Association
Who we are
Activities & missions
Founded in 1982 by healthcare companies, Tulipe is a general interest association anchored in a collective and committed approach.
Tulipe (Transferts d’Urgence de l’Industrie PharmaceutiquE) is a humanitarian pharmaceutical distributor authorised by the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines (ANSM).
Tulipe federates donations from healthcare companies and donates them to humanitarian associations working to improve access to healthcare.
We act as an interface between healthcare companies and associations. Tulipe coordinates donations of healthcare products and distribution to associations.
The association provides emergency kits of health products
Our interventions mainly involve the donation, in less than 24 hours, of emergency kits of health products, adapted to the needs of each request in the field. Tulipe also monitors its humanitarian actions in order to provide a sustainable response to the medical needs of populations living in crisis zones.
Our aim? Respond to health emergencies around the world
These health emergencies can involve acute health crises (epidemics), natural disasters (earthquakes, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.) and conflicts (wars, conflict zones).
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in 2023,
Tulipe in numbers :
60
companies
members
20
countries
covered
149
tonnes of health
distributed
400K
beneficiary patients
treated by 19 NGOs
How we work
The Tulipe association is the interface between healthcare companies and NGOs
Tulipe manages and coordinates donations from healthcare companies during global health crises. It thus responds optimally to the needs of NGOs while ensuring the traceability of health products.
DONATIONS FROM HEALTHCARE COMPANIES
CHECKING AND PREPARING EMERGENCY KITS
COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF KITS BY MEDICAL NGOS
4 to 5 times a year, Tulipe prepares emergency kits of health products
Thanks to donations from member healthcare companies, we prepare kits in canteen trunks. They are then made available to beneficiary organisations operating in the field in less than 24 hours, because every minute counts in these critical moments.
Compliance with best practice
By donating health products to Tulipe, companies transfer pharmaceutical responsibility for donations made. We are therefore responsible for the traceability, batch withdrawal and proper use of medicines in the field. We are subject to the “good practices for drug donations” published by the Ministry of Health. We are also committed to following the guidelines for drug donations and the list of essential medicines published by the World Health Organisation.
History
of the Tulipe association
1982
- Creation of the Tulipe association by the Syndicat National de l’Industrie Pharmaceutique (SNIP), now the professional organisation of pharmaceutical companies (Leem), in response to the state of war in Poland.
- Start of sponsorship of medical humanitarian organisations
- Donations of health products in areas affected by natural disasters, health crises and conflicts
1984
- Provision of emergency canteens
- Sponsorship of 8 emergency medical operations
- 3.5 tonnes of health products sent to the Sahel by Camions de l’Espoir (Trucks of Hope)
1985
1989
- 1989
Intervention in Madagascar during a malaria epidemic - 1990
Aid in the form of healthcare products following the earthquake in Iran - 1991
Medical aid in Peru during a serious cholera epidemic - 1994
Medical aid to Cambodia for a tuberculosis epidemic
2000
2015
- Humanitarian aid in 50 countries
- 2001
Dispatch of 3 tonnes of medicines for emergency care during the war in Afghanistan - 2004
4 tonnes of health products sent to Asia after the Tsunami - 2010
Humanitarian response 12 hours after the earthquake in Haiti. Within a week, 92,000 emergency treatments were sent to the country - 2015
Support for emergency NGOs during the earthquake in Nepal
2015
Today
- 2017
Signature of a partnership agreement between the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the President of the Tulipe association, concerning humanitarian operations conducted by the Crisis and Support Centre - 2020
Preparation and distribution of emergency kits a few days after the explosion in the Port of Beirut, in collaboration with Première Urgence Internationale and with the support of the French Ministry of Defence and UNICEF. - 2021
Donation of 1.7 tonnes of medical equipment following the earthquake in Haiti, in partnership with the Crisis and Support Centre - Since 2022
Preparation and donation of over 200 tonnes of health products in Ukraine, in collaboration with 8 humanitarian organisations