Partners in Health, Boston-based, not-for-profit that provides medical care to people in some of the poorest regions of the world, including Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda and Peru. In 1998, PIH has established a program (PACT) in Boston to help bring AIDS and tuberculosis, which were not well served by the existing system of care. PIH program description in the developing world, and how the lessons learned in these countries informed design and management of PACT. Considers the balance between customized and standardized approaches to care and challenges students to examine their preconceived notions about the social role of delivering health organization. Dr. Heidi Behforouz, director of the Covenant must decide honed design services in developing countries could be more widely deployed in one of the richest countries in the world. "Hide
by Richard Bohmer, Josh Friedman Source: Harvard Business School 23 pages. Publication Date: September 26, 2007. Prod. #: 608065-PDF-ENG
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