SHARED Programs

In selecting our projects, we search for partners and opportunities to match our organizational mission. We look for strong existing programs that deliver essential medicines to the poorest people in the world and for people who seek to create innovative, research based partnerships to expand the reach of their services.

Current Projects:

"Determine the Future" of southern Africa Program

Surrounded on all four borders by South Africa, Lesotho has the third highest prevalence of HIV in the world. A national effort is underway to mobilize resources to deliver healthcare to the country's 2.2 million people, a third of whom are HIV positive. SHARED has identified several organizations in Lesotho that are working with the more than 180,000 orphans and abandoned children whose lives are devastated by this disease. By providing, shelter, food and access to medical care, these organizations are helping to "Determine the Future" of southern Africa one child at a time. SHARED is committed to working with these organizations to improve the health of the children they serve.

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The "Building a Healthy Armenia" Campaign
More than half the total population of Armenia lives in poverty, and over 14% of Armenian children under the age of 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition, which leads to other health problems. The "Building a Healthy Armenia" program works with physicians and patients to provide the least expensive, clinically effective medicines.  Cost savings from this program can be used to buy more medicines with the money available.

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World Health Organization
Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization (WHO) is the specialized agency of the UN on public health. It gives worldwide guidance in the field of health, sets global standards for health, cooperates with governments to strengthen national health care programs, and develops and transfers appropriate health technology, information, and standards. SHARED's President, Elizabeth A. Ziemba, joins a team assembled by WHO Commission on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Public Health to conduct research concerning public-private partnerships for neglected diseases.  The Commission is exploring the prospects for success as well as challenges faced by these partnerships.   This report was made available in April 2005.

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The Priority Medicines for Europe and the World project
The Dutch government, as president of the European Union during 2004, has commissioned the World Health Organization (WHO) to report on gaps in medicine in European Union countries and the world.  SHARED's President, Elizabeth Ziemba, prepared a background paper entitled "Public-Private Partnerships for Neglected Diseases".  The report was presented to the European Union in November 2004 and is available as a WHO publication.  Ms. Ziemba's report is available here: Priority Medicines Final Report

Please Contact SHARED directly if your organization would like learn more about partnering with SHARED for a project to improve access to essential medicines.