Partnerships – Development and Management

Partnerships in global health / public health are cornerstones of success for any development initiative. Partnerships can be between two entities or multiple agencies – based on the type of agencies the partnerships can be broadly categorized into public-private partnerships, private-private partnerships and public-public partnerships.

Our approach to global health partnerships:

Given the complexities inherent with healthcare, especially in a developing set up, it is important that effective, efficient and transparent partnerships are created. Such partnerships should lead not only to cost-effective implementation of a development initiative but capacity building of the partners involved. Based on the depth of the collective team experience of D360 in developing, managing and evaluating partnerships in global health we consider this area as our core competency. The salient features of our support to institutionalizing partnerships at global, regional, national and local levels would be:

• Conceptualizing partnerships based on need assessment and stakeholder analysis
• Establishing partnerships based on client needs and in consultation with proposed partners
• Guiding and managing partnerships (DP-360 also provides technical assistance during the implementation of the partnership through onsite presence)
• Establishing and managing routine supervision, monitoring and evaluation systems
• Trouble shooting of any issues arising during implementation in real time
• Evaluating partnerships through rapid appraisals and impact assessments
• Establishing and managing knowledge and database management systems using state of art software and tools and documenting the implementation and success of partnerships

DP-360 is adept at partnerships in:

1) Resource allocation – financial, human resources, drugs, equipment, logistics etc., 2) Infrastructure creation – civil and other infrastructure, 3) Research and development – studies, surveys, drugs etc., 4) Technical assistance – program / project development, establishing knowledge and database management systems, specific health and disease areas, 5) Service delivery – primarily at the national / local level; typical public private partnerships (PPPs) for improving access, 6) Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) – routine M&E, impact assessments etc.