Scott Hillstrom
Founder & CEO, Sustainable Healthcare Enterprise Foundation (SHEF)
scott@cfwshops.org

“Microfranchising Essential Drugs”

Presentation Abstract:
The solutions to the problems of poverty are in the hands of business people. The same business methods that have lifted the United States out of poverty can be applied to the problems of health in the developing world. 70 to 90% of the illness and death in the developing world is caused by a short list of diseases that can be treated with affordable essential drugs. The problem is how to distribute these drugs. The answer is by combining microfinance and franchise business models. The franchise model standardizes procedures and allows for mass distribution of goods and services as well as providing regulation of the way drