International Health Partners

What International Health Partners does

International Health Partners (IHP) is a UK-registered charity founded in 2004 that coordinates the donation and distribution of essential medicines from pharmaceutical companies to vulnerable populations in disaster-hit and fragile regions. Operating through a three-tier model of pharmaceutical donors, IHP itself, and NGO implementing partners (Anera, International Medical Corps, Project HOPE, Medair, Medical Teams International, HPIC, and others), IHP has facilitated treatment for 133 million patients across 76 countries, with £316 million of donated medicines delivered via 1,643 shipments since inception.

The organisation's core technology is Boaz, an award-winning proprietary donations management platform launched in 2019 that connects pharmaceutical donors with NGO partners in a single workflow — donation offer, accept/decline, shipment tracking, and patient impact reporting. In 2025 Boaz processed 20.6 million units across 71 donating companies and 87 distribution countries. IHP also produces Essential Health Packs (EHPs), portable kits of 2 boxes containing medicines to treat 800 patients, designed to be carried as checked airline luggage for rapid disaster response. IHP holds an MHRA Wholesale Dealer License enabling direct procurement, export, and supply of medicines.

IHP's revenue model is entirely donation-based; no products are sold. Funding comes from individual one-time and recurring monthly donations (Change Makers programme, £5–£100/month tiers), legacy bequests, Give As You Earn payroll giving, fundraising challenges via Charity Challenge, corporate CSR partnerships, and humanitarian aid grants. Operational costs are suppressed through pro-bono logistics and warehousing partnerships with DHL and Alloga. The organisation employs 42 staff, is headquartered in London, and has His Majesty King Charles III as its patron since 2005.

Name

International Health Partners

Legal name

International Health Partners (UK) Ltd.

Website

https://ihpuk.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

International Health Partners is a UK-registered charity that coordinates the donation and distribution of essential medicines from pharmaceutical companies to vulnerable populations in disaster-hit and fragile regions through a global network of NGO partners, supported by its proprietary Boaz platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Medical Donations Coordination

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries (5122)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Supply Chain & Procurement Organizations (HLAJAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

Keywords

• Humanitarian medical donations
• Essential medicines access
• Pharmaceutical product donations
• Disaster medical response
• Donations management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: IHP is funded entirely by charitable donations from individuals, organisations, and institutional donors. Individual donors give one-time or recurring monthly gifts via the website, fundraising challenges, legacy bequests, Give As You Earn payroll giving, and easyfundraising shopping schemes. No revenue is generated from selling products or services.
2. Pharmaceutical Product Donations: Healthcare/pharmaceutical companies donate long-dated, high-quality medical products to IHP at no cost. These are then distributed through NGO partners to vulnerable populations. This is an in-kind donation model — products are donated, not purchased or sold.
3. Logistics Partner Pro-bono Services: Specialist logistics companies (e.g., DHL, Alloga) donate warehousing space, packing, and transport services for medical products. These are pro-bono or heavily discounted services that reduce IHP's operational costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

International Health Partners coordinates the donation and distribution of long-dated, high-quality medicines from pharmaceutical company donors to NGO partners serving vulnerable and disaster-hit populations worldwide. Its tangible offerings include Essential Health Packs (pre-prepared portable kits treating 800 patients each) and the proprietary Boaz donations management platform, which enables end-to-end workflow from pharma donation offers through NGO acceptance, shipment tracking, and patient impact reporting. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, with IHP acting as a licensed wholesaler (MHRA) bridging donors and implementing NGOs in 76+ countries.

