Medicines collection day: initiative in 35 pharmacies between Siena and the province
You go to one of the 5,000 participating pharmacies throughout Italy, and donate one or more over-the-counter medicines that will be delivered to 1,800 charities. The Harvest lasts one week to allow us to help as many families and destitute people as possible. In 2021, 600,000 people were unable to purchase medicines for economic reasons. Their number, compared to 2020, has grown by 37% (+163,000 people) due to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic
Also this year, the GRF – Drug Collection Day. Will last a weekfrom Tuesday 8 a Monday 14 February. In 5,000 participating pharmacies throughout Italy (they display the poster of the initiative and the list is available on www.bancofarmaceutico.org), citizens will be asked to donate one or more over-the-counter medicines for the needy. The drugs collected (465,019 packs, equal to a value of € 3,640,286) will be delivered to 1,800 charities that take care of the destitute, offering free treatment and medicines. Citizens are invited to go to the pharmacy on purpose to donate a drug.
A Siena and its provincethe Collection will take place from Tuesday 8 to Monday 14 in 35 pharmacies. Banco Farmaceutico volunteers will be present on Saturdays and where possible also on other days. The collected drugs will support 10 reality of the territory that takes care of the needy. During the 2021 edition, they were collected 4,386 drug packs (equal to a value of 34,602 euro) that they helped 1,576 guests of 11 entities. In Tuscany, in 2021, they were collected 29,253 drug packs in 296 pharmacies, equal to a value of 226.056 EUR. The collected medicines helped to cure 322.978 people helped by 110 charitable reality of the regional territory.
GRF is organized under the patronage of AIFA and in collaboration with Cdo Opere Sociali, Federfarma, Fofi, Federchimica Assosalute, Egualia – Industrie Farmaci Accessibili and BFResearch. The GRF is realized thanks to the important unconditional contribution of IBSA Farmaceutici and Teva Italia and the support of EG Stada Group, DOC Generici, DHL Supply Chain, Bausch & Lomb, Unico – La Farmacia dei Farmacisti SpA and Comifar Group.
The Collection is supported by Rai Social Responsibility, Friends of the media, La7, Sky for the social, And Advertisement Progress. The initiative is possible thanks to the support of over 17,000 pharmacists (owners and non-owners) who, in addition to hosting the GRF, support it with donations. Also this year, it will be supported by more than 14,000 volunteers, in compliance with the rules to protect everyone’s health.
There is an emergency that, with or without Covid, has been going on for years, but with it it has worsened: it is about people in a condition of health poverty. In 2021, there were 597,560, 163,387 more than the 434,173 of 2020. There was, therefore, an increase of 37.63% of people in poor health conditions, who asked for help from 1,790 charities affiliated with Banco Farmaceutico to be treated. . To support them, these entities asked the Banco for 980,562 packs of medicines. Through the GRF, it was possible to cover 47.4% of their needs
“Hope for our country is also the responsibility of each of us, and is also nourished with small gestures of gratuitousness. We encourage anyone who can afford it to donate one or more medicines to those in need. Because there is a need for people in need, to which we can respond in a concrete way by participating in the GRF. And because doing a simple act of altruism like this, going to the pharmacy to donate a drug on purpose, is a way to take on a part of everyone’s hope, “he said. Sergio Daniottipresident of the non-profit Banco Farmaceutico Foundation.