[e-drug] Optimising donor contributions

["Fe Remotigue" <fe_remotigue@yahoo.com>]

E-DRUG: Optimising donor contributions
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Dear Dr. Shatrugna,
   
  I am encouraged to share an experience after reading your email. [Rich countries betraying their obligations to help poor countries (4)].
   
  In the Philippines, there is an initiative to improve access to essential pharmaceuticals and Family Planning commodities by the poor families (constituting around 40% of populatio of 85 million plus).  The initiative uses social franchising as a mode of distribution.  At the end of the 5th year, the initiative is able to demonstrate that it kept the  seed capital provided by sponsoring partners.  It has a system that is running with much room for improvement of course.  The social franchisees grew into 340+ outlets, with a central procurement and distribution that is owned by a not-for-profit non-government organization and managed by a professional team.  This initiative is a program of the government Ministry of Health within its Health Sector Reform Agenda with bilateral assistance from the German government.
   
  One of the expressed organizational goals is to maintain the Revolving Drug Fund contributed by the sponsors and to operate out of an increasing gross profit margin, with a full vision to be self sustaining in the nearest future.    I should say that this initiative is trying to optimize donor contribution by managing this contribution as investment that should be made to grow and earn in order to finance operations and services.
   
  May we know if there are similar initiatives so that we can compare notes?  
   
  Yours,
   
  Fe Remotigue
  Advisor, Pharmaceutical Unit
  GTZ Philippines Health Program
  2/F Bldg. 3, Department of Health
  San Lazaro Compound,
  Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines
  e-mail:  teofila.remotigue@gtz.de