"Our mission is to improve access to essential drugs and basic healthcare services for the poor by using the micro micro-franchise business model."

The HealthStore Foundation® (HSF) was organized to apply the lessons learned from the franchise industry to this problem: When consistent standards are maintained it becomes possible to mass distribute goods and services through large retail networks so that they are accessible and affordable to large populations. From SUBWAY, to ExxonMobil, to Marriott Hotels, the franchise business model has proven to be the most-effective way to mass distribute goods and services where standards matter. In delivering healthcare to the world's poor, maintaining standards is often the difference between life and death.

Having accumulated nearly a decade of experience developing and operating a healthcare franchise network in Kenya (with 65 outlets serving approximately 400,000 people in 2007) HSF is preparing to expand CFW™ branded franchise system to more countries in the developing world. Starting with its second franchise network launched in May 2008 in Rwanda, HSF aims to be operating 14 networks at various stages of development in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2012. The HealthStore Foundation® (HSF) was organized to apply the lessons learned from the franchise industry to this problem: When consistent standards are maintained it becomes possible to mass distribute goods and services through large retail networks so that they are accessible and affordable to large populations. From SUBWAY, to ExxonMobil, to Marriott Hotels, the franchise business model has proven to be the most-effective way to mass distribute goods and services where standards matter. In delivering healthcare to the world's poor, maintaining standards is often the difference between life and death.

Having accumulated nearly a decade of experience developing and operating a healthcare franchise network in Kenya (with 65 outlets serving approximately 400,000 people in 2007) HSF is preparing to expand CFW™ branded franchise system to more countries in the developing world. Starting with its second franchise network launched in May 2008 in Rwanda, HSF aims to be operating 14 networks at various stages of development in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2012. To position itself for dramatic growth over the next five years, HSF will be adding significant capacity to its organizational capabilities in 2008.

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