PHM-Exch> Coca-Cola and Global Fund to bring medicines to remote areas

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Leela McCullough <leela at healthnet.org>


Coca-cola and the Global Fund Announce Partnership to Help Bring Critical
Medicines to Remote Regions

http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/2012-09-25_Coca-cola_and_the_Global_Fund_Announce_Partnership_to_Help_Bring_Critical_Medicines_to_Remote_Regions/
Date : 25 September 2012

Partners Expand Work in Africa to Bring Medicines “The Last Mile” in
Tanzania, Ghana and Mozambique

Nearly 20 Million Africans Have Benefitted From Partnership Since 2010

New York – The Coca-Cola Company and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced they will expand a project
leveraging the Company’s expansive global distribution system and core
business expertise to help government and non-governmental organizations
deliver critical medicines to remote parts of the world, beginning in rural
Africa.

As part of their participation in the Clinton Global Initiative’s (CGI)
Annual Meeting, the Company and the Global Fund outlined their plans to
expand the reach of “Project Last Mile," a public-private partnership
established in 2010 to help Tanzania’s government-run medicine distribution
network, Medical Stores Department (MSD), build a more efficient supply
chain by using Coca-Cola’s proven logistics models for delivering beverages
most anywhere in the world. The newest phases of the partnership will
increase the availability of critical medicines to 75 percent of Tanzania
and expand the initiative to Ghana and Mozambique. Opportunities to expand
into additional countries are being explored...

Please visit the web site to read the full news release:
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/2012-09-25_Coca-cola_and_the_Global_Fund_Announce_Partnership_to_Help_Bring_Critical_Medicines_to_Remote_Regions/
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