Launch of the 2012 Clinical Social Franchising Compendium
This fourth annual publication features updated profiles from 52 franchises around the world.
First Global Conference on
Social Franchising, November 2011
in Kenya
MSI, PSI, WHO and others sponsored the first-ever global conference on social franchising November 9-11, 2011 in Mombasa, Kenya.
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2011 Quality Metrics Support Program
Eleven social franchises were recognized for their efforts and achievements in quality assurance at the November 2011 Social Franchising Conference.
SF4Health is an online community of practice where social franchising stakeholders from around the world exchange information and innovations. Social franchises use commercial franchising methods to achieve social rather than financial goals. Building upon existing resources in poor communities, social franchises network together private health providers to add new, higher quality services in exchange for training and support. The goals of social franchising are to improve quality, increase access to care, expand the affordability of services and to rapidly increase the number of delivery points for important public health services.
About
Sharing, collaborating and innovating
Social Franchising for Health (SF4Health) is an online community of practice that aims to increase information sharing among social franchise programs, donors, research institutions and other stakeholders. A multitude of partners make SF4Health possible.
Social Franchises
Improving, refining and growing
Over 50 social franchises now provide health services in developing countries worldwide. Both for-profit and non-profit organizations run social franchises, and offer services ranging from family planning and HIV/AIDS testing to tuberculosis treatment and the provision of safe deliveries.
Resources
Communicating, replicating and learning
SF4Health offers a range of resources for the social franchising community, including links to published journal articles, case study templates, evaluations and operational guides contributed by social franchising programs themselves.
