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Product Development Partnerships: Delivering Innovation for the Elimination of African Trypanosomiasis?
Emma Michelle Taylor1, James Smith2
1Department of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, UK.
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
|January 19, 2020
Summary
Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) have been crucial in developing new tools for controlling African trypanosomiasis. These organizations successfully delivered innovations in diagnostics and treatments, highlighting their vital role in disease control.
Area of Science:
- Neglected tropical diseases
- Global health innovation
- Parasitic disease research
Background:
- African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a 'tool-deficient' disease.
- Limited innovations exist for its control and elimination.
- Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) aim to address this gap.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the role of PDPs in delivering new tools for African trypanosomiasis.
- To understand the mechanisms used by PDPs to foster innovation.
- To assess the impact of PDPs on disease control efforts.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of three PDPs: DNDi, FIND, and GALVmed.
- Focus on drugs, diagnostics, and animal health innovations.
- Key informant interviews within each organization.
Main Results:
- PDPs have delivered new innovations for diagnosis and treatment.
- They successfully brokered innovation and private sector involvement.
- These innovations likely would not have emerged without PDPs.
Conclusions:
- PDPs play a significant role in delivering health innovations.
- PDPs are shifting towards a greater brokering role, influenced by donors.
- Donors should optimize incentives for PDPs to ensure continued product delivery.
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