The private sector has long played a role in delivering health care, but how could it collaborate with public bodies? Join us 4th Dec, 1-3pm GMT, to discuss
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Throughout the Ebola outbreak in west Africa, international governments and NGOs have not been alone in responding to the crisis. Data from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs put total private sector pledges and contributions at more than $150m. In Liberia, a coalition of 45 private employers formed the Ebola Private Sector Mobilisation Group to raise awareness of stopping the spread, and to prevent the isolation of those countries affected by the disease.
Sometimes it is simply a fact of the private sector having the funds for, or access to, the essentials that governments and NGOs do not. The UN's Mission for Ebola Emergency called on the international business community to assist with their response - not just through donations, but by providing airplanes and other vehicles, generators, incinerators, clinical supplies, or by training health workers.
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