Population Services International (PSI): PSI is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that uses private
sector funding to address the health problems of low-income and vulnerable populations in 60 developing countries [1]. PSI, with programs in safe water/oral
rehydration, malaria, nutrition/micronutrients, family planning and HIV/AIDS, deploys commercial marketing strategies to promote
health products, services and healthy behavior [2]. Products and services are sold at subsidized prices rather than given away in order to enhance their perceived
value, increasing the likelihood of use, and to motivate commercial sector involvement. [citation needed]PSI is now the leading nonprofit
social marketing organization in the world [3].
History: PSI was founded in 1970 by Dr. Tim Black and Phil Harvey to demonstrate
that social marketing of contraceptives, managed entirely in the private sector, could succeed under differing circumstances and
on different continents. [citation needed] For its first 16 years, PSI worked entirely in family planning (hence the
name Population Services International), except for oral rehydration therapy which it started in 1985. PSI's first HIV/AIDS
prevention project — which promoted abstinence, fidelity and condoms — began in 1988. PSI entered the areas of malaria and safe
water in the mid-1990s. [citation needed]
Board of Directors
The Board includes Frank Carlucci, Chairman Emeritus of The Carlyle Group.
Funding
Nearly half of PSI's budget comes from the US Government. [1]
Active in:
Angola, Benin, Bolivia,
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,
Central African Republic, China,
Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, India, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Romania,
Russia, Rwanda, South
Africa, Swaziland, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Citations
Hard Core
Philanthropist. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.
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