From another extremely useful list serve we received the following news. Has
anyone ever succeeded in getting past the barrier of front line assistants
to remind Bill and Melinda that in the long run it's more effective (even
financially) to prevent (health promotion) than fix?
abb

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From: Eberhard Wenzel <[log in to unmask]>
To: iphw <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 2:06 AM
Subject: DRUGS/VACCINES: Gates Grants $30 Million To Improve Access


> iphw - http://www.ldb.org/iphw/index.htm
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> DRUGS/VACCINES: Gates Grants $30 Million To Improve Access
>
> The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant of almost
> $30 million to Management Sciences for Health to improve the drug
> supply systems in developing countries, to improve health care
> cooperation between public and private sectors and to promote
> sustainable access to priority drugs and vaccines around the world.
>
> http://www.msh.org/features/gates/index.html
>
> "Worldwide, millions of adults and children die each year from
> diseases that could have been treated or prevented if effective and
> affordable drugs and vaccines had been available and used properly,"
> said Dr. Ron O'Connor of Management Sciences for Health, a nonprofit
> educational and scientific organization. "We are grateful to the Bill and
> Melinda Gates Foundation for giving us this opportunity to demonstrate
> that local-level, public-private collaboration can significantly increase
> access and equity."
>
> During the next five years, the organization will work in collaboration
> with the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the US Agency
> for International Development and other agencies on programs to
> develop and test ways to make drugs and vaccines more available to
> those in the developing world (Management Sciences for Health
> release, 5 Sep).
>
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> Eberhard Wenzel MA PhD
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> I saw a sign: 'Rest Area 25 Miles'. That's pretty big.
> Some people must be really tired.
> Steven Wright
>
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