Nigeria private health sector assessment : brief

It presents the assessment methods, findings, and the following key recommendations: (1) expand the supply of quality private sector health services in RH/FP; (2) enhance demand for private sector reproductive health/family planning services; (3) create an enabling policy environment for the private sector; (4) ensure effective donor coordination for strengthening the private health sector; (5) support a rigorous research agenda for the private health sector. To increase utilization of all modern family planning methods through the private sector, efforts need to be made by the government and its development partners to effectively link active and targeted demand-creation efforts to supply side strategies, to create an effective policy environment, and to pursue a rigorous research agenda for this sector to reach its maximum potential. (Author abstract, modified)