January 24, 2020
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Sustaining Health Outcomes Through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Plus provider access to finance activity, led by Banyan Global, supports private health facilities— including health SMEs—to strengthen their business and financial management skills and improve their access to financing. Working with the Société Générale Bank in Senegal's (SGBS) Maison de la PME seemed like an excellent opportunity to expand the project’s outreach to more health SMEs.
August 15, 2019
Dr. Ndeye Pende Ndiaye, director of Bio Amarie Laboratory and Clinic in Kaolack, Senegal, used her newly acquired business skills from a SHOPS Plus training to purchase lab equipment that will help clinic staff diagnose and treat more illnesses.
February 12, 2019
Managing a business is a lot of work and many health care providers who own facilities have never received training in business administration, making it even more of a challenge. SHOPS Plus helps providers acquire the necessary skills to run their facilities efficiently and effectively through business and financial management training. These skills are particularly important in accessing credit.
January 29, 2019
When Dr. Chacha Wambura registered his new health facility in Tanzania as a private for-profit dispensary in 2009, he had no idea that it would become the leading private health facility in his district, Bagamoyo.
October 10, 2018
Banyan Global wins the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) early implementation evaluation of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund (EAEF) task order under the Bureau for Policy Planning and Learning (PPL) Monitoring and Evaluation (EVAL ME) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.
August 30, 2018
With the support of SHOPS Plus and its partner AccèsBanque Madagascar, the Malagasy Lutheran Church’s Health Department (SALFA) hospital in Fianarantsoa built a new operating room and added more beds to provide quality care to people in the community.
April 23, 2018
Banyan Global’s team on the USAID Uganda Private Health Support (PHS) Program organized an Access to Finance workshop with dfcu Bank to help health care providers learn more about financing to purchase medical equipment.
March 23, 2018
A diverse group of stakeholders joined forces in Madagascar on January 25 at a workshop facilitated by SHOPS Plus to improve private sector engagement in health .
March 19, 2018
SHOPS Plus is working to strengthen the sustainability of accredited drug dispensing outlets (ADDOs) in Tanzania, which are largely owned and managed by women.
February 27, 2018
When flood waters damaged her clinic in 2013, Bineta Sène Sall had to cut back on her services. After participating in a SHOPS Plus training on financial management, however, she chose to invest in her clinic and offer new services, and now her clinic is financially stronger than before.
