Uzbekistan drug airlift: a quantitative analysis of public/private collaboration.

Uzbekistan is a country within Central Asia resting on a precarious plane of health, economic, and social problems affecting its stability. In an effort to aid the stability of the country, the U.S. along with numerous non-government organizations (NGOs) and private organizations worked together to carry out a program entitled Operation Provide Hope 2002, a humanitarian operation responsible for the donation of over $50 million in medicines and medical supplies. An analysis of the context within which the program was carried out, along with a look at both the costs and benefits of the operation show that the benefits far outweigh the costs both in quantitative and qualitative terms.