Strategic purchasing of health services and infrastructure can prove to be very valuable in achieving UHC in Low and Middle Income countries (LMICs) that have to optimize limited resources to provide adequate healthcare to its citizens. The brief explains this by illustrating experience in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana,, Indonesia, Kyrgys Republic, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Vietnam and highlights ‘four factors…that are essential to take into account when considering strategic partnership implementation,’