Tiendas de la Salud
Grown out of Mercy Corps' pilot micropharmacy program, Tiendas de la Salud (TISA) is a microfranchise network of health stores that supply high-quality, low-cost medicines to rural areas of Guatemala. With funding from Linked Foundation, we opened 50 stores that are currently providing medicines and services to 88,000 people. Now, key private sector partner Farmacias de la Comunidad will expand TISA to an additional 500 stores in other rural areas of Guatemala that are expected to reach more than 450,000 people.
All stories about Tiendas de la Salud
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Guatemala: Juan Tista Toj, pharmacist in Guatemala February 13, 2013
More pharmacies will begin serving remote villages thanks to a pilot program that Mercy Corps and partners are taking to scale throughout the country.
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Guatemala: Rural micropharmacies offer medicine for all July 28, 2011
Sustainable Community Health Stores is a new way of addressing the rural healthcare problem. It helps local families start small businesses while providing much-needed medicines in underserved communities.