It is the ability to manage effectively and implement policy under a unique set of political, economic and social constraints that truly determines a leaders success, not a resume.

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"Even when there are no financial constraints, if these drugs are freely available, it is very, very difficult to actually implement the programme, " said Donald de Korte, a former head of US drugs firm Merck in South Africa who is running a pilot scheme.

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