Program goals

Access and availability of essential medicines and health products in developing countries is a well-documented problem, and if available, are of bad quality and/or too expensive. Moreover, people lack the information to make informed decisions about their own health.

Santepreneurs aims to offer access to high quality, affordable essential medicines, health products and information to enhance the health of people in developing countries. We do this by setting up an innovative, fair and reliable franchise concept, where local entrepreneurs run a business and have a stable income. Moreover, we establish our own logistic chain to supply the entrepreneurs, but at the same time supply medicines and medical supplies as wholesaler to public and private health facilities.

Key program components

SP works with local health entrepreneurs, who are willing to invest money in order to enter the business. The minimum investment pocket is 50% of the order value and 50% is supplier credit, to be balanced within one year.

The on/boarding of Entrepreneurs includes training in health issues and business, provision of Starter-Set:

Range of health and medical products

Tablet computer or Smart Phone

Solar charger

Distribution and monitoring: Field agents meet community health promoters at least once a month to resupply, collect payments, communicate current promotions, and provide ongoing health education and business coaching.

Tablet computer or Smart Phone provided shall be used:

• To improve a health provider's ability to diagnose and treat patients, either through improved training or real-time assistance with clinical decision making.

• To improve data collection, organization, or analysis.

• To improve patient´s access to information and encourage health seeking behaviours; health education.

• To improve patients access to information and encourage health seeking behaviors; health education.