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Company-Community Partnerships for Health Worldwide Brochure

Alene Gelbard, Director of the Public Health Institute's Company-Community Partnerships for Health Worldwide (CCPHW) project, presented on its project in Indonesia, CCPHI, funded by the Ford Foundation. CCPHI was established in 2007 based on results from an informal survey that was conducted to examine what private companies thought would be required to improve women's health in Indonesia. The results of the survey indicated that companies identified public-private partnerships (PPPs) as the answer to improving women's health, but that a lack of trust among the different sectors and a lack of knowledge around partnership building confronted PPP endeavors. As a result, the cornerstone of the CCPHI is the Health and Business Roundtable forum, which brings together companies and NGOs to build trust, network, and learn from each other. Meetings are held quarterly, are all off-the-record, and are without media attention, marketing or PR to facilitate trust building and establish a safe-space to speak openly. The Health and Business Roundtable now has nearly 100 member organizations including 41 companies from seven different industries, 53 NGOs that include the two largest faith-based organizations in Indonesia representing 70 million people, and five different associations with major reach potential. To learn more, including about tools and how partners are identified, please visit http://www.ccphw.org/.