The Rockefeller Foundation chaired the session Improving Health Outcomes in Mixed Public-Private Health Systems at the research symposium at the Global Health Council in Washington DC. The ACCESS Health International presented a study of the Health Sector Reform in Andhra Pradesh.

The panel presented new research on strategies to harness the resources of the private health sector by creating effective frameworks for improved public-private collaboration with the goal of attaining better performing “mixed” health systems. More specifically, presenters focused on ways for key stakeholders (e.g. national governments, donors and international institutions) to support the development of models that recognize opportunities to harness the private health sector, while mitigating the serious risks that can occur when the private sector operates unregulated. This research was completed by the technical partners of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Transforming Health Systems (THS) initiative.

The ACCESS Health International presented initiatives under the Health Sector Reform in Andhra Pradesh with a major social protection scheme, purchasing of healthcare services and a reform program for improved management. Challenges with implementation and opportunities for support was also presented.