Population Reports back issues from November 1991:
Paying for family planning.
Nov 01, 1991 ... Governments can pay more. The $3.4 billion that developing-country governments now spend covers an estimated 75% of family planning costs. But this expenditure amounts to only about 0.4% of their total budgets. By comparison, military spending accounts for 19%. Donor ...
The challenge. (family planning programs) (includes related articles on family planning financing and contributions to family planning)
Nov 01, 1991 ... Family planning programs serve millions of clients in developing countries, and the number of clients is growing fast. The very success of family planning programs poses a challenge: how to pay for family planning services for all who need and want them. Paying for family ...
Retail sales and fee-for-service providers. (family planning)
Nov 01, 1991 ... A larger role in family planning for the commercial sector and for private, fee-for-service practitioners will increase the availability of supplies and services: Retailers such as pharmacists, chemical sellers, and market traders can sell more contraceptives; more private practitioners ...
Haryono Suyono on the Blue Circle campaign in Indonesia. (family planning) (Interview)
Nov 01, 1991 ... Population Reports: What is the Blue Circle campaign? Dr. Haryono: We are in the position right now that we have in Indonesia around 50% of all eligible couples joining family planning .... They like no only to be served by doctors from the health centers, doctors from the ...
Third-party coverage. (family planning)
Nov 01, 1991 ... In many situations health care payment involves a third party, such as a social security institute or insurance plan, that pays for health care for a group of people. Most third-party coverage does not include family planning. Where it has, however, the result has been considerable ...
Public-private collaboration. (family planning)
Nov 01, 1991 ... Governments and donor agencies collaborate with the commercial sector in: * Contraceptive social marketing programs, * Employment-based family planning programs, and * Programs to encourage private providers with such assistance as start-up funding, free ...
Promotion: key to family planning sales.
Nov 01, 1991 ... Promotion--advertising and other publicity--is crucial to sales for most businesses. Thus it is crucial for the business side of family planning--for the manufacturers, retailers, private providers, nonprofit family planning organizations, and even government services that want to attract ...
Recovering costs. (family planning)
Nov 01, 1991 ... Some governments and most private nonprofit family planning organizations recover some of the costs of family planning services directly from consumers or their employers. Public and private nonprofit family planning services remain largely subsidized services, however. Recovering some ...
Do price changes affect demand? That depends .... (family planning)
Nov 01, 1991 ... Does changing the price of family planning supplies or services affect demand? In theory, higher prices should reduce demand. The few studies and program evaluations addressing this issue offer mixed results, however. Some suggest that under certain circumstances demand is unaffected. ...
Increasing efficiency. (family planning)
Nov 01, 1991 ... How can family planning programs get more for their money--provide more service and/or serve more clients? To increase efficiency, managers first need to know how efficient their programs are and how they compare with other, similar programs. Efficiency is usually measured as cost per ...