The Public-Private Partnership For The Public Health In The United States (1987-2008)

The thesis studies the Public-Private Partnership for Public Health in the United States proceeding with three aspects—the background of the establishment,the process of establishment and development,and its evaluation.The thesis systematically interprets the imminency and feasibility and entirely marks out the developing clue and historic events.Besides,the thesis briefly concludes the achievements and obstructions and evaluates the prospect of the partnership.Public-Private Partnership for Public Health in the United States mainly contributes to the global health safety and justice,and medical and life science studies. It accelerates the process to push theoretical achievements into the clinical application and gains favorable benefits in both economy and society.The Federal Government introduced many policies,measures and institutions into practice,especially NIH and FDA,to improve the partnership of which the medicine companies and foundations' participation is also an important part.The Introduction part mainly deals with the theme's significance and its justification while the conceptions are also defined.The related academic studies are introduced and commented in the literature review.Chapter 1 analyzes the background of the partnership by discussing the imminency and feasibility,and indicates that preconditions of the partnership were well prepared.Chapter 2 studies the establishment and development of the partnership,which is the keystone of the thesis.In this chapter,the following subjects have been discussed: the NCPPP's ignorance towards public health,the FDA's policies on new medicine's studies,clinic application and health safety,NIH's policies to improve the medicine studies,the execution and the characteristics of the projects operated in the partnership,the establishment of FNIH &.Its great influence,NIH's active participation,NIH &.FDA's institutionalization and the constitution of a series of important programs.Chapter 3 analyzes and evaluates the Public-Private Partnership for Public Health in the United States in 20 years since it was executed.This chapter concludes the achievement,experience,challenges and impact of the partnership.The conclusion reviews the discussion and viewpoints of the entire thesis and interprets the academic values of the study on the public-private partnership for public health.