Social Responsibility, International Development, and Institutional Commitment: Lessons from the Boston University Experience
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Social responsibility, international development, and institutional commitment: lessons from the Boston University experience.
Boston University (BU) has a long history of a strong social mission and commitment to service. In August 2003, BU made an institutional commitment to work with the country of Lesotho to tackle the human capital implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Surrounded by South Africa, and with a population of two million, Lesotho, a stable democracy, suffers the world's third-highest adult HIV prevale...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e3181609456