The problems facing the world (e.g., AIDS) now are really different than the problems in the past. Does any of this really apply to todays challenges?
In almost all the cases that we now call successes, the challenges seemed extremely daunting – similar to the challenge of the HIV/AIDS crisis around the world. There were moments in each case when the disease seemed insurmountable, the technology was still on the drawing board (or too expensive or unusable in developing country conditions), the funding was nowhere in sight, international agencies were squabbling, and no one appeared ready to take up the challenge. The lessons gleaned from the success in each case – stemming from a combination of science, luck, money, vision, and management talent – provide both inspiration and essential lessons for how major success can again be achieved. • Were these programs all run by donors, with expatriate technical staff? Slightly more than half of the cases in the book relied on donor funding to achieve their objectives. Even in these cases, however, the involvement of the governments and local communities in the affected countries was essentia
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