Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health

Citation

(2002), "Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 15 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2002.06215eae.001

Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health

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Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health

Reich, M.R. (Ed.)2002Harvard University PressISBN 0-674-00865-0

Global health problems require global solutions, and public-private partnerships are increasingly called upon to provide these solutions. Such partnerships involve private corporations in collaboration with governments, international agencies, and non-governmental organisations. They can be very productive, but they also bring their own problems. This volume examines the organisational and ethical challenges of partnerships and suggests ways to address them. How do organisations with different values, interests, and world-views come together to resolve critical public health issues? How are shared objectives and shared values created within a partnership? How are relationships of trust fostered and sustained in the face of the inevitable conflicts, uncertainties, and risks of partnership?

This book focuses on public-private partnerships that seek to expand the use of specific products to improve health conditions in poor countries. The volume includes case studies of partnerships involving specific diseases such as trachoma and river blindness, international organisations such as the World Health Organisation, multinational pharmaceutical companies, and products such as medicines and vaccines. Individual chapters draw lessons from successful partnerships as well as troubled ones in order to help guide efforts to reduce global health disparities.