Fighting malaria in urban India: Public and private sector stakeholders join forces

Abstract

Many diseases that most endanger public health are now being dealt with by private sector providers rather than public sector or not-for-profit agencies. This shift is especially marked in South and Southeast Asia where even the poor usually choose private services. Policymakers can no longer afford to ignore private healthcare's potential for achieving - or undermining - public health goals. Studies in Surat, India by researchers from the Government Medical College, Surat and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have forged new cross-sector linkages for better malaria control