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The proliferation of public-private partnerships is rapidly reconfiguring the international health landscape. This article traces the changing nature of partnership and discusses the definitional and conceptual ambiguities surrounding the term. After defining global public-private partnerships (GPPPs) for health development, it analyses the factors which have lead to the convergence of public and private actors and discusses the consequences of the trend toward partnership between UN agencies and commercial entities in the health sector. Generic factors such as globalisation and disillusionment with the UN, and factors specific to the health sector, such as market failure in product development for orphan diseases, are examined. Reviewed are the interests, policies, practices and concerns of the UN, the private not-for-profit sector, bilateral organisations, and governments of low-income countires with respect to public-private partnership. While GPPPs bring much needed resources to the problems of international health, this article highlights concerns regarding this new organisational format

The globalisation resource page on the Eldis website has the latest news on globalisation as well as links to over 1000 other documents and websites relating to globalisation. The themes of the resource guide cover production, trade and labour markets; capital flows, investment and debt; globalisation and poverty; global governance and institutions; watching the World Bank/IMF; corporate social responsibility; aid, growth and governance

This site links through to GAIN publications and information about the organisation’s project. There is also a variety of information about micronutrient deficiencies, including maps and data. GAIN’s mission is to reduce malnutrition through the use of food fortification and other strategies aimed at improving the health and nutrition of populations at risk. The organisation builds partnerships between the public and private sectors