Partnerships
Diseases that afflict wide sections of a population are social problems for which sustainable solutions can only be found in partnerships. Through the Aventis Foundation, Sanofi Aventis committed a total of € 14.27 million from 2003 to break the vicious cycle of disease and poverty. This project is being implemented in close cooperation with the South African national and provincial Departments of Health
Saving lives is the responsibility of not only the medical community, but also the governmental and non-governmental organizations. Everyone will win from working together and contributing the expertise and resources required solving the tuberculosis problem in South Africa.
TBFREE is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the reduction of TB morbidity and mortality and its consequential socio-economic impact in South Africa.
Project Partners
Sanofi Aventis is the world’s third largest pharmaceutical company, ranking number 1 in Europe. Backed by a world-class
R&D organization, Sanofi-Aventis is developing leading positions in seven major therapeutic areas: cardiovascular
disease,
thrombosis, oncology, diabetes, central nervous system, internal medicine, vaccines. Its predecessor companies had a
long history in the discovery and development of tuberculosis treatments.
For more info please visit www.sanofi-aventis.com
The Nelson Mandela Foundation was founded in September 1999 to expand and formalize the work Nelson Mandela has done
throughout his life. Mr. Mandela is personally committed to developing a strong infrastructure that continues and
improves on his initiatives as his legacy to Africa.
The Foundation is actively expanding and developing in three primary sectors: democracy, education and healthcare.
In the area of healthcare, the Foundation is working to extend and further develop primary healthcare to all South
Africans with a focus in the areas of malaria, water supply, family planning, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
For more info please visit www.nelsonmandela.org
The Aventis Foundation is a German charitable trust that serves to promote music, theatre, art and literature projects
in the social and political arena; with a focus on healthcare, science and research as well as higher education.
Founded in 1996 as the Hoechst Foundation, it had an endowment of € 50 million and is registered in Germany.
For more info please visit www.aventis-foundation.org
South African Health Department
TBFREE works in collaboration with the tuberculosis control programmes of the national and provincial Departments of Health in an effort to change the TB landscape of South Africa. TBFREE adds value in the areas of quality DOT support and community awareness programmes.
The aim is to make the real impact on the successful treatment and prevention of TB including the improvement in the presence of low cure rates and the lowering of the defaulter rates.
Specially created provincial steering committees form the link between TBFREE and the Departments of Health.
At national-level, TBFREE liaises directly with the national Tb control programme.
For more info please visit www.doh.gov.za
