Why importing global healthcare lessons is important to North Carolina
Editor’s note: Janet Cowell was North Carolina’s State Treasurer from 2009-16. Matthew Leatherman was her Policy Director in 2015-16. Cowell and Leatherman submitted this guest opinion in advance of the Triangle Global Health Consortium’s annual conference, “Making a Difference: Global Health and its Social, Economic, and Political Impact,” today in Raleigh. RALEIGH – Twenty-six thousand North Carolinians work for the global health sector, according to recent research by RTI International for the Triangle Global Health Consortium, and their work adds about $3.7 billion to the state’s economy annually. That’s about $370 for every person in the state. Jobs and...
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