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The supply chains for essential medicines are very poor in most countries in the developing world. Where medicines are not available locally they need to be sourced from overseas. £100,000 would pay the costs of transportation to enable IHP to provide over £3.3 million of specifically requested medicines to UK linked hospitals and clinics in the Developing World. Each £1 donated would provide over £30 of first quality in-date donated medicines to where they are needed. This would conservatively provide over 500,000 treatments to children and adults.
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IHP is the sole coordinator of donated medicines in the UK. IHP serves UK medical charities by providing them with many of their needs for medcines. IHP is partnered by a number of major companies who donate warehousing and corporate services as part of their corporate social responsibility. By harnessing the donated services of many different players, IHP is able to minimise overhead costs and multiply the effect of each pound donated. Transportation is one of the largest costs borne by medical charities and unfortunately, usually there are no companies willing to donate freight costs to the hardest to reach areas. This project will enable IHP to provide the donated medicines we procure free of any cost to recipient hospitals and clinics in the developing world. The costs of transportation of vaccines and essential medicines is between 2% and 3% of the ‘wholesale’ value of the products sent and represents a substantial cost to medical teams running projects in the developing world. IHP is working with governments, industry and NGOs to help build the capacity and capability of the local markets to be self sustaining. However, with less than 40% of the population presently having access to medicines and the prevalence of fake and substandard medicines in many developing world countries, there is an ongoing substantial need for first quality donated medicines. IHP is presently sending over 1 million treatments overseas each year within its three programmes: o Disaster Relief – coordinating the UK’s response on behalf of the UK Government and industry with the WHO o Travel Packs – providing health professionals and emergency workers with mobile dispensaries of the most needed essential medicines; and o Partnership Projects – long term support, providing medicines, medical supplies and skills to help build sustainable capacity in hospitals, clinics and health systems run by, or linked with UK medical charities.