New models for elevating the practice and status of community-based nursing across the spectrum of cancer care in Central and Eastern Europe.

Purpose: This supplement comprises an evaluation of Bridging Cancer Care, an initiative of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation first conceived in 2007, addressing disparities in cancer care between Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe. The strategic focus was refined in 2010 to put particular emphasis on capacity building of nurses in terms of education, training and empowerment.

Methods: The evaluation was based on review of data and information from the program's monitoring and evaluation framework and from biannual reports submitted by grantees to the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.

HIV/AIDS in African children: the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and Baylor response.

In 2000, 1.4 million children were living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Few of them were receiving lifesaving antiretroviral therapy because public health systems lacked the clinical infrastructure and trained health care workers to implement and disseminate high-quality care.

Public-private partnerships in health care for developing countries: a new paradigm for change.

The shift in traditional corporate philanthropy policy and practices from one of objective giving to strategic investing is discussed along with the positive impact of these changes as realized through a social awareness and the emerging new paradigm of public private partnerships. Examples of corporate support with focus on a case study concerning HIV/AIDS in Africa are presented within the context of lessons learned. These examples illustrate how public and private sectors working together, can maximize the potential philanthropic endeavor.