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Lessons on Sustainability and Effectiveness

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Abstract

Numerous public health and development colleagues can readily present valid lists of factors associated with program success and failure, citing experiences throughout the world. Rather than going down that path or attempting to summarize such experiences, this chapter presents a program effectiveness framework by comparing experiences in two sharply contrasting countries, Thailand and Haiti, each with its own unique history, culture, and resources. We can begin with a few health statistics:

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    Data drawn from W.H.O. and UNICEF sources, and publications of Thailand’s Ministry of Health.

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  1. University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 80203, USA

    Barry Karlin

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    Elvira Beracochea

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Karlin, B. (2015). Lessons on Sustainability and Effectiveness. In: Beracochea, E. (eds) Improving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2721-0_25

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