Public-private partnerships : mobilizing resources to achieve public health goals (English)

Public-private partnerships (PPP) can achieve positive public health results and at the same time meet the individual organizational goals of the partners. Such partnerships allow considerable leveraging of each partner s resources and unique strengths... See More + Public-private partnerships (PPP) can achieve positive public health results and at the same time meet the individual organizational goals of the partners. Such partnerships allow considerable leveraging of each partner s resources and unique strengths, and results are often attained in less time, at lower cost, and with greater sustainability than efforts by any single partner. From 1996 to 1999, public, private, and donor organizations in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras formed the Central American Hand washing Initiative. Together, four soap companies and two projects supported by the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) designed an advertising and promotional campaign for effective hand washing with soap aimed at reducing diarrheal disease in children. They collaborated with ministries of health and education and other development organizations in the region to carry out the campaign.  See Less -