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Industry support goes deeper About Groundwork laid for major project in Zimbabwe The groundwork was laid in 2010 for a doctors and healthcare workers through The level of engagement and commitment Twenty-eight companies donated $576,000 celebration was held to mark the renewal of HPIC major development project in Zimbabwe. partnerships with Canadian medical schools. among pharmaceutical and healthcare in financial support for HPIC’s mission. This a partnership agreement between Canada’s HPIC has long been involved in the country. Later in the year, an HPIC staff member products companies to the mission of financial support included generous Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies Health Partners International of For more than 15 years, HPIC has been a spent time at Howard to begin work on Health Partners International of Canada matching gift programs for employees who (Rx&D) and HPIC. And in November Canada is a humanitarian not-for- major supplier of pharmaceuticals to The improving the hospital’s supply chain continued to deepen in 2010. donated to HPIC. “HPIC received the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Salvation Army’s Howard Hospital. management. This project is in partnership 2010 YEAR IN REVIEW “The industry really came through for us significant matching gifts this year and we Association, Rx&D and several product profit relief and development “We have identified Zimbabwe as a with The Salvation Army’s International this past year, especially when one are very grateful for these donations that donor companies showed their support at organization dedicated to improving country of concentration for HPIC,” Headquarters. HPIC staff will continue to considers the types of donations that were were in addition to the annual funding,” the official launch of HPIC’s Afghanistan explained Glen Shepherd, HPIC’s President. work on-site and in Canada on this project Message from the president access to medicine and enhancing offered,” said Linda Campbell, HPIC’s Campbell said. Product donor companies project. In the spring of 2010, Shepherd travelled to in 2011. Senior Director, Product Planning. also provided several groups for volunteer Many of HPIC’s top donors of medicines health in the developing world. the African country to meet with the “These two projects with ZACH and The The devastating earthquake that struck passes the collection plate to help the In total, 50 companies donated $28 days packing Physician Travel Packs. participated in our 20th anniversary special Zimbabwean Association of Church Salvation Army will be transformational,” HPIC contributes to well-being by Haiti on January 12, 2010 was the top news survivors. million in medicines and medical supplies. HPIC was also the beneficiary of magazine, Health & Hope, which was made Hospitals (ZACH) as well as partners at Shepherd said. “This country has suffered story of the year around the world. And it Haiti and the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) HPIC was pleased to welcome two new an innovative volunteer program at possible thanks to their participation. It providing donated essential Howard Hospital. Shepherd was significant economic deprivation and we certainly dominated the efforts of Health process showed the strong support for companies as product donors: UCB Canada GlaxoSmithKline called PULSE. An employee featured stories about the impact of HPIC’s accompanied by HPIC board member Dr. have experience there that we can build on medicines, supplies and vaccines, Partners International of Canada in 2010. HPIC’s mission of increasing access to and Alveda Pharma. More than half of the was loaned to HPIC for a six-month full work around the world and was distributed Artaj Singh. The trip’s purpose was to to benefit Zimbabweans.” Thanks to our extensive network of in- medicine and improving health in the product donations were planned or offered time volunteer experience. She was given to thousands of stakeholders across Canada. building national health sector explore how HPIC can support the ZACH The project with ZACH and The Salvation country partners and generous corporate developing world. This was also evident in in response to emergencies, a significant particular assignments to do that matched “One of the best things that happened in network of 126 hospitals across the country. Army is a template that HPIC will develop capacities, and responding to and individual donors, we were able to the way that HPIC bounced back from 2009 increase. “We want to