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Addressing global healthcare disparities often requires collaborative innovation on the ground. Particularly in many underserved communities, where human and animal health are closely interdependent. To tackle challenges such as “last-mile” gaps in therapy delivery, innovative solutions like aerial drones and solar-powered vaccine refrigerators are among new solutions achieving tangible results
Soaring drones: delivering a milestone in tackling healthcare disparities
By Maria Tereno, corporate vice president, culture and sustainability, Boehringer Ingelheim
A chieving health equity is an ultimate goal in global health care. It aims to ensure that each of us has a fair chance to reach our full potential. Yet, despite progress over the past few decades, a significant proportion of our global population still struggles to overcome healthcare disparities. The many obstacles require tailored solutions. This is particularly true for many rural communities, where the challenges are twofold: taking care of human health, but also ensuring adequate care for animal health. In many of these remote and underserved communities, these factors are interconnected, as smallholder farmers’ health and livelihoods are often dependent on just a few animals. Too often there is a “last-mile” delivery gap — the final critical miles beyond distribution systems, which can prevent access to veterinary care, vaccines and other animal health products to farmers in remote areas. By closing this gap, we
can help transform their lives and brighten the prospects of future generations. Moreover, we have learned that supporting farmers can bring benefits beyond those individuals and their families. In rural areas, farmers often take on multiple roles within their communities. And so, providing more stable incomes for farmers can improve quality of life within a community in multifaceted ways. SCALING INNOVATION THROUGH COLLABORATION At Boehringer Ingelheim, our human pharma and animal health businesses are dedicated to the ambition to create value in areas of unmet medical need and enabling more equitable healthcare solutions along our value chain. We are driven by a firm commitment to innovation. And while we aim to lead by example, we understand that real transformative change hinges on the collective power enabled by the collaboration of all. That includes healthcare
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Health: A Political Choice – From Fragmentation to Integration
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