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    Building the business case for health sector strengthening

    London-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC announced a commitment Friday to train more than 9,000 health workers in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria in partnership with NGOs and in-country governments. What does it take to build the case for private sector investment in health systems?

    By Jeff Tyson // 22 May 2015

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    As the Ebola virus in West Africa wanes, multilateral and bilateral donors along with NGOs and country governments are making a concerted push to strengthen health systems across the developing world to protect against future health crises.

    But at what point does health systems strengthening become a good business investment for the private sector?

    The U.K.-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC announced today that it will invest more than $9 million over the course of three years to support the training of more than 9,000 health workers in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.

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      Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.

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