| Description |
1 online resource (14 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
International business online (text) |
| Summary |
The case examines the accuracy-access tradeoff related to the roll-out of infant HIV diagnostics in Tanzania. Tanzania has a prevalent HIV/AIDS problem, particularly in children. As of 2007, Tanzania had an estimated 140,000 children infected with HIV. Existing lab-based diagnostic equipment was either inaccurate for use in infants or required highly skilled health workers. Tanzania's limited infrastructure also forced healthcare providers to choose between providing advanced care to a minority of the population and offering minimal care to the majority with poor access. The case focuses on the decisions facing Kara Palamountain, the executive director of the Global Health Initiative, in her roll-out recommendations for infant HIV tests in Tanzania. It examines key factors of working in a developing country, including the need to operate in the absence of sufficient market research, balance the competing agendas of different stakeholders, and mitigate external risks such as major international funding drying up |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed July 24, 2014) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
This edition in English |
| Subject |
GHI (Firm) -- Case studies
|
|
HIV-positive children -- Tanzania -- Case studies
|
|
Health services accessibility -- Tanzania -- Case studies
|
|
Health services accessibility.
|
|
HIV-positive children.
|
|
Tanzania.
|
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Kellogg School of Management.
|
|
