Partnerships
Partnerships are at the heart of what we do. Our partners’ support and collaboration allow us to continue to innovate to strengthen healthcare systems and provide access to quality care for everyone, including the most vulnerable.
Through a wide range of partnerships from the public and the private sector, the international community, and especially the global South, we demonstrate that it is possible to do healthcare differently.
Much of our work is around private sector engagement and sustainable health markets. With CarePay, the tech company we started together with the Kenyan telecom company Safaricom, we have created a health exchange platform connecting payers, provider and patients, transforming how financial transactions can be revolutionized by placing the patient at the center.
Other partnerships enable us to scale. Private sector healthcare provider associations, such as the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), the Association of Private Health Facilities (APHFTA) in Tanzania, and the NGO KMET in Kisumu, Kenya, have hundreds of member facilities across their respective countries. Through these partnerships, services like the Medical Credit Fund loans, SafeCare's certification, and healthcare financing products like MomCare can expand to the regional or national level.
Lastly, collaboration with county and state governments and social health insurances including Lagos and Kwara in Nigeria, the National Health Insurance Association in Ghana, the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and the County Government of Kisumu ensure social inclusion of the poor.
Our collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
We humbly appreciate of the renewal of our partnership in 2022 with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, we can remain at the cutting edge of health systems innovation. The Ministry is our key partner that has enabled us, through the Health Insurance Fund, to develop transformative healthcare financing approaches to strengthen the demand and supply of healthcare systems. In addition, their support provides us the opportunity to leverage additional funding from public and private entities worldwide.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dutch government is scaling up its efforts in the field of global health with the Dutch Global Health Strategy 2023-2030. The strategy aims to contribute to coordinated efforts in improving public health around the world. With a focus on unlocking the power of digitalization, private sector inclusion, and blended financing models, we are proud to be recognized as a key partner in achieving this mission.
Collaboration with governments outside the Netherlands
PharmAccess works with multiple governments and government agencies outside the Netherlands.
With the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), we are working on improving access to care for patients with non-communicable diseases. The collaboration materialized in 2022 in a joint strategy development between the governments of Ghana and Norway. NORAD’s support enabled us to establish collaborations with esteemed organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the NCD Alliance, and the University of Bergen. Through Medical Credit Fund we are linked to Development Finance Institutions including the Swedish Swedfund and Agence Française de Development (AFD) in France.
Coalitions for collective action
We recognize that health system change requires collective action, and we are therefore active members of leading coalitions at a national and global level. Best practices are advocated for and resources are pooled to drive lasting impact.
Through the Digital Connected Care Coalition (DCCC), which we co-initiated with Philips and Dalberg in 2019, we are leveraging the potential of the private sector to accelerate digital transformation. With Transform Health and the Health Data Collaborative, we advocate for better governance of health data, maximizing the value of health data as a public good while protecting individuals rights. Together with other innovators in the World Economic Forum’s Global Coalition for Value Based Care, we are pioneering the use of digital technology and data to develop value-based care models that deliver better outcomes for patients. Read more about these and other coalitions we are part of:
Financial partners and donors
Our donors share our purpose of improving equitable access to quality care for all, and in many cases, they are well established in the health sector. In addition to funding, they contribute to new knowledge, facilitate new collaborations, and expand the reach of our advocacy work.
We are proud to work with a wide range of funders, such as MSD for Mothers and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, who help finance our Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) activities.
The John C. Martin Foundation has been a loyal supporter of the work in Kisumu, Kenya, and the Sint Antonius Stichting Projecten (SAS-P) supports our work in Zanzibar. The Achmea Foundation focuses on innovation and has enabled us to develop multiple proofs of concept.
Additionally, we are grateful to be a permanent beneficiary of the Dutch Postcode Lottery. In 2022, we successfully completed the ambitious I-PUSH project, which is poised to change the healthcare landscape in Kenya. The project was funded through the Dutch Postcode Lottery's Dreamfund in partnership with AMREF.
‘’Building upon its earlier support to PharmAccess Foundation in establishing the Marwa Social Health Insurance Scheme for the Kisumu indigent population, John Martin Foundation is continuing its support to PharmAccess with finding ways to enroll informal sector groups onto social health insurance. These so called "missing middle" groups include boda boda drivers, tuk tuk drivers and others. This support is important as it provides access to better quality care to low-income groups in Kisumu County in Kenya.’’
Lillian Lou, The John C. Martin Foundation
“Since 2012, PharmAccess has been a partner of the Postcode Loterij. Last year we finalized the Droomfonds project ‘i-PUSH’, an innovative initiative in urban and rural Kenya that provided lasting quality improvements in clinics, major policy changes towards universal health coverage and access to care for over 65,000 women and their families.
For us, supporting the i-PUSH initiative was important because it created a ‘flywheel effect’. By showcasing in two counties in Kenya that health insurance and quality healthcare could in fact be delivered to low-income women, i-PUSH became an example for the whole country to follow. Therein lies the strength of this Droomfonds project.
The Dutch Postcode Lottery is pleased to continue its partnership with PharmAccess, enabling them to continue their efforts to improve access to quality care in Africa.”
Jonne Arnoldussen, Managing Director at Nationale Postcode Loterij
“PharmAccess Foundation assists the Zanzibar government in their mission to make their healthcare system a good, fair, affordable and inclusive one. Through the proven data enhanced insurance-based approach developed and rigorously tested by PharmAccess, 300 clinics in Zanzibar are provided with the tools, resources and skills to significantly improve on quality of care and sustainable income streams at clinic level, which lays an indispensable foundation for affordable, sustainable and accessible healthcare for everyone, including the accessible healthcare for everyone, with specific attention for low income mothers and their children.”
Suzanne van der Velden, SAS-P Philanthropy
