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 # How Smart Partnerships Can Help Us Fight Chronic Diseases in Africa

 

##### As WEF Africa gets underway, Harald Nusser, Head of Novartis Social Business, emphasizes how novel solutions between the public and the private sector are needed to effectively fight the rising epidemic of chronic diseases in Africa

 

 

 May 3, 2017 1:15 PM ET

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[How smart partnerships can help us fight chronic disease in Africa](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/how-smart-partnerships-can-help-us-fight-chronic-disease-in-africa)

We all agree we need partnerships between the public and the private sector to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) require a better understanding between partners and innovation around institutional structures to ensure accountability, risk and benefit sharing, and value for money. These are fine words but, as the representative of a large, research-based multinational, I have found that things are not always that simple...

**[Continue reading here on the WEF blog](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/how-smart-partnerships-can-help-us-fight-chronic-disease-in-africa)**



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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