Over the last ten years, the financing and diversity of new players in global health have increased significantly. Ten years ago it would have been difficult to predict some of these changes — Bill Gates programming global health rather than software; NGOs formally governing a US$20 billion health fund; WHO convening a range of partnerships; financial markets launching bonds to support vaccines. This volume assesses the range of innovative partnerships which are now near the heart of health diplomacy. It then describes the negotiations to integrate new players into development, which has changed health governance at global and country level. The chapters represent unique and concrete perspectives on these issues — from activists, private sector, country ministers of health, district health workers, multilaterals and those working in these partnerships — from the global right down to the community level.

• Common Themes:
  • Origins and Diversity of Health Partnerships (Richard Manning)
  • Negotiating with New Partners to Increase the Effectiveness and Volume of Aid: The Role of Global Funds (Paul Isenman and Alexander Shakow)
  • Managing Health Partnerships at Country Level (Hareya Fassil and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus)
  • Managing for Results: A “Common Currency” to Coordinate Health Development (Daniel Low-Beer)
  • Country Health Systems and Global Health Partnerships: What are the Challenges, How to Think about Them, and What to Do Differently (Dean Shuey and Rebecca Dodd)
  • Limitations of Partnerships: Taking the Agenda Forward (Margret Thalwitz)
• Integrating New Partnerships at Global Level:
  • Global Health Programmes: Negotiating Aid Effectiveness into New Partnerships (Prerna Banati and Daniel Low-Beer)
  • Malaria: Partnerships in Malaria Control (Bernard L Nahlen and Richard W Steketee)
  • Innovative Approaches to Financing Development: The GAVI Alliance (Bjorg Sandkjaer)
  • PEPFAR: A Results-Driven Approach to International HIV Support (Katherine Marconi, Paul Bouey and Mark Dybul)
  • Private Foundations: Their Role in Financing and Health Governance (Nina Ingenkamp and Daniel Low-Beer)
  • Private Sector: New Ways of Doing Business (Dida Connor, David Evans and Brian Brink)
  • Civil Society Partners: Claiming Spaces for Civil Society in Global Health (Josh Galjour and Asia Russell)
• Integrating New Partnerships at Country Level:
  • Governance and Sustainable Financing in Southern Africa: Swaziland, a Case Study (Alan Whiteside)
  • Negotiating Aid Reform in Vietnam: Unpacking “Country” Ownership (Rebecca Dodd and Jean-Marc Olivé)
  • Ethiopia: Aligning Stakeholders Behind National Health Plans (W Lemma, N Kedir, G Azene, B Abdosh, J Aliy and O Bushen)
  • India: Scaling HIV Prevention Through Partnerships — The Avahan Experience (Aparajita Ramakrishnan, Sema K Sgaier and Ashok Alexander)
  • Russia: Key Characteristics of the NGO AIDS Response: Assertive Leadership, Professional Reputation, and Broad Partnerships (Alexey Bobrik)
  • State Fragility: Working with Partners to Achieve Health Results in African Countries (Erling Høg)
  • Health Communities: Social Capital and Effective Partnerships — Building on Community Responses (Daniel Low-Beer)
• Conclusions — Towards an Innovative Global Health Partnership (Daniel Low-Beer)