Why Public-Private Partnerships?
A number of factors are adding to the growing interest in creating public-private partnerships in health. One major factor is the complexity of the health and social problems faced by many countries and the realization that solving them requires collaboration among organizations from many sectors and at many different levels. Another factor is the growing awareness that an inter- sectoral approach to health service delivery is more efficient and cost-effective than separate, uncoordinated efforts. Other factors behind the movement to form public-private partnerships include: • political and economic changes; • health-sector reform; • increasing pressures on resources for health; • interest in involveing communities in health. In Support of Partnerships The Programme of Action developed at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt in 1994 acknowledged the important role of local, national, and international NGOs and the private sector in populatio
