International Dispensary Association Foundation

IDA Foundation
International Dispensary Association Foundation
Founded	1972
Type	Not-for-profit Social enterprise
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Location	Slochterweg 35, 1027 AA Amsterdam
Coordinates	52°23′34″N 4°57′41″E / 52.3927°N 4.9614°E
Region served	Worldwide (130+ countries)
Products	Essential medicines, medical supplies
Key people	Wendy Eggen (CEO); Jenno Ipema (CFO)
Website	www.idafoundation.org

The International Dispensary Association Foundation (IDA Foundation) was created in 1972 in Amsterdam. Its goal is to improve access to important medications and health care equipment in the developing world. It works to achieve this by directly selling these items to organizations working in those areas of the world. It is a not for profit organisation. As of 2019 they were selling more than 3,000 products in more than 130 countries. What they distribute is based in part on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.

Oily chloramphenicol (or chloramphenicol oil suspension) is a long-acting preparation of chloramphenicol first introduced by Roussel Uclaf in 1954; marketed as Tifomycine, it was originally used as a treatment for typhoid. Roussel stopped production of oily chloramphenicol in 1995; the IDA Foundation has manufactured it since 1998, first in Malta and then in India from December 2004.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Guire, George Mc (2015). Handbook of Humanitarian Health Care Logistics: Designing the Supply Network and Managing the Flows of Information and Health Care Goods in Humanitarian Assistance during Complex Political Emergencies in low-resource settings. George Mc Guire. p. 668.
↑ Anderson, Stuart; Huss, Reinhard; Summers, Rob; Wiedenmayer, Karin (2012). Managing Pharmaceuticals in International Health. Birkhäuser. p. 117. ISBN 978-3-0348-7913-2.
↑ Lewis, R. F.; Dorlencourt, F.; Pinel, J. (1998). "Long-acting oily Chloramphenicol for Meningococcal Meningitis". Lancet. 352 (9130): 823. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60723-4. PMID 9737323. S2CID 42224633.

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[Gui2015-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Guire, George Mc (2015). Handbook of Humanitarian Health Care Logistics: Designing the Supply Network and Managing the Flows of Information and Health Care Goods in Humanitarian Assistance during Complex Political Emergencies in low-resource settings. George Mc Guire. p. 668.

[2] Anderson, Stuart; Huss, Reinhard; Summers, Rob; Wiedenmayer, Karin (2012). Managing Pharmaceuticals in International Health. Birkhäuser. p. 117. ISBN 978-3-0348-7913-2.

[3] Lewis, R. F.; Dorlencourt, F.; Pinel, J. (1998). "Long-acting oily Chloramphenicol for Meningococcal Meningitis". Lancet. 352 (9130): 823. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60723-4. PMID 9737323. S2CID 42224633.