Institutional commitment and HIV/Aids

Lessons from the first 3 years of the Lesotho–Boston University Collaboration

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ID15540465
AuthorsL P Babich (Boston University, corresponding author), William J Bicknell (Boston University), Larry Culpepper (0000-0002-7655-0477, Boston University), Brian W Jack (0000-0002-6497-2437, Boston University), M W Phooko, Bryant Smith, Timothy T Thahane
Year2008
Volume3
Issue4
Pages417-432
Publication date2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441690701292384
OpenAlexW2070313729
LanguageEN
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In mid-2003, Boston University made a decade long institutional commitment to collaborate with the Government of Lesotho as it grappled with the human resource implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The collaboration is a work in progress. We explore the rationale for the University's commitment, detail the development of the relationship between the Government and the University, review the principles that guide the collaboration, report on the activities, results, and challenges to date, and conclude with a look toward the future. We stress the importance of six principles: trust, mutual respect, shared interests, a long time horizon, sustainability, and a country-driven agenda. Although technical or programme content is important, long-term results of value are difficult to achieve if these principles are not honoured

Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Government (linguistics · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Sustainability · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Engineering · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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