HSC 4624 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Médecins Sans Frontières, Nobel Peace Prize, Oxfam
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Is what turned hiv/aids from a death sentence to the manageable disease it is today by vocalizing their distraught and views on the. Located in new york city and has offices in bangkok and nairobi. Has been the most involved in global health. Involved in healthcare following natural disasters or humanitarian emergencies related to war and famine: msf helped nicaragua after their earthquake, ethiopia during famine, and somalia after woar, engaged in helping refugees and displaces people. Involved in nutrition and disease control efforts as well as efforts to increase access to essential medicines. Hiv/aids, tb, and malaria: public-private partnerships: merging of public and private organizations to combine their strengths, medicine, knowledge, and ideas were out dated and the rockefeller. Foundation thought of the idea of merging these two sectors together: allows broader sources for finances, aims to develop new products called product development partnerships, aeras, global alliance for tb drug development, malaria vaccine.
