A value for money perspective on global health initiative market-shaping activities

Cheri Grace, 2010

Poster prepared for the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Montreux, 16-19 November 2010

In the current economic environment donors are under increasing pressure to demonstrate value for money. As a large portion of the money spent by major global health initiatives is on health technologies, an obvious question is: are global health initiatives influencing market dynamics in ways that encourage value for money, and if so, how?