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Can Public-Private Partnerships Help Stop AIDS in Africa? Lessons from Botswana

Event Info

Event Type

  • Public Event

Location

  • Jurys Washington Hotel, Doyle Ballroom A, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
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Time

  • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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Research Topics


June 6, 2007

Center for Global Development and Merck & Co., Inc co-hosted Can Public-Private Partnerships Help Stop AIDS in Africa? Lessons from Botswana on June 6, 2007. An innovative model for fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa is being piloted in Botswana through a public-private partnership involving the Government of Botswana, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Merck & Co., Inc. The partnership is intended to help Botswana achieve an "AIDS-Free Generation by 2016" by expanding prevention, supporting treatment, increasing counseling and testing, and empowering communities.

The event featured Dr. Themba Moeti, Managing Director of African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships. Discussants included David Greeley, Senior Director, HIV/AIDS Programs, Merck & Co., Inc. and Board Member, African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships, April Harding, Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development and Mead Over, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development. The event was moderated by Nandini Oomman, Director, HIV/AIDS Monitor, Center for Global Development.

Download Dr. Themba Moeti's presentation (pdf, 786K)

Download Mead Over's presentation (pdf, 315K)

Read Mead Over's chapter, "Impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the health sectors of developing countries," from Markus Haacker's The macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS (IMF, 2004)