Product overview

International Health Partners operates as a global health NGO providing a portfolio of healthcare products and services focused on improving access to medicines for vulnerable populations. The core offerings include Essential Health Packs (portable medical supply kits for 800 patients each) used primarily in disaster response, and the Boaz donations management platform that coordinates medical product donations between pharmaceutical companies and NGO partners. Services encompass disaster relief (three-stage response model), long-term health programmes targeting mental health, NTDs, non-communicable diseases, and child oncology. The Boaz platform serves as the technology backbone enabling end-to-end donation tracking from pharmaceutical donors through to patient impact reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Boaz: Award-winning donations management system for pharmaceutical companies to manage their global medical product donation programmes, enabling transparency and traceability from donation to patient delivery.
• Change Makers
• Essential Health Packs (EHPs)

Products and services

• Boaz Donations Management System Award-winning proprietary donations management platform that connects pharmaceutical company donors with NGO partners through an end-to-end workflow: pharmaceutical companies add product donations, NGO partners accept or decline them, shipments are tracked through to patient delivery, and NGOs upload product usage data for impact reporting. Used by 71 donating companies and 87 distribution countries in 2025, processing 20.6 million units.
• Essential Health Packs (EHPs) Portable medical supply kits comprising 2 boxes of essential medicines designed to treat 800 patients each. Compact, durable, and transportable as checked airline luggage for deployment in field clinics, hospitals, refugee camps, and disaster response settings. Contents include antibiotics, analgesics, antifungals, antiparasitics, anti-inflammatories, and water purification tablets, with over 12 months shelf life when packed. 3,346 EHPs have been sent globally since launch.
• Disaster Relief Services Rapid response medical supply delivery service for natural disasters, conflicts, and displacement crises, operated through a three-stage model: Respond (initial EHP shipments within 72 hours), Recover (bulk medicine shipments to repair disrupted supply chains), and Strengthen (long-term health system capacity building). IHP has responded to over 25 natural and man-made disasters with immediate and life-saving medical supplies.
• Long-Term Health Programmes Ongoing healthcare support programmes addressing mental health, neglected tropical diseases, non-communicable diseases, refugee healthcare, women's health, and child oncology in vulnerable communities. Includes programme areas such as deworming (over 24 million deworming tablets to 17 countries), mental health medication for refugees, and child cancer treatment access via partnership with World Child Cancer.

Quantifiable outcome

• 133 million patients helped with vital medicines and supplies since 2004
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Johnson & JohnsoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJohnson & Johnson uses IHP's Boaz platform to manage their global product donations programme. Working across multiple subsidiaries and regions with more than 50 NGO partners, J&J consolidates visibility of their donations through Boaz. Kim Keller (J&J Corporate Contributions Manager) stated: 'With Boaz, we have consolidated visibility across sectors and regions, something that was challenging to do before!'
• DHLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDHL has been a lasting logistics partner since 2007, providing pro-bono or discounted transport services for donated medical products. DHL's logistics expertise enables IHP to ship Essential Health Packs and bulk medicine donations to vulnerable and disaster-hit countries worldwide.
• AllogacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Alloga began in 2015, enlarging IHP's Essential Health Pack capacity through dedicated warehousing and logistics services. Alloga provides storage and distribution infrastructure supporting IHP's ability to hold and dispatch medical product donations.
• AneracoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNGO partner operating clinics in Gaza, Lebanon, and Jordan. Anera distributes IHP medical donations including wound care supplies, mental health medications, and chronic disease treatments. In May 2025, Anera's wound clinics in Gaza City and Khan Younis treated over 800 patients per day. Anera's Medical Donation Program Coordinator (Amed) stated: 'It\u2019s all because of your shipments that we can establish more clinics, save more patients in need.'
• International Medical CorpscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNGO partner active in Haiti, Ukraine, Lebanon, and other countries. International Medical Corps received IHP's initial shipment of 30 EHPs within 14 days of the Haiti 2021 earthquake and distributes IHP medicines in field hospitals and clinics. Stated: 'IHP has become the number one partner that we go to when an emergency strikes and we need to get supplies to the field quickly.'
• Project HOPEcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNGO partner active in Ethiopia, Ukraine, and other countries. Received 18 EHPs for Ethiopia in 2021 providing over 14,800 emergency treatments to over 4,800 displaced people. Works with IHP to support populations displaced by conflict and provides access to preventative treatment for soil-transmitted helminths.
• Medical Teams InternationalcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNGO partner providing mental health and psychosocial support to Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia. Through a MHPSS awareness campaign, referred patients like Behati (diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder) who received Amitriptyline provided through IHP shipments. In 2024, IHP's mental health medication shipments reached 5,486 patients through Medical Teams International.
• Health Partners International Canada (HPIC)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNGO partner in Lebanon distributing medicines and medical supplies to vulnerable populations including refugees from Syria and Palestine.
• MedairminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHumanitarian NGO partner in Lebanon providing healthcare and distributing IHP-supplied medicines to vulnerable populations affected by conflict and economic crisis.
• World Child CancerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership started in 2021 to improve access to oncology treatments for children with cancer. IHP supplies cancer and oncology-related treatments to facilities working with World Child Cancer, provided free at the point of use to children in low-income countries.
• Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD)minorOthersIHP became a member of PQMD in 2016. PQMD is an alliance promoting quality standards for medical donations globally. PQMD membership enables IHP to participate in global health policy forums and collaborate with healthcare companies and NGOs to raise standards in medical product donations.
• Integral AllianceminorOthersIHP became a member of Integral Alliance in 2016. Alliance of humanitarian agencies that share resources and coordinate responses to disasters. Chris Lukkien, CEO of ZOA, serves as Vice-Chair of Integral Alliance, and IHP frequently works through the alliance for disaster responses.
• ICMDAminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNew partner supporting healthcare delivery in Ukraine alongside Project HOPE, International Medical Corps, and Medical Teams International. ICMDA helps distribute IHP shipments to healthcare systems facing pressures from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• World Health Organization (WHO): UN specialized agency governing global health policy, including the WHO Guidelines for Medicine Donations that IHP co-signs. Overlaps thematically as the standards-setter and convener in global medicine access, but operates as a regulator/convener rather than a distributor.
• UNICEF Supply Division: UN agency procurement and supply operation that procures and distributes medicines, vaccines, and supplies to low- and middle-income countries at global scale. Overlaps with IHP on global health pharmaceutical supply chain but operates at vastly larger scale via UN financing rather than donations.

Direct peers

• Health Partners International of Canada (HPIC): Canada-based charity that collects and distributes donated medicines through medical mission partners globally. Direct peer on the donations-collection, NGO-distribution model; also listed as an IHP implementing partner in Lebanon.
• Tulipe (Transfert d'Urgence de l'Industrie Pharmaceutique): France-based collective of pharmaceutical companies coordinating donations of medicines to populations in emergency situations. Operates a near-identical tripartite pharma-donor/logistics/NGO partner model as IHP but anchored in the French pharmaceutical industry.
• Americares: US-based health-focused humanitarian organization that distributes donated medicines and medical supplies to a global network of partner clinics and NGOs. Directly comparable to IHP on the pharma-donation, partner-distribution model and disaster response remit.
• MAP International: US-based nonprofit that sources and distributes donated medicines and medical supplies to mission and humanitarian hospitals worldwide. Closely matches IHP's donations-management workflow and long-dated product focus.
• Direct Relief: US-based nonprofit coordinating donations of medicines and medical supplies from pharmaceutical manufacturers to vulnerable populations worldwide. Closest direct peer to IHP given near-identical model of pharma-to-NGO donation management, global humanitarian supply chain, and disaster response focus.
• action medeor: Germany-based medical aid organization distributing donated and procured medicines to health facilities in low- and middle-income countries. Comparable to IHP on supply-chain-driven humanitarian pharmaceutical distribution.

Emerging players

• IDA Foundation: Netherlands-based pharmaceutical procurement wholesaler supplying essential medicines to NGOs and governments in low- and middle-income countries. Adjacent to IHP because it operates in the same global health pharmaceutical supply chain, though IDA procures rather than coordinates donations.

Others

• Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD): Industry alliance of pharma companies and NGOs promoting quality standards for medical donations globally. IHP is a PQMD member; the alliance is an ecosystem/standards participant rather than a direct distributor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ihp_uk
• Facebookfacebook.com/InternationalHealthPartners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-health-partners
• Instagraminstagram.com/ihp_uk

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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