especially thank the her skills with HPIC’s needs. “It was a 2010 with our product donors was their One of the first activities will be to provide in Zimbabwe and use to benefit other mobilize over $9 million in requested – a challenging year. 2010 was a year of industry for their needs driven, quick and marvelous experience and we are very participation in our Appreciative Inquiry emergencies and health threats. We continuing education for the network’s countries in the future. medicines and medical supplies. HPIC reflection and transformation, which has generous response to our relief efforts grateful to GSK,” said HPIC’s President process,” said Campbell. “We received partner with a network of ministries continues to work with our partners in propelled HPIC in a new direction. 2011 will Beverley Oda, Minister of International in Haiti,” Campbell said. “Other major Glen Shepherd. “This program was like valuable feedback that will help us as we Haiti, just as we did prior to the earthquake. be a year of action when important decisions Cooperation, called HPIC “a key partner projects included medicines for a children’s having a senior consultant to call on for free. move into our third decade of service. We of health, non-governmental In the spring HPIC undertook a major are made, new global partnerships made with the Government of Canada” in the hospital in Kabul as part of HPIC’s CIDA- We would be very happy to receive this also heard a message loud and clear: ‘We organizations (NGOs) and healthcare discernment project in collaboration with official and new projects developed. government’s development work in funded Afghanistan project, relief for flood kind of help from other companies as well.” want to help you. Just ask us if you need professionals, with pharmaceutical over 100 stakeholders. The Appreciative HPIC is committed to seven themes that Afghanistan. victims in Bolivia, a record-breaking year Toward the end of 2010, HPIC’s industry help.’ We are truly grateful for the industry’s Inquiry process revealed many things about emerged from the AI process: at the core of On behalf of those we serve, I would like for the Physician Travel Pack program, and partners publicly committed to the mission support and confidence in HPIC.” and healthcare product companies, what HPIC does best, where it can focus its what we do, HPIC’s focus will remain on the to thank all the people, organizations and Zimbabwe’s Howard Hospital.” at two special events. In October, a and with Canadian government HPIC’s Board of Directors efforts and what could be improved upon. needs of the beneficiary; HPIC will work companies that are committed to our It is not surprising that many of the people on greater visibility/awareness among mission. I would like to especially thank the departments; and we count on the who are well acquainted with our work stakeholders and Canadians in general; dozens of volunteers who help in a variety financial support of individual Thomas M. Davis, Chairman Don McKibbin, APR stated that HPIC is at its best when HPIC will increase its global presence and of ways. In 2010, HPIC received a major gift Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP President, Don McKibbin & Associates responding to an emergency. It is during partnerships; HPIC will enhance its disaster from GlaxoSmithKline’s Pulse volunteer donors, foundations and Montreal, Quebec Toronto, Ontario Thanking HPIC’s top Ansell Healthcare Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. emergencies that the extent of HPIC’s relief capacity; HPIC is determined to build program and we are most grateful. A senior Alveda Pharma Nycomed Canada Inc. corporations. Because of our unique Hon. Jake Epp, Chairman Emeritus Commissioner Christine MacMillan support is revealed as well as the generosity greater financial stability; HPIC continues its executive was lent to us for a volunteer donors of medicines AstraZeneca Canada Inc. Omega Laboratories Ltd. model, HPIC multiplies every Chairman, Ontario Power Generation Director, The Salvation Army's International of individual Canadians. When the ongoing professionalization of operations; assignment on a full-time basis for six Barkman Concrete Foundation Paladin Labs Inc. Former Federal Health Minister Social Justice Commission earthquake struck Haiti, we saw the best that on a periodic basis, HPIC will review the months. We would be delighted to welcome donated dollar to provide, without and supplies in 2010 Baxter Corporation Patterson Dentaire Calgary, Alberta New York, N.Y. Canada can offer: the healthcare workers scope