PharmAccess is a group of non-profit organizations dedicated to improving access to quality healthcare in Africa. PharmAccess mobilizes public and private resources for the benefit of doctors and patients through clinical standards and quality improvements, loans for healthcare providers, health insurance, mHealth innovations and operational research.
This integrated approach is made possible by the following organizations:
PharmAccess believes in doing healthcare better.
With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, we work on improving the whole system so that everyone has access to care when they need it, not just when they can afford it.
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Our activities
Connecting people to affordable healthcare
At PharmAccess, our vision is a world where everybody is connected to affordable healthcare through mobile technology. Mobile technology has disrupted virtually every industry. It has created transparent business models that drastically cut transaction costs while putting the end user at the center.
Crucially, a person with a mobile phone is a person with a voice. With a simple piece of technology in their hands, those who were typically excluded can participate in the types of services and exchanges that many of us take for granted. This is why PharmAccess believes that new digital platforms like M-TIBA hold the key to democratizing healthcare.
Delta State in Southern Nigeria has implemented Medical Credit Fund’s innovative Access to Finance Framework as part of its overall renovation of primary health centers throughout the state. It involves utilizing Public-Private Partnership as a method to delivering quality health services at local levels, particularly those in rural or hard to reach areas where a majority of the poor reside. The partnership is between Delta State Government, the Bank of Industry and PharmAccess Group, through its non-profit health fund, Medical Credit Fund, dedicated to health SMEs in Africa. Read more
The first cohort of 41 participants graduated from the Health Management Program developed by PharmAccess Foundation and Enterprise Development Centre of Pan Atlantic University on Friday December 8, 2018. Read more
The road to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa was greatly strengthened by a number of high profile developments in Kenya and Nigeria during 2018. A strong increase in enrollments of people across both countries got underway at both state and county levels, alongside strong support at political level. 2018 was truly the year when Universal Health Coverage was put center stage. Read more
Partnerships are central to everything we do. 2018 was a highly successful year in forging new partnerships for PharmAccess. Finding like-minded partnerships to support and fund our work is crucial in working towards a system change in the health markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
2018 is ending on a celebratory note for Medical Credit Fund – PharmAccess Group’s non-profit health fund dedicated to health SMEs in Africa – as it issued its 1000th new loan for the year. A new product in particular is responsible for this large number of loans. It’s called Cash Advance and uses the digital revenues of healthcare providers to secure and repay loans. Read more
About PharmAccess
PharmAccess believes in doing healthcare better. With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, we work on improving the whole system. This means mobilizing private and public resources to get more money into the system, measuring and improving quality, and reaching even the most excluded through simple technologies like the mobile phone.
This approach to healthcare is designed to ensure that everyone has access to better care when they need it, not just when they can afford it.
