Kenya : Reaching the Poor through the Private Sector, A Network Model for Expanding Access to Reproductive Health Services

This study, carried out in the summer of 2003, measured the effectiveness of a Kenyan program dedicated to increasing the availability of reproductive health services to the poor through training and networking of private medical providers. The Kisumu Medical and Educational Trust (KMET) program focuses on family planning services and encourages providers to add these services to the normal range of consultations, commodity sales, and clinical care they already provide. The central question addressed in this study is whether it is possible to offer reproductive health services through a network of private sector, for-profit providers without exacerbating inequity in access to these services.. The study also looked at a pool of potential clients of KMET members to evaluate which wealth group benefits from the subsidy given to private providers through KMET. And finally, an analysis of actual KMET clients was used to better understand the program's success in providing quality reproductive health care.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Montagu, Dominic, Prata, Ndola, Campbell, Martha M., Walsh, Julia, Orero, Salomon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-05
Subjects:	ABORTION, ABORTION SERVICES, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, ADAPTATION, ANNUAL REPORT, ANTENATAL CARE, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, CARE PROVISION, CARE SERVICES, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH SERVICES, CITIES, CLINICS, COMMODITIES, COMMUNITIES, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES, DRUGS, EMPLOYMENT, EXPENDITURES, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, FEMALE CLIENTS, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE PROVISION, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH PLANNING, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROVIDERS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HIV/AIDS, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLDS, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME, INSURANCE, IRON, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEDICAL CENTERS, MORTALITY, MOTHERS, NATIONAL HEALTH, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSE/MIDWIFE, NURSES, NURSING, NURSING HOMES, NUTRITION, OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY, OUTPATIENT CARE, PATIENTS, PEER REVIEW, PHYSICIANS, POST-ABORTION, POST-ABORTION CARE, PRIVATE DOCTORS, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROBABILITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, RADIO, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SAFE ABORTION, SAFETY, SELECTION BIAS, SERVICE DELIVERY, STIS, TOWNS, UNSAFE ABORTIONS, URBAN AREAS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5823943/kenya-reaching-poor-through-private-sector-network-model-expanding-access-reproductive-health-services https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13671
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