In Malawi, MSI's affiliate Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM) engages current franchisee providers to speak with prospective franchisees in a group setting.
BlueStar retrained franchisee providers on IUD counseling, insertion, and removal, and it established a mentoring program between more-experienced franchisees and those reporting low confidence.
As a backdrop to all interactions with franchisee providers, PSI field staff use medical detailing or provider BCC techniques and skills.
Costs are accrued by the franchisor (PSI), the franchisee (Private provider), and by the patient.
Figure 1 breaks them into two elements at the level of Franchisor (PSI) and two elements at the level of the Franchisee (Private provider).
Capital funding for franchisees or service providers to start up or improve the quality of their health programs is a key feature of the Kisumu Medical and Educational Trust (KMET), a franchise which gives training in reproductive health to private providers in Kenya[ 27].
Each new franchisee is also assigned a more experienced provider as her mentor.
Provider trainees at all 13 franchisees are given pre and post tests to assess baseline and acquired knowledge, and if a minimum score is not met, franchisees are not invited to join the network.
The threat is from the large corporations with which these small businesses deal as franchisees, sales representatives and providers of health care.
Inspired and motivated by his son, a recent college graduate, Jim went from being the President/CEO of a major paper manufacturing company in the Northeast, to being a renewable energy entrepreneur as a franchisee of Supergreen Solutions, a two-year-old company that acts as advisor, provider and installer of domestic and commercial energy efficient solutions.
