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Government and Corporate Support Together Help Africans Battling Malaria, AIDS

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, May 9th, 2008

A volunteer nurse from Zambia and executives from the healthcare company McKesson Corp. spoke with lawmakers in Washington to emphasize the importance of joint efforts in the fight against malaria and AIDS, at meetings organized by the international humanitarian agency World Vision in recognition of World Malaria Day.

Ron Simpson, Vice President of Sales for McKesson's Medical-Surgical unit, and Lister Namutowe Chingangu, founder of a home-based caregiver organization in Lusaka, Zambia, emphasized the impact of public-private partnerships in responding to the global AIDS and malaria crises. They joined World Vision's global health policy advocates to urge continued U.S....

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