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Malaysia seeks biotech partners

Aldridge S

Nat Biotechnol, 2009 Apr;27(4):305.
PMID: 19352354 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0409-305c
Matched MeSH terms: Public-Private Sector Partnerships/organization & administration*
Funding renal replacement therapy in southeast Asia: building public-private partnerships in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia

Morad Z, Choong HL, Tungsanga K, Suhardjono

Am J Kidney Dis, 2015 May;65(5):799-805.
PMID: 25736214 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.09.031

The provision of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in developing economies is limited by lack of financial and other resources. There are no national reimbursement policies for RRT in many countries in Asia. The Southeast Asia countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia have adopted a strategy of encouraging public-private partnerships to increase the RRT rates in their respective countries. The private organizations include both for-profit and philanthropic bodies. The latter raise funds from ordinary citizens, corporations, and faith-based groups, as well as receive subsidies from the government to support RRT for patients in need. The kidney foundations of these countries play a leadership role in this public-private partnership. Many of the private organizations that support RRT are providers of treatment in addition to offering financial assistance to patients, with hemodialysis being the most frequently supported modality. Public-private partnership in funding RRT is sustainable over the long term with proper organization and facilitated by support from the government.

Matched MeSH terms: Public-Private Sector Partnerships/organization & administration*
Realizing the promise of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Fassil H, Borrazzo J, Greene R, Jacobs T, Norton M, Stanton ME, et al.

Health Policy Plan, 2017 Sep 01;32(7):1072-1076.
PMID: 28407108 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx018

Reflecting on Storeng and Béhague ("Lives in the balance": the politics of integration in the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. Health Policy and Planning Storeng and Béhague (2016).) historical ethnography of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), this commentary provides a more current account of PMNCH's trajectory since its inception in 2005. It highlights PMNCH's distinct characteristics and how it is positioned to play an instrumental role in the current global health landscape.

Matched MeSH terms: Public-Private Sector Partnerships/organization & administration*
Fulltext Equitable Access to State-of-the-Art Medical Technology-a Malaysian Mini-Public-Private Partnership Case Study

Waran V, Thillainathan R, Karuppiah R, Pickard JD

World Neurosurg, 2022 01;157:135-142.
PMID: 34687934 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.112

BACKGROUND: The provision of equitable and affordable health care has become increasingly challenging as advanced technology is introduced, particularly in developing countries. We explored the hypothesis that focused, small-scale mini-public-private partnerships have a potential role in providing equitable and affordable access to advanced technology for the benefit of all patients in developing nations, particularly middle-income countries.
METHODS: A clinician-led financial plan was developed at the University of Malaya to create the Centre for Image Guidance and Minimally Invasive Therapy (CIGMIT) to provide an integrated platform for high-end care for Malaysian patients of all ages, both public and private, requiring complex neurosurgical and spinal procedures and stereotactic and intensity-modulated radiotherapy. The challenges faced during development of the plan were documented together with an audit of patient throughput and analyses of financial risk and return.
RESULTS: CIGMIT opened in 2015. Patient throughput, both public and private, progressively increased in all facilities. In 2015-2019, 37,724 patients used the Centre's facilities. CIGMIT has become progressively more profitable for the University of Malaya, the public and private hospitals, and the investor. CIGMIT has weathered the challenges posed by coronavirus disease 19.
CONCLUSIONS: Focused, small-scale mini-public-private partnerships have a potential role in providing advanced technology for the benefit of patients in developing nations, particularly middle-income countries, subject to an approach that balances equity of access between public and private health care systems with fair reward.

Matched MeSH terms: Public-Private Sector Partnerships/organization & administration*