas Exploration and Occidental Gold
Work with Association des Cliniques Privées de Côte d’Ivoire to integrate FP services into the SHOPS-sponsored pilot network of private HIV service providers

9. Recommendations: Mauritania
Increase role of private sector in strategic documents (Plan National de Developpement Sanitaire, Plan to Reposition FP 2014–2018)
Community-based distribution of FP products, in partnership with the Association Mauritanienne de Planning Familiale

10. Recommendations: Niger
Support community-based FP extension services through partnerships with ANBEF and ANIMAS SUTURA for Maradie and Zinder
Work through community radio stations to disseminate FP messages to men
Partner w/Nigerien chapter of Society for Women and AIDS in Africa to support preventive HIV services for sex worker populations
Disseminate FP messages at the community level via Asusu’s microfinance groups for women

11. Recommendations: Togo
Work with Plateforme des Organisations de la Société Civile contre le VIH/SIDA and Fédération nationale des ONG/Associations de lutte contre le VIH/SIDA/IST et de planification familiale to train private sector facilities on reporting and monitoring and evaluation.
Expand existing partnerships with community-based organizations with Espoir Vie Togo & Médicales et Charité
Implement ILO model for HIV prevention at the workplace w/Association of Employers & Chamber of Commerce.

12. Thank you