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Public-Private Partnerships for Improving Access to Pharmaceuticals
Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health
Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health
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"To improve the effectiveness of delivery systems, governments need to strengthen capacity in a number of key areas. Capacity building should be discussed in all negotiations with partners prior to implementation of a partnership pro-gramme and the programme should be designed to improve administrative efficiency, documenta-tion and data management, and build these into existing operational mechanisms. Ministries of health should develop ways of reducing high staff turnover in an effort to retain well-trained professional staff and should have an overall strategy for human resource development. This could be the focus of a capacity building compo-nent in each partnership. Another key issue is the need to recognize the overarching role of governments. Global partnerships need to work through governments, respecting national plans as well as district and community needs. Governments must be able to fulfil their role of negotiating, approving and coordinating all public service activities, includ-ing those they are not necessarily implementing or involved in. They need to be aware of their overall responsibility, regardless of the number of initiatives and partnerships set up in support of service provision. The creation of partnership programmes to improve access does not relieve governments of their responsibility for creating policy frameworks and coordinating mechanisms. It makes it even more important that they do so."(pg 2)
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2002-11-10
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