Public-private partnerships for sustainable development of the global health sector

Globally, public health system is over-crowded and under-resourced. There is a role for the private provision of healthcare to fill this gap. Public-private partnerships (PPP) models are often seen as a long-term contractual arrangement between the public and private sector, with the aim to provide a partnership mechanism for developing public service provision over a period by development of infrastructure assets in health, education and transportation. Therefore, countries in the pursuit of sustained long-run macroeconomic stabilization are adopting PPP models for investing in health infrastructure for economic development and growth. Post pandemic PPPs are crucial, as countries are facing challenges of communicable diseases, inadequate infrastructure, shortage of healthcare professionals, limited health insurance, fragmented unequal healthcare system and urban-rural disparities in healthcare services provision. Global healthcare systems need to be more integrated with technology to enhance healthcare delivery with positive patient outcomes.