Public–Private Partnerships in Global Health

To the Editor: In their Perspective article on public–private partnerships in global health, Iliff and Jha (March 21 issue) 1 make some excellent points about the value of these arrangements, but their proposed criteria for a standardized evaluation are problematic. From an ethical perspective, the three criteria that the authors propose present a somewhat awkward combination of different theoretical approaches, ranging from a principled assessment of unethical activities to a utilitarian assessment of costs and benefits. The authors also do not suggest whether all three criteria should apply at the same time or whether failure to adhere to any one of . . .