of its services to better serve suitable candidates from other companies who drop everything to bring a Physician beneficiaries. for this kind of volunteer program. Bayer Inc. Pharmaceutical Partners of Canada Inc. discrimination, at least $10 of free Colin Bales, CMA Dale E. Patterson Travel Pack and offer health care to the A project that is representative of where Please do not hesitate to contact me if you Abbott Laboratories Limited Bio Nuclear Diagnostics Pharmascience Inc. Chief Financial Officer Vice-president, External affairs medical aid. wounded, the senior pharmaceutical HPIC is headed is the CIDA-funded would like to know more about the work of Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Inc. Pfizer Canada Inc. The Central Group Genome Canada AstraZeneca Canada Inc. executive who pushes his urgent files aside Capacity Building and Access to Medicines HPIC around the world. Bridgeway Foundation Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Oakville, Ontario Toronto, Ontario Bayer Inc. to expedite an important donation of project in Afghanistan. A major highlight Bristol-Myers Squibb Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Robert Earle, PhC Dr. Pierre J. Plourde, MD medicine, the selfless NGO workers who are of 2010 was the official launch of this CAW Social Justice Fund Purdue Pharma Community Pharmacist Medical Officer of Health a field presence in desperate times, the development project – in Kabul and Glen Shepherd Pharmascience Inc. Calgary Foundation ratiopharm Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia Winnipeg Regional Health Authority church that holds a fundraising concert and Mississauga on the same day. The Hon. President Canadian Medical Foundation Reinders Family Foundation Winnipeg, Manitoba Pfizer Canada Inc. Hon. Judy Erola Covidien sanofi-aventis Former Federal Cabinet Minister Mike Reinders, PEng., MBA Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Canada Dentsply Canada Ltd. Roche Canada Ottawa, Ontario President, Maple Reinders Roche Canada Dr. D.S. Reimer sanofi pasteur Constructors Ltd. Serge Fontaine HPIC in numbers Sanofi Aventis Group Euro-Pharm International Shire Canada Inc. Health Partners International of Canada Mississauga, Ontario 3675 Sources Boulevard, Suite 209 Associate General Director, Commission Teva Canada Expert Travel Financial Security Smith & Nephew . 1,200,000 treatments provided Fournier Pharma Inc Southmedic Incorporated Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec H9B 2T6 Scolaire de Montréal (retired) Edie Rittinger Tel: 514-822-1112 . GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Teva Canada Member, Groupe de Réflexion et d’Action Nanton Avenue Ministries' Female Active in 75 countries Toll free: 1-800-627-1787 Henry Schein The Buller Foundation pour une Haïti Nouvelle Business Leaders Program . Over $28 million in medical aid provided HPIC gratefully acknowledges the www.hpicanada.ca Montreal, Quebec Vancouver, B.C. Hospira Health Corporation (Canada) The Charis Foundation . $9 million in medical aid provided to Haiti support of Canada's pharmaceutical Johnson & Johnson Inc. The Honourable Jake Epp Darrel Janz Dr. Artaj Singh, MD MBA FAAUCM . 885 Physician Travel Packs carried industry, healthcare products sector Karen Toews and Rod Thiessen The Jean Family Health Partners International of News Anchor, CFCN TV (CTV) President and Medical Director, . Canada is officially registered with Calgary, Alberta Urgent Care Niagara 40 special packs for dentists and other donors: LEO Pharma Inc. UCB Canada the Canada Revenue Agency as a President and Chairman, . 27 20-foot containers* Main Street Pharmasave uniPHARM wholesale Drugs Ltd charity. As such, HPIC may issue a Dr. Michael Kamel Initiative 360-Take It Global 3M Health Care Merck Frosst Canada Inc. Valeo Pharma tax receipt for qualifying donations Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy . 1,421 volunteer hours offered packing Physician Travel Packs to Canadian donors. Niagara Falls, Ontario Abbott Laboratories Limited Molnlycke Health Care Vita Health Products, Inc. Registration Number: Deloitte Consulting . Every $1 donated provided at least $10 of medicine Allergan Inc. Novartis Consumer Health Virox Technologies Inc. 119031524RR0001 Montreal, Quebec * does not include airlifted pallets and skids 5 6 Record year for HPIC’s Physician Travel Pack More patients than ever at partner clinic, all being treated with medicine from HPIC It was a record year for HPIC’s Physician Travel carrying PTPs were the Dominican Republic, Pack program. A total of 885 packs were carried Nicaragua and Honduras. In fact, 64 per cent of The Northwest Haiti Christian Mission Clinic in the region of the herself to work. “She came back again sicker than ever. We had just to 53 countries, meaning that an estimated PTPs were carried to Central America and the same name receives the bulk of its medical supplies from HPIC. Rev. received a shipment of doxycycline, which is great for treating 531,000 treatments were dispensed with Caribbean. PTPs were also used in response to Tina Simpson Leslie spends several months a year at the clinic and typhoid.” medicine from these packs. emergencies, such as the earthquake in Haiti, the rest of her time coordinating things from her home base of People line up from 4 a.m. at the clinic. “We have a long hallway Haiti received 295 PTPs making it the top the flooding in Pakistan and the hurricane that Mississauga. with benches down both sides,” Leslie said. “There are so many recipient in 2010. Other countries that were struck St. Lucia. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the clinic saw a huge increase babies and young children, all of them crying. One thing we are popular with the volunteer healthcare workers in the number of patients seeking care because of all the refugees really grateful for is children’s Tylenol. It comforts the mothers to arriving from Port-au-Prince. have something to give to their children.” In Haiti, hundreds patiently line The health issues they see are “an amplification of the old The vitamins provided by HPIC are also appreciated. “A child up to receive medical care. problems, mostly from overcrowding,” Leslie said. “When a virus can’t grow without proper nutrition. I can see the difference when goes around, everyone gets sick, especially the children.” our kids have vitamins,” she said. Leslie told a story about a family that was “in better shape than HPIC provided $1.8 million of medicines and medical supplies to Afghanistan project makes major progress in 2010 most.” The mother came to the clinic because she had fever at night the clinic in 2010 and has a long-term relationship with the and then it would go away in the day. Meanwhile she was dragging organization that cares for thousands of Haitians in need every year.

and more than 13,000 treatments were procedures have begun; and steps to update dispensed to children at Indira Gandhi and improve the reagents and chemicals Children’s Hospital. In addition, HPIC has used for quality control testing are underway. Haitians grateful for the help: Dr. Paul Davis finalized partnership agreements with 3 Assessment Study of Pharmaceutical other hospitals, Ibn-i-Sina Emergency Manufacturing Industry: The analysis of Hospital, Ibn-i-Sina Cardiac Hospital and assessment study results are nearing Equipped with a Physician Travel Pack, Dr. Paul Davis travelled to Having a Physician Travel Pack from HPIC greatly facilitated his Ataturk Children’s Hospital, to begin completion and will be shared with the Haiti a month after the earthquake to provide basic care in Jacmel. work. “These are the drugs we’re familiar with,” he said. “It is good “Women and children are a receiving HPIC donations. Work at all the MoPH and key stakeholders within the He returned a second time in October to work in the same area. to have these medicines available.” partner hospitals includes establishing year. Furthermore, preliminary steps in the “There was a feeling that we’re in this together,” Dr. Davis said. Dr. Davis is hopeful about the situation in Haiti. “There is more special focus of the project.” pharmaceutical management and reporting development of the action plan to “The Haitians were very grateful for the help.” healthcare available than Haiti has ever had. I think there is more tools to improve accountability and implement recommendations have begun. Patients came to Dr. Davis with a variety of health issues: scabies, hope for Haiti now.” What is HPIC’s Capacity Building and management practices. fungal infections, infected wounds, coughs, malaria and typhoid. Access to Medicines Project? “There is limited access to doctors in Jacmel,” he said. “It is unusual Pharmaceutical Donations Office (PDO): A As the largest and most ambitious project in “I am pleased that HPIC is a to see a doctor with less than a life-threatening illness.” HPIC’s history, the Capacity Building and Terms of Reference document was created Access to Medicines project aims at by HPIC in partnership with the Ministry of key partner with the facilitating greater and more equitable Public Health (MoPH), outlining the roles Government of Canada.... access to priority medicines and medical and responsibilities of the PDO and was supplies for Afghans, with a special focus finalized by the MoPH in December 2010. This partnership is not only on women and children, Receiving funding This document was created to improve helping Afghans receive priority through the Canadian International pharmaceutical management practices for Development Agency, HPIC has partnered donated pharmaceuticals at a national level. medicines and medical with the Afghan Ministry of Public Health The office has been renovated and supplies but is also enhancing to meet the challenges of creating an refurnished by HPIC providing a safer and improved and reliable medical drug supply more professional work environment. In the capacity of the Afghan for the Afghan people that is safe, regulated addition, HPIC has taken strides to Response Ministry of Public Health.” and of the highest quality. professionalize the operations of the office The Honourable Beverley Oda HPIC opened its first field office in Kabul. with the provision of a computer and Federal Minister of International Cooperation An all-Afghan team was hired to run the printer. Haiti day-to-day details of the project. Central Medical Stores: Personal safety and All components of HPIC’s Capacity warehouse equipment donation was Building and Access to Medicines project in provided in the summer; initial two-week HPIC a channel for Canadians’ love and concern for Haiti Afghanistan were on track and progressing training on medical stock management well in the first full calendar year of completed at the end of November for 40 Requests for Physician Travel Packs and pallets of medicine, offers established partners. “Our approach was to send smaller shipments activities. staff and MoPH participants; activities to HPIC’s Haiti Response at a Glance: of medicine, volunteers, donations, telephone calls offering to help in response to identified needs partners,” said Samar Assousa, develop standard operating procedures for Project launch: and seeking information all flowed through Health Partners HPIC’s Senior Director of International Health Programs. “We also supply chain logistics based on international In Canada: The Ho nourable Beverley Oda International of Canada in never-before-seen volumes in January personally accompanied much of the medicine to ensure that all the 375,000 Treatments Grace Children’s Hospital: $410,000 best-practices have begun; and, the launched the project to the pharmaceutical and February 2010. connections were made and that the medicine would ultimately get Environmental Assessment Study to assess 295 Physician Travel Packs or enough medicine to treat 174,000 Food for the Poor: $1,442,000 industry and the media at HPIC’s “Not only did we get to witness the incredible love and concern to the patients and not sit at the airport in the heat.” distribution centre November 30. pharmaceutical waste disposal at the CMS that Canadians had for their brothers and sisters in Haiti following By the time 2010 had drawn to a close, HPIC had provided more Major shipments: International Child Care: $1,174,000 In Afghanistan: The Acting Minister of and partner hospitals was completed. the earthquake, we were a channel for it – equipping Canadian than $9 million in requested medicines, including 295 PTPs. UNICEF: $188,000 Grassroots United: $535,000 Public Health of Afghanistan launched the Quality Control Lab: Assessment of Quality healthcare workers and NGOs and providing essential medicines,” “Progress is slow in the country,” said Helen Crawley, HPIC’s project with the Canadian Head of Aid to HOPE International (Albert Schweitzer Hospital): $255,500 Samaritan’s Purse: $270,000 Control Lab completed in August; validation, said Glen Shepherd, President of HPIC. Director of NGO Programs, who travelled to Haiti three times in stakeholders and the major media in Kabul. calibration and qualification of all lab Over the course of the year, about 375,000 treatments were 2010. “However, there are so many stories of healing and hope Partners in Health: $1,685,000 Plan International: $26,800 HPIC Medicine Donations: $1,100,000 in equipment is being initialized; initial steps dispensed with medicine provided by HPIC. because of the medicines donated by HPIC’s partners in the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission Clinic: $1,800,000 medicines and medical supplies was sent to develop key standard operating HPIC has a long history of working in Haiti with a network of pharmaceutical and healthcare products industries.” 2 3 4