Filling the human resource gap through public-private partnership: Can private, community-based skilled birth attendants improve maternal health service utilization and health outcomes in a remote region of Bangladesh?

Private-sector approaches, when coupled with robust efforts to strengthen and collaborate with the public sector, can work successfully to deliver services in underserved communities. The success of this model lends credence to the growing appreciation that reaching our development targets will require governments to work in partnership with private sector actors and highlights the potential of private-public partnerships as we drive towards universal health coverage.