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Focus 3

Strengthening public-private partnerships

he public-private partnership HIV, tuberculosis, neglected tropical
T(PPP) concept was initially disease and chronic disease, and
promoted to make up for the health information management
inadequacies of the build-operate- system promotion as the main
transfer (BOT) model and to enhance focuses. The TaiwanICDF plays an
private sector involvement in active role in integrating Taiwan’s
government-led public construction. public health and medical projects,
In recent years, the application inviting medical institutions to send
of PPP has been extended into joint teams to Taiwan’s partner
different areas. To effectively utilize countries to plan and carry out
Taiwan’s comparative advantages international public health and
and development experience, medical projects, thereby assisting
the TaiwanICDF has stepped up partner countries to strengthen their
action in strengthening domestic health care systems. industry has more advantages and
PPPs in our priority areas to As of end of 2016, the TaiwanICDF, competitiveness than any other
contribute to global cooperation and together with 35 cooperating units, industries in Taiwan.
development. has implemented nine public With this in mind, the TaiwanICDF
health and medical projects and specially held the Workshop on
Acting as platform for the Healthcare Personnel Training Photovoltaic Development in 2016,
integration of international Program. In addition, we held the aiming to use cooperation and
medical assistance resources 2016 International Public Health partnership between the public
Ta iwa n ha s ac cum ul ated and Medical Assistance Practice and private sectors to channel
extensive experience in public Forum, providing the opportunity the expertise and capability of the
health and medicine since it first for the public and private sectors to domestic photovoltaic industry
dispatched medical personnel to engage in discussion to strengthen into training programs for clean
Africa to provide medical services the potential for collaboration, using energy professionals for the partner
in 1962. In light of this advantage, Taiwan’s advantages in public health countries.
since 2005, the TaiwanICDF has and medicine to collectively pursue In addition, through introducing
served as an international medical the SDG health targets. the development of photovoltaic
assistance resource integration technology in Taiwan and bringing
platform with an active presence Building human capacity for in industry resources, potential
on the ground in partner countries partner countries in the clean opportunities for cooperation
and successively cooperated with energy sector through PPPs between Taiwan and the target
various medical institutions in Taiwan, In the area of the environment, countries of the New Southbound
creating a triple-win situation through clean energy is a mainstream Policy can be created. For the
the tripartite cooperation between initiative in the SDGs. Looking at TaiwanICDF, in addition to training
the TaiwanICDF, partner countries Taiwan’s development of clean professionals in related industries
and domestic medical institutions. energy resources at the present in partner countries, PPPs can also
In line with the SDGs, in stage, according to the National make more efficient use of public
recent years, the medical service Energy Program Office of the resources. For the domestic industry,
assistance model of the past has Ministry of Science and Technology, this platform can be utilized to
been extended to raising the public Taiwan ranks fourth in the solar foster connections with industries in
health and medical standards of energy industry and second in solar ASEAN and South Asian countries
partner countries, with maternal cell manufacturing in the world, to expand overseas business
and newborn health, prevention of demonstrating that the solar energy opportunities.

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