1. The Why? For IE Executive
Business Education.
Anthony Kamau Njuguna.

2. More than 1 billion people have no access to
essential drugs worldwide.

3. Essential medicines-those that meet a community
or nations health needs are cost-effective, save
lives and improve quality of life.

4. Poor drug selection, costly procurement, stock-outs in health facilities,
inadequate storage facilities, lack of adequate health personnel, lack of
requisite skills in health supply chain are some challenges facing Africa.

5. This sad state affairs has left many dead before the age of 5
years in Africa, and many other adults dying of preventable and
treatable conditions.

6. The public health system that is used by majority of people is ill-
equipped to handle the disease burden, mainly due to underfunding of
health services.

7. Part of the dilemma can be solved by ensuring advocacy for adequate
funding from governments, donors and relevant stakeholders and to
train health workers to use the available resources in the most cost
effective manner.

8. With the advent of innovative financing mechanisms for healthcare, like the Global Funds to
fight HIV,TB and Malaria, the need to get build supply chain capacity in Africa is becoming
evident in order to best make use of resources available through such Funds to improve the
health of Africa and ensure that the remote areas are reached with these lifesaving drugs.

9. An MBA from IE Business School will equip me with the requisite
leadership and business skills to advocate for increased Funding
depending on context, through various Funding agents, build the skills
to manage available human and other resource at a government or
international health agency to improve healthcare in Africa. More
specifically through the innovative thinking that I will learn, to increase
therapeutic efficacy (how well drugs are used to create health benefits
for populations from current 30% towards 70% percent in Africa).

10. Africa Arise!