Treatments & Value Chain
A critical component to improving patient outcomes is ensuring access to medicines. We do this through approximately 30 Sanofi medicines that treat cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer, which are provided for nonprofit distribution to at-risk populations in the world’s most impoverished countries.
We also focus our efforts to help improve the supply chain to ensure treatments are delivered to patients. In fact, a multinational survey that includes eight sub-Saharan countries found 81% availability of a common antibiotic versus only 37% having diabetes medications and 14% with asthma treatments.
See how our Global Health Unit is ensuring access to healthcare through doctor visits and affordable healthcare for the most vulnerable in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Removing obstacles to value chain with local partners
Touch Health and the MediFIKIA Project
Partnered with Touch Health in Tanzania, we enhanced the value chain by training staff and developing operational improvements to better manage medicine inventory. We also introduced a Patient Held Medical Records (PHMR) system, allowing patient information to travel with patients.
This results in easier access to and better availability of medications, accessible services and better disease awareness for patients, and HCPs armed with tools to better support their patients.
While sustainability is a common challenge across many programs, our focus is on fostering a mindset shift through education and collaboration. By highlighting the importance of our interventions and working together to achieve a shared understanding of their purpose, we aim to ensure that the changes we implement are both meaningful and enduring. ”
The GHU is working to improve access to healthcare in Tanzania along with partner Touch Health.