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The Engagement of Philanthropy

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This chapter notes the increasing role of philanthropy in health care and discusses how it can be engaged more effectively to aid the treatment of kidney diseases whose case has not been made strongly enough in the past. It explains that while greater use of technology continues to raise the cost of treatment, partnerships between the state and private resources have softened the impact both in the industrialized and developing countries. This chapter uses the example of Pakistan to illustrate how, even in a low-income country, philanthropy can successfully aid patients with this affliction. Finally, the chapter suggests ways in which philanthropists can be motivated to support this important cause.

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    Anecdotal, Dr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha (Founding President) Aga Khan University.

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  1. Board of Directors of Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Shamsh Kassim-Lakha MBA (Founding President, Aga Khan University and Chairman)

  2. Aga Khan University, 39B, South Sea View Ave., DHA2, Karachi, Sindh, 75500, Pakistan

    Shamsh Kassim-Lakha MBA (Founding President, Aga Khan University and Chairman)

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  1. Department of Surgery Section of Urology, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan

    Jamsheer J. Talati

  2. Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1, Solna, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden

    Hans-Goran Tiselius

  3. , Syracuse University, Crouse Hospital, 1226 East Water Street, New York, 13210, New York, USA

    David M. Albala

  4. , Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, China, People's Republic

    ZHANGQUN YE

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Kassim-Lakha, S. (2012). The Engagement of Philanthropy. In: Talati, J., Tiselius, HG., Albala, D., YE, Z. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4387-1_111

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