title: Uzbekistan drug airlift: a quantitative analysis of public/private collaboration.
abstract: Uzbekistan is a country within Central Asia resting on a precarious plane of health, economic, and social problems affecting its stability. In an effort to aid the stability of the country, the U.S. along with numerous non-government organizations (NGOs) and private organizations worked together to carry out a program entitled Operation Provide Hope 2002, a humanitarian operation responsible for the donation of over $50 million in medicines and medical supplies. An analysis of the context within which the program was carried out, along with a look at both the costs and benefits of the operation show that the benefits far outweigh the costs both in quantitative and qualitative terms.
authors.affiliation: Center for Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. albert.wertheimer@temple.edu
authors.forename: Albert I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Wertheimer
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Santella
authors.forename: Veronica M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Arroyave
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007391:International Cooperation; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics; D014610:Uzbekistan
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations