Partnering for growth, development
Friday, March 16, 2018
My passion for public private partnership (PPP) is the reason this proverb is close to my heart. Around the World, there are plenty of examples of the value of good partnerships in the advancement of socio-economic development. In 2004, the United Kingdom government, in partnership with the private sector, developed, the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
This PPP programme resulted in the delivery of educational facilities which could have not been possible had the Government gone alone. Turkey’s Health Transformation Programme was introduced by the Government of Turkey to enhance the accessibility, efficiency, and quality of healthcare facilities. Due to the limited availability of public resources to fund these new investments in healthcare, the government decided to procure them by using the build-lease-transfer (BLT) PPP model.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...