Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its Forms
BackgroundEvery country is affected by some form of malnutrition. Some governments and nutrition experts look to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to address the burden of malnutrition. However, nutrition-related PPPs face opposition, are difficult to form, and there is limited evidence of their ef...
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| description | BackgroundEvery country is affected by some form of malnutrition. Some governments and nutrition experts look to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to address the burden of malnutrition. However, nutrition-related PPPs face opposition, are difficult to form, and there is limited evidence of their effectiveness. MethodsWe conducted a literature review and 30 semi-structured interviews with individuals involved in or researching nutrition-related PPPs to identify the factors that shape their creation and effectiveness in food systems. ResultsSeveral factors make it difficult to establish nutrition-related PPPs in food systems: a lack of understanding of the causal pathways behind many nutrition problems; a weak architecture for the global governance of nutrition; power imbalances between public and private sector nutrition actors; and disagreements in the nutrition community on the advisability of engaging the private sector. These complexities in turn make it difficult for PPPs to be effective once established due to goal ambiguity and misalignment, resource imbalances, and weak accountability. ConclusionIf effective nutrition-related PPPs are to be established, private sector conflicts of interest must be addressed, trust deficits between private and public sector actors must be surmounted, and evidence must be assessed as to whether PPPs can achieve more for public health nutrition than private and public sector actors working separately. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8201c26a07ee48cf83fad0e3c16adc702023-03-07T09:08:34ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392021-12-0110Special Issue on Political Economy of Food Systems93494510.34172/ijhpm.2020.2624002Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its FormsJessica Fanzo0Yusra Ribhi Shawar1Tara Shyam2Shreya Das3Jeremy Shiffman4The Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAThe Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAIndependent Consultant, Singapore, SingaporeIndependent Consultant, New Delhi, IndiaThe Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USABackgroundEvery country is affected by some form of malnutrition. Some governments and nutrition experts look to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to address the burden of malnutrition. However, nutrition-related PPPs face opposition, are difficult to form, and there is limited evidence of their effectiveness. MethodsWe conducted a literature review and 30 semi-structured interviews with individuals involved in or researching nutrition-related PPPs to identify the factors that shape their creation and effectiveness in food systems. ResultsSeveral factors make it difficult to establish nutrition-related PPPs in food systems: a lack of understanding of the causal pathways behind many nutrition problems; a weak architecture for the global governance of nutrition; power imbalances between public and private sector nutrition actors; and disagreements in the nutrition community on the advisability of engaging the private sector. These complexities in turn make it difficult for PPPs to be effective once established due to goal ambiguity and misalignment, resource imbalances, and weak accountability. ConclusionIf effective nutrition-related PPPs are to be established, private sector conflicts of interest must be addressed, trust deficits between private and public sector actors must be surmounted, and evidence must be assessed as to whether PPPs can achieve more for public health nutrition than private and public sector actors working separately.https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4002_9ad7eca224db3e3804c11dc6b388a4f7.pdfpublic-private partnershipsfood systemsnutritionaccountabilitytrusttransparency |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Fanzo Yusra Ribhi Shawar Tara Shyam Shreya Das Jeremy Shiffman Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its Forms International Journal of Health Policy and Management public-private partnerships food systems nutrition accountability trust transparency |
| title | Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its Forms |
| title_full | Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its Forms |
| title_fullStr | Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its Forms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its Forms |
| title_short | Challenges to Establish Effective Public-Private Partnerships to Address Malnutrition in All Its Forms |
| title_sort | challenges to establish effective public private partnerships to address malnutrition in all its forms |
| topic | public-private partnerships food systems nutrition accountability trust transparency |
| url | https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4002_9ad7eca224db3e3804c11dc6b388a4f7.pdf |
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