Action-Based Learning Projects:
MAP & Consulting Studio
IHS turned to the MAP Program for assistance in improving patient access to medicine in South Africa and other developing countries. The team addressed three separate objectives relating to a “direct delivery strategy” (DDS) for medicines: analyzing whether the national government could manage the system; considering the role of possible IT solutions to help the process; and recommending other countries where DDS could be implemented. The team produced a five-year and 10-year master plan.
Write a blueprint for how to establish an African Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association that provides a landscape analysis of three target countries and outlines a sustainable financial model.
Investigate the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a smartcard based micro-payment ecosystem.
Project coordinated in partnership with the C.K. Prahalad Initiative.
Create a strategy for mechanizing critical farm operations at small- and medium-sized farms leveraging ITC's e-choupal network for improved productivity and sustainability of farm incomes.
Project coordinated in partnership with the William Davidson Institute.