Private Sector Engagement

In recent years, we have seen a shift in the approach to development with increased focus on how donors can better engage the private sector to achieve greater impact and scale. In global health, we have many successful partnerships with the private sector that help us save and improve lives.
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How USAID Engages the Private Sector

Successful private sector engagement (PSE) in global health can increase impact, advance America’s interests and use USAID resources strategically. PSE can significantly contribute to four global health impact goals: greater scale, higher efficiency, more value for money and enhanced sustainability. Read the full story .

Utilizing Public-private Partnerships to Reduce HIV Infections in Young African Women

Through the ambitious public-private partnership, called DREAMS, USAID, through PEPFAR, is working to decrease the rate of new HIV infections in young women across 10 sub-Saharan African countries. Read the full story.

Project Last Mile

Project Last Mile (PLM) is a partnership with USAID, The Coca-Cola Company and others thatleverages the proprietary business intelligence and experience of the Coca-Cola system to improve access to life-saving medicines and medical supplies at the “last mile” of African nations. Read the full story.

Media Mentions

Look Ahead

June 13, 2018: UAVs in Global Health Webinar [PDF, 279KB]

June 21, 2018:Saving Mothers, Giving Life event

June 27, 2018: Empathy: The Emperor’s New Clothes – or Public Health’s Emerging Superhero?

Global Health Voices

PODCAST – Private Sector Partnerships

A Conversation with Sonak Pastakia, Jefferson Science Fellow at USAID, on the role of the private sector in scaling up access to health care in Kenya.

Global Health Highlights

USAID Pledges up to $8 Million for Ebola Response in the DRC

A new outbreak of Ebola was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in early May. USAID has responded swiftly by pledging to provide up to $8 million to help prevent the spread of this deadly disease. Read the full story.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Launches Outbreak Exhibit

On Friday, May 18, The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History launched "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World,” which spotlights the human causes of infectious disease epidemics and their consequences. USAID's Emerging Pandemic Threats portfolio and outbreak response activities will be featured throughout this exhibit, which goes through 2021. Read the full story.

Engaging Private Providers to Improve TB Outcomes in Indonesia

In Indonesia, private providers see 74 percent of initial care-seeking patients and provide nearly half of all TB treatment, but these providers have historically been excluded from national government interventions. USAID’s Indonesia Mission, Washington/TB team and CII engaged the Boston Consulting Group to apply an end-user focus to this problem. A joint USAID and Indonesian government report outlining the study and recommendations was recently published: Engaging Private Providers to Improve TB Outcomes in Indonesia [PDF, 815KB].

Tiny Hospital can Go Anywhere, Unfold in Minutes

In response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic, USAID issued Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge for Development, which harnessed the power of crowdsourcing, competition, and partnerships to identify 14 breakthrough innovations, including the Emergency Smart Pod, a rapidly deployable health care setting that can serve as an isolation center or patient care unit during infectious disease outbreaks. Read full story.

Ghana and Nepal Eliminate Trachoma, a Disease that Causes Blindness

In May the World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced that both Ghana and Nepal achieved a significant public health milestone, namely the elimination of trachoma, a neglected tropical disease that can lead to blindness. Ghana and Nepal join Cambodia, Laos, Mexico, Morocco, and Oman in achieving acknowledgement of trachoma elimination. Read the full story.