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Uzbekistan is a country within Central Asia resting on a precarious plane of health, economic, and social problems affecting its stability. In an effort to aid the stability of the country, the U.S. along with numerous non-government organizations (NGOs) and private organizations worked together to carry out a program entitled Operation Provide Hope 2002, a humanitarian operation responsible for the donation of over $50 million in medicines and medical supplies. An analysis of the context within which the program was carried out, along with a look at both the costs and benefits of the operation show that the benefits far outweigh the costs both in quantitative and qualitative terms.
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Wertheimer, A.I., Santella, T.M. & Arroyave, V.M. Uzbekistan Drug Airlift: a Quantitative Analysis of Public/private Collaboration. Pharm World Sci 27, 344–350 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-005-6000-7
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