North Star Alliance leverages AIMMS to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa
North Star Alliance leverages AIMMS to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa
2 PagesCase Study North Star Alliance leverages AIMMS to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa About North Star Alliance North Star Alliance brings health to hard-to-reach people across Africa in a “Blue Box.” The organization uses converted shipping containers (painted blue) to house clinics that deliver public health programs for people with increased health risks, such as truck drivers, and primary health care to communities with limited or no access to medical services.Challenge More than 35 million people worldwide are infected with HIV or are living with AIDS, and approximately 70% live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mobile populations, such as long distance truck drivers, are particularly at risk of contracting and transmitting the virus. In 2007, TNT Express and the United Nations World Food Programm
