The Global Business Coalition is an NGO, a non-governmental organization, that focuses on AIDS, TB and malaria. I was excited to find out about them and encourage you to learn more by going to their website.
From: About the Global Business Coalition
Applied Knowledge and Collaboration Get Life-Saving Results
GBC occupies a unique place in the community of NGOs—a pivotal place. We apply the private sector's special capabilities to the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. We are an unusual NGO, one comprised entirely of businesses.
Coalition members "re-purpose" their business know-how, infrastructure and reach into tools for improving public health. Combined with the work of nonprofits, multilaterals and governments, this translates into more lives saved. Business also helps turn saved lives into productive lives.
Chevron Corporation Vice Chairman Peter Robertson sums up the GBC role this way: "We have resources, but we're not experts in disease. GBC helps us apply our resources where they can really make a difference."
Says former UNAIDS head Peter Piot, "GBC is defining a new economic development model."
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