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Health is now a luxury five million Italians. Treatments and drugs are too expensive, they bring nearly 7% of the population to spend little or nothing for their health. The findings of the first report on poverty and healthcare donation of drugs in Italy Foundation counter pharmaceuticals (Fbf), which used information from the “Day of collection of the drug” annual (Grf), donations from pharmaceutical companies and systems monitoring of more than 1,500 charitable organizations that are part of the network served by the Bank. In the period 2007 to 2012 the absolute poverty in Italy has grown by about 60% to affect 6.8% of the population, nearly five million people. The “poor” families will spend an average of € 16,34 for health care per month (equivalent to approximately 2% of the family budget), compared with 92.45 average Italian households (3.7% of budget) .

“Between 2007 and 2013, the Fbf has increased the collection of drugs 241%. The medicines donated last year were 1,162,859, “reads the text. This increase is due to both the growth in donations during the Grf (+23%), the other to the boom in corporate donations (+1345%). The strong growth of poverty, however, has increased the gap between need and response capabilities through donations. If in 2007 the day could cover nearly 55% of the requests, in 2013 we went down to 43.2%. The peak response capability was achieved in 2011 (65.1%).

From an economic standpoint, the Foundation has distributed drugs in 2013 to more than eight million euro, compared to EUR 2.1 million in 2007. 75% of this value is now ensured by the company (it was 15% in 2007). As regards the types of drugs donated, the most popular are those against the acidity (11.5%), analgesics (11.2%), anti-inflammatories (7.7%), preparations for cough (6 , 8%) and drugs against joint and muscle pain (5.8%).

Into the course of 2013, 24 companies have made 274 donations, for a total of over 812 thousand packs. The propensity to give is increasing over time and could be encouraged by removing certain regulatory burdens and red tape that still make the whole system. They joined the Grf 3,366 pharmacies, with a participation rate of more substantial in the North (about 28%), compared to a national average of 18.7%. Were collected over a total of 350 thousand packs, of which almost one in three in England.

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