Celebrating highlights from 2019

We ring in the new year with a reflection on the past and anticipation of the year to come.

As a global project, SHOPS Plus worked to significantly increase access to quality health products, information, and services through public-private engagement. We are proud to share the results our programs achieved and the top stories and publications from last year.

These include:

• 554,454 couple years protection generated
• 534,911 cases of childhood diarrhea treated
• 32 million consumers reached with priority health messages

Our top stories in 2019 were:

• Engaging the private sector in the fight to end tuberculosis in Nigeria
• Investing in the next generation of nurses and midwives in Tanzania
• New assessment leads to increased public-private engagement in DRC
• New family planning tool explores scenarios for a total market approach
• How social franchising can empower women

Most downloaded publications of 2019:

• Stewarding the Private Sector for Family Planning
• Case Management of Childhood Illnesses in the Private Health Sector
• Cote d’Ivoire Family Planning Private Health Sector Assessment
• Using data to design an evidence-based social and behavior change program in rural Nepal
• Empowering Women Health Providers through Social Franchising: Stories from Kenya and Uganda