Strategies to Promote the International Private Sector’s Contribution to Global Health Beyond an “Established” Community

Abstract

Our prioritized areas are i) re-mapping private companies that make a contribution to global health to create a new evaluation tool to promote investment from the private sector; ii) advocating the reform of UN procurement and public procurement mechanisms in emerging countries to Japanese and other private companies, and; iii) promoting regulatory harmonization on medical devices/equipment beyond borders and building capacity for regulators and policymakers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Of these focus areas, we are commencing specific projects to explore the first two items. In this paper, we share our proposed solution to global health issues from the perspective of the effective promotion of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).