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Polio Eradication—Within Our Reach?

David Besanko
Sarah Gillis
Sisi Shen

Kellogg School of Management Cases

ISSN: 2474-6568

Publication date: 20 January 2017

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Abstract

After analyzing and discussing the case, students will be able to:

  • Understand the nature of a global public good

  • Perform a back-of-the-envelope benefit-cost analysis of polio eradication

  • Discuss the appropriate strategy for eradicating an infectious disease

  • Apply game theory to analyzing which countries would be likely to contribute funds toward global polio eradication

  • Discuss the role of private organizations in the provision of global public goods

Keywords

  • Government Policy
  • Health care
  • Social Responsibility
  • Disease Eradication
  • Global health
  • Global public good
  • Infectious disease
  • Public health

Citation

Besanko, D., Gillis, S. and Shen, S. (2017), "Polio Eradication—Within Our Reach?", Kellogg School of Management Cases. https://doi.org/10.1108/case.kellogg.2016.000261

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Kellogg School of Management

Copyright © 2013, The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

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