Approach and Impact

Support for Support for Public HealthPublic Health

ECOSOC Special Event on PhilanthropyUnited Nations23 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

Diagnostics

Life Sciences

Medical Devices54%

30%

16%

• Immunization - Maternal & Neonatal Tetanus - Measles - Injection Safety

• Infectious Disease - HIV/AIDS -Tuberculosis

• Capacity Building - Health System Strengthening - Health Worker Wellness

Support for Public HealthAreas of Focus

• Cash donation

• In-kind donation of supplies and instrumentation

• Volunteerism

Support for Public HealthPhilanthropic Approach

Philanthropic ApproachMaternal and Neonatal Tetanus - UNICEF

Philanthropic ApproachMeasles Partnership - American Red Cross

Philanthropic ApproachMillennium Villages Project - Earth Institute

Philanthropic ApproachWellness Centres - International Council of Nurses

Philanthropic ApproachBD Volunteer Program - CMMB and Direct Relief

Technology AccessSustainable supply of existing technology and development of new technology specifically for developing world needs

Training & Knowledge TransferPartnership with public, private and non-profit sectors to strengthen health systems

Advocacy and PolicyBusiness sector engagement on issues involving child health and infectious disease

Support for Public HealthTechnical and Business Approach

Technology AccessSafe Immunization of Over Five Billion Children

Technology AccessHIV Monitoring (CD4) - Clinton Foundation

Training and Knowledge TransferLaboratory System Strengthening - PEPFAR

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Advocacy and Policy ChangeTB Diagnostic Testing - FIND

Advocacy and Policy ChangeInjection Safety

Advocacy and Policy ChangeHIV Spread From Child Exploitation

Support for Public HealthCross-Sector Collaboration

Support for Public HealthKey Learnings from Experience

• 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

• Strong collaboration skills are essential. Important for partners to have mutual trust and transparency regarding motivations.

• Companies, even large ones, do not have unlimited amounts of discretionary funding available. Most will align funding to their areas of competency.

• Causes most likely to attract funding will have clearly defined goals, measures, and ability to link impact directly to donor involvement.

• Beyond recognition of social responsibility, private sector partners benefit from strong employee engagement around a higher sense of purpose.

Support for Public HealthImproving Outcomes for Women and Girls

• An intersection of human rights, public health and sustainable development

• Actions can be highly leveraged; interventions have a positive multiplier effect

• 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

• 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

• Nike Foundation "Girls Count" Initiative another impressive example