Medicines and Two Thousand Miles across Africa
Jeremy Holmes
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Charity
- Fee:
- Paid: 70
- Category:
- Health
- Updated:
- 21st August 2024
East Africa is facing a tsunami of diseases associated with longer lifespans and a Western lifestyle, but basic medication is often in very short supply. I spent two months on the road looking at medicines supply, almost all of which is imports, and interviewing healthcare professionals, industry specialists and policy-makers across four countries. The experience was fascinating, sobering but also sometimes uplifting, resulting in some important recommendations to government agencies.
Views: 164 | Enquiries: 0About Jeremy Holmes
Many years ago I went from a grammar school to Oxford where I won a Scholarship and took a Double First in English Literature. I then spent a decade in the advertising industry (mostly working for Ogilvy & Mather) and ran an international economics consultancy, before becoming CEO of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. I subsequently had a senior position in UK Higher Education.
Now semi-retired, I'm a trustee of various charities which benefit from some of my speaking engagements. I was also a trustee and Programme Chair of the Carnegie UK Trust for many years.
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