Support for
Public Health
Approach and Impact
ECOSOC Special
Event on Philanthropy
United Nations
23 February, 2009
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.)
• Medical technology company founded in 1897
• Global turnover US $7.2 billion in 2008
• 28,000 employees in over 50 countries
• Company Purpose: Helping All People Live Healthy Lives
• Culture of deploying capabilities for public health needs
Life Sciences
16%
54%
30%
Diagnostics
Medical Devices
Support for Public Health
Areas of Focus
• Immunization
- Maternal & Neonatal Tetanus
- Measles
- Injection Safety
• Infectious Disease
- HIV/AIDS
-Tuberculosis
• Capacity Building
- Health System Strengthening
- Health Worker Wellness
Support for Public Health
Philanthropic Approach
• Cash donation
• In-kind donation of supplies
and instrumentation
• Volunteerism
Philanthropic Approach
Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus - UNICEF
Philanthropic Approach
Measles Partnership - American Red Cross
Philanthropic Approach
Millennium Villages Project - Earth Institute
Philanthropic Approach
Wellness Centres - International Council of Nurses
Philanthropic Approach
BD Volunteer Program - CMMB and Direct Relief
Support for Public Health
Technical and Business Approach
Technology Access
Sustainable supply of existing technology
and development of new technology
specifically for developing world needs
Training & Knowledge Transfer
Partnership with public, private and nonprofit sectors to strengthen health systems
Advocacy and Policy
Business sector engagement on issues
involving child health and infectious disease
Technology Access
Safe Immunization of Over Five Billion Children
Technology Access
HIV Monitoring (CD4) - Clinton Foundation
Training and Knowledge Transfer
Laboratory System Strengthening - PEPFAR
Advocacy and Policy Change
TB Diagnostic Testing - FIND
Need Find Photo
Advocacy and Policy Change
Injection Safety
Advocacy and Policy Change
HIV Spread From Child Exploitation
Support for Public Health
Cross-Sector Collaboration
Support for Public Health
Key Learnings from Experience
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Companies can have positive impact across multiple intervention areas:
- Outright philanthropy (cash and in-kind)
- Institutional knowledge transfer, training, volunteerism
- Sustainable access to existing products and technology
- Development of new technologies specific to developing world needs
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Strong collaboration skills are essential. Important for partners to have
mutual trust and transparency regarding motivations.
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Companies, even large ones, do not have unlimited amounts of discretionary
funding available. Most will align funding to their areas of competency.
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Causes most likely to attract funding will have clearly defined goals,
measures, and ability to link impact directly to donor involvement.
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Beyond recognition of social responsibility, private sector partners benefit
from strong employee engagement around a higher sense of purpose.
Support for Public Health
Improving Outcomes for Women and Girls
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An intersection of human rights, public health and sustainable development
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Actions can be highly leveraged; interventions have a positive multiplier effect
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Requires progress across multiple parameters; advocacy, resource
deployment, physical and financial structures, laws (formal and informal),
cultural belief systems, social norms, inter and intra family relationships
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Demonstrated in groundbreaking work of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunis :
- 100% school attendance, special scholarship program for girls
- Separate sanitary facilities for girls in schools
- Girls manufacture electronic parts for solar panels
- Girls establish village health management centers
- Micro-financing for women to own their own homes
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Nike Foundation "Girls Count" Initiative another impressive example