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Overview:

PSI is a leading global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV and reproductive health.  Working in partnership within the public and private sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, PSI provides life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that empower the world's most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.  

History:
PSI was founded in 1970 to improve reproductive health using commercial marketing strategies. For its first 15 years, PSI worked mostly in family planning (hence the name Population Services International). In 1985, it started promoting oral rehydration therapy. PSI’s first HIV prevention project — which promoted abstinence, fidelity and condoms — began in 1988. PSI added malaria and safe water to its portfolio in the 1990s and tuberculosis in 2004.

Health Impact:
PSI has an uncommon focus on measurable health impact and attempts to measure its effect on disease and death much like a for-profit measures its profits. In 2007, PSI estimates that its programs directly prevented more than 156,000 HIV infections, 2.6 million unintended pregnancies, almost 150,000 deaths from malaria and diarrhea and 19 million malaria episodes. In addition, roughly 25,000 patients were treated for TB.

Program Location:
World headquarters in Washington, D.C., programs in more than 65 countries, European office in Amsterdam.

People:
More than 150 U.S. staff, more than 100 overseas expatriate staff and almost 8,000 local PSI affiliate staff.

2008 Revenue (budget): $402 million.

Administrative Costs as Percent of Revenue:
6.2% (2006), 13.3% (1992).

Donors:
Major donors include the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands; the Global Fund, United Nations agencies, private foundations, corporations and individuals.

Program Areas
Malaria:
Each year 350-500 million cases of malaria lead to more than one million deaths, mostly of African children. To prevent malaria, PSI uses targeted subsidies to make insecticide-treated mosquito nets and long-lasting insecticidal nets available to malaria risk groups (especially pregnant women and children under five) through public and private channels in endemic countries. To treat malaria, PSI uses social marketing to make pre-packaged therapy widely available and affordable through commercial outlets. PSI estimates that in 2007, these products directly prevented 19 million episodes of malaria, saving more than 140,000 lives.
PSI Malaria programs

Reproductive Health:
Every year there are 66 million unintended pregnancies and more than 500,000 deaths from pregnancy-related causes. PSI provides the information and tools necessary for couples to space the births of their children, improving the health of the entire family. In 2007, increased knowledge and access to a range of contraceptive methods is estimated to have averted 2.6 million unintended pregnancies and 13,000 maternal deaths due to complications related to pregnancy and child birth. Additionally, PSI markets clean delivery kits and multivitamins with iron and folic acid to women of reproductive age in several countries.
PSI Reproductive Health programs

Safe Water & Child Survival:
Every day 5,000 children die from diarrheal diseases caused mainly by drinking contaminated water. To prevent these diseases, PSI uses social marketing to distribute safe water products that allow families to treat their water at home. To treat dehydration caused by diarrhea, PSI markets oral rehydration salts. These products, in combination with educational communication campaigns, enabled PSI to avert an estimated 3.8 million cases of diarrhea in 2007. PSI also markets nutritional supplements, such as Sprinkles flakes which are mixed into children’s porridge or milk to prevent iron deficiency that can lead to impairment of cognitive growth.
PSI Child Survival programs

HIV:
Millions of people each year become infected with HIV. To reduce the number of infections, PSI uses a balanced and targeted approach including the promotion of abstinence, mutual fidelity and correct and consistent condom use. PSI also implements voluntary counseling and testing alongside a variety of educational and behavior change communication campaigns that discourage harmful cultural norms such as unprotected sex, cross-generational sex and stigma and prejudice against people living with HIV. In 2007, PSI products and services are estimated to have prevented more than 156,000 HIV infections.
PSI HIV programs


PSI and the Millennium Development Goals

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PSI's Mission
The mission of PSI is to measurably improve the health of poor and vulnerable people in the developing world, principally through social marketing of family planning and health products and services, and health communications. Social marketing engages private sector resources and uses private sector techniques to encourage healthy behavior and make markets work for the poor.

PSI's Core Values:
The power of markets and market mechanisms to contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor

Results and a strong focus on measurement

Speed and efficiency, with a predisposition to action and an aversion to bureaucracy

Decentralization, empowering our staff at the local level
A long-term commitment to the people we serve

 

 
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