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Developing World Health Partnerships DirectoryThe most comprehensive online international database for health development programs involving the research-based pharmaceutical industry

People, companies, governments, and other organizations partnering to improve global health

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Today,pharmaceuticalcompaniesfundover200programsthatareincludedintheDevelopingWorldHealthPartnershipsDirectory.Thesecompaniespartnerwithotherstopoolresourcesandexpertisetomakeatangibleandlastingdifferencetopeopleinneed.Thisresource,showsthemanywaysstakeholders–NGOs,privatefunders,globalhealthorganizations,academics,pharmaceuticalandbiotechnologycompanies,foundations,researchinstitutions,andgovernments–cometogetherforacommonpurpose.TheDevelopingWorldHealthPartnershipsDirectoryshedslightonthesepartnershipsbytellinghowtheyworktomakelastingchangeforthebetter.Searchforglobalhealthprogramsbyorganizationorbytypeofpartner:

• 122NGOs(e.g.ActiononSmokingand HealthInternational,InsulinforLife, OperationEyeSightInternational, ShanghaiCharityFoundation,Popular PharmacyofMali,Ruralconnect,Red Cross,WWF)

• 85governments

• 86Academicorganizationsorhospitals

• 48IGOs

• 42productdevelopmentpartnerships

Developing World Health Partnerships Directory2

This directory, updated annually, shows how partnership programs improve health and help people in the developing world. It provides detailed information about the programs and partner organizations, how long the programs have run, where and how they operate, and what diseases are being tackled.

Research-basedpharmaceuticalcompanieshaveauniqueroleasinnovatorsoflife-saving

andlife-changingmedicines.Innovationhasimprovedlivesaroundtheworld.Since

1960,when20millionchildrenunderfiveyearsofagediedfrompreventablediseases,

biopharmaceuticalinnovationhascutthatnumbertolessthanninemillion.Whilethatis

progress,thereisstillmuchmoretobedoneespeciallyinthedevelopingworld.

Overthepast15years,majorpharmaceuticalcompanieshaveforgedmanynewpartnerships

withNGOs,governments,internationalorganizations,universitiesandhospitalstotackle

thehealthcarechallengesinlow-andmiddle-incomecountries,wheresomeofthegreatest

unmetneedsexist.Today,thesepublic-privatepartnershipsfocusondiseaseprevention,

improvementsinhealthsysteminfrastructure,training,researchanddevelopment(R&D),

medicineandvaccinedonations,andothermeasurestoimprovetheavailabilityoftreatment.

TheDevelopingWorldHealthPartnershipsDirectoryisanonlineresource

thatdocumentspublicprivatepartnershipstoimprovehealthindeveloping

countrieswhicharesupportedbyIFPMAmemberassociationsand

companiesandtheirmanypartners.

However,don’tjusttakeourwordforit;takealookattheIFPMA

DevelopingWorldHealthPartnershipsDirectory,wherecurrentlymore

than200*partnershipprogramsaredocumentedinasearchable,online

directory.Youcancheckouttheprogramsbydiseasearea,programtype,

country,andbypartnerorganizationhttp://partnerships.ifpma.org.

*TheIFPMAPartnershipsdatabaseisregularlybeingupdatedsothefigureprintedhereissubjecttochange.

“ 8.6 million women provided services to prevent transmission of HIV since 2009 in Tanzania and Uganda” SEARCH THE DIRECTORY

Select Partner: NGO Select Disease(s): HIV/AIDS Select Program Type(s): Prevention

= 4 similar partnership programs

http://partnerships.ifpma.org

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ThepartnershipslistedintheDevelopingWorldHealthPartnershipDirectoryprovideaninsidelookatthewaysinwhichpartnersaddressthecomplexhealthchallengesinthedevelopingworld.Thedirectorylists:

• 120programsthatstrengthenhealth systeminfrastructure(hospitalsunits, testinglaboratories,mobileclinicalvans, training,etc.)

• 76programstoincreaseavailabilityof treatment(e.g.donations,technology transfer,differentialpricing,etc.)

• 71prevention/awareness/outreach programs

• 61discoveryanddevelopmentofnew drugsandvaccinesprograms

What’s being done about diseases in the developing world?

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TheDevelopingWorldHealthPartnershipsDirectorylistspartnershipsandcollaborationsthataccelerateeffortstofightwell-knowndiseasessuchasHIV(43programs),Tuberculosis(30)andMalaria(29),aswellaslesser-knowndiseasessuchasDenguefever,HookwormandJapaneseencephalitis,andotherneglectedtropicaldiseases(37).

Where are partnershipsoperating?

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Somepartnershipsareinternational,othersareregional,andmanyarefocusedononeormorecountriesorevencommunities.Searchtheonlineresourcetofindoutwhatishappeningtodayinacountryorregionofinterest.TherearemanypartnershipsinSub-SaharanAfrica(145),buttherearealsoprogramsinLatinAmerica&Caribbean(71),SouthAsia(75),EastAsia&Pacific(80),Europe&CentralAsia(35)andtheMiddleEast&NorthAfrica(38).

What help are thepartnerships providing? Donations, R&D, Expertise…

Eachpartnershiplistedinthedirectoryprovidesaprogram

description,objectivesand,wheneverpossible,providesimpactmeasurements,

programphasesandlessonslearned.Italsoliststhetargetedpopulations,diseases

beingtackled,thetypesofintervention,thecountriesinvolved,andtheresearch-

basedcompaniesandthepartners.Whereverpossible,linksareprovidedtosource

information.

“ Commitment to combat NCDs in young people through integrated global research, advocacy, education and health skills training that will benefit a quarter of a million adolescents across 15 countries”

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Select Program Type(s): Prevention/Awareness Select Disease(s): NCD/Adolescents = 4 similar programs

“ The largest portfolio of malaria medicine research in history, with nearly 40 projects currently underway”

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Select Disease(s): Malaria Select Program Type(s): R&D = 16 programs

“A unique partnership in Haiti with Partners In Health (PIH) to empower Haitians to create local solutions for malnutrition”

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Select a Region: Latin America/Carribean SelectProgram Type(s): Health System Infrastructure = 7 programs

Diseases:

• 20%focusonHIV/AIDS

• 16%focusonNTDs

• 16%focusonWomenandChildren’sHealth

• 14%focusonMalaria

• 14%focusonNCDs

Types of programs:

• 50%focusonstrengtheningthehealth systeminfrastructure

• 79%focusontraining

• 36%focusonimprovingavailabilityof treatments,includingdonationprograms

• 59%ofR&Dbasedpartnershipsfocused onthedevelopmentofnewtreatments

• 38%focusonawarenessraising, preventionandoutreach

Partners:

• 62%ofGHPinvolveNGOs,othertop partnersareGovernmentandAcademia

• 15%ofGHPinvolvemultipleresearch- basedpharmaceuticalcompanies

The future:

• 90%ofcompaniesexpecttoincrease partnershipcommitmentstowardsNCDs whilemaintainingcommitmentsacross othertherapeuticareas.

• 65%ofGHPsoccurinSub-SaharanAfrica, butexpansionisplannedinSouthAsia, EastAsiaandLatinAmerica

• Nextyear-totalfinancialcommitmentof research-basedpharmaceuticalcompanies expectedtoremainthesameorrise. Indeed,40%expecttoincreaseinvestments

About IFPMAIFPMA-InternationalFederationofPharmaceuticalManufacturersandAssociations-representstheresearch-basedpharmaceuticalcompaniesandassociationsacrosstheglobe.Theresearch-basedpharmaceuticalindustry’s1.3millionemployeesresearch,developandprovidemedicinesandvaccinesthatimprovethelifeofpatientsworldwide.

BasedinGeneva,IFPMAhasofficialrelationswiththeUnitedNationsandcontributesindustryexpertisetohelptheglobalhealthcommunityfindsolutionsthatimproveglobalhealth.IFPMAmanagesglobalinitiativesincluding:

• IFPMADevelopingWorldHealth Partnershipsstudiesandidentifies trendsfortheresearch-based pharmaceuticalindustry’slong-term partnershipprogramstoimprove healthindevelopingcountries

• IFPMACodeofPracticesetsunsurpassed standardsforinteractionswiththe healthcarecommunity

• IFPMAClinicalTrialsPortalhelpspatients andhealthprofessionalslearnabout ongoingclinicaltrialsandtrialresults

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In2011IFPMAcommissionedtheNGOBusinessforSocialResponsibility(BSR)toconductanindependentreviewofthecontributionstheseglobalhealthpartnershipsmaketohealthinlow-andmiddle-incomecountries.Thisinformationandmorecanbedownloadedfromwww.ifpma.organdwww.bsr.org.

Key findings of the review:220globalhealthpartnershipswerereviewed,outofwhich:

Global health partnerships are important… they matter to people everywhere

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ThereviewunderscoredthetransformationalstrengthofGlobalHealthPartnerships(GHPs).GHPs,coveringabroadrangeofcommunicablediseasesaswellasleveragingthebroadtechnicalexpertiseofresearch-basedpharmaceuticalcompanies,areabletoaddresssomeofthehealthchallengesfacingthelow-andmiddle-incomecountries.Thesepartnershipsalsodemonstratenewwaysofbringingtogetherpublicandprivateexpertise,particularlythoseinvolvinggovernmentsandNGOs.TheBSRreportsuggestsincreaseduseofimpactmeasurementstoincreasescalabilityandsustainabilityofpartnerships.TheDevelopingWorldHealthPartnershipsDirectoryisoneofthetoolshelpingtoachievethisgoalbyprovidinganoverviewoftheworkcurrentlybeingdoneanditsimpact.