The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Health Systems Strengthening Workshop Summary (2016) / Chapter Skim
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Frequently, partnerships between donors and other stakeholders form around these vertical disease or condition- pecific pro s grams, as stakeholders can coalesce on a specific topical area of expertise and interest. However, to sustain these successes and continue progress, there is a growing recognition of the need to strengthen health systems more broadly and build functional administrative and technical infrastructure that can support health services for all, improve the health of populations, increase the purchasing and earning power of consumers and workers, and advance global security (IOM, 2014)
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. Additionally, a health system with robust public health services includes mechanisms for monitoring health status to identify and solve community health problems; diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community; promoting health; encouraging community participation in health; developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts; enforcing laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety; promoting equitable access; developing and training human resources in public health; assuring quality; conducting public health research; and reducing the impact of emergencies and disasters on health (PAHO, 2008)
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To strengthen health systems across these domains, different actors from the public and private sectors have unique resources that they can bring to bear, for example, information and technical systems development, human resources management, financing mechanisms, and product development and delivery capacity. For the purpose of this workshop, the private sector includes all nongovernmental actors, including for-profit companies, private providers, nonprofit organizations, and foundations.
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The workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions to examine the following questions: • ow can strengthening health systems sustain and improve progress in H global health and safety, increase the purchasing and earning power of consumers and workers, and advance global security? • here and how are partnerships investing in systems strengthening, W and where are the gaps and opportunities?
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