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Mapping global health partnerships: what they are, what they do and where they operate
Highest percentage of Global Health Partnerships found in African countries
Authors:
C. Carlson
Publisher:
Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2004
This paper, from the DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC) aims to provide a common understanding of what Global Health Partnerships (GHPs) are, how they might be classified and how they operate. The document reviews definitions of GHPs, outlines a classification system used in the Resource Centre’s broader GHP project, describes the key findings, and provides a detailed list of GHPs with their missions, aims and/or objectives. It also details a global GHP mapping exercise, which examined prevalence or cases of specific diseases of interest to target GHPs, poverty, and political and health systems characteristics.
The document classes GHPs into four categories: research and development, including discovery and development of new therapies; technical assistance/services support, including drug donations; advocacy at national and international levels; and financing, which includes providing funds for specific programmes. Its findings show that Africa has the highest level of GHPs and there is a high correlation between GDP levels and numbers of GHPs. However, neither the type of government (authoritarian to democratic) nor the percentage of public spending going to the health sector were found to be correlated with the number and type of GHPs operating in a country. [adapted from author]
