Healthcare Magazine December 2018 | Page 42

LEADERSHIP

“ We need to join forces , beyond industry and sectors , public and private , to really have an impact ”

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— Harald Nusser , Head of Novartis Social Business
Health has developed a close relationship with the government in Kenya , where our results have been conducted together with the government . Based on this , we can improve health and develop jointly .
“ I was also confronted with the fact that legally we could also not claim our malaria programme to be a success . Despite the fact that we now know that we have shipped more than 900mn life-saving or potentially life-saving treatments of our antimalarials , the proof individually measured was not there because we never engaged so far into proper and independent monitoring and evaluation ,” he says .
“ We have changed this with through the use of Novartis Access . Together with Boston University , we have also
DECEMBER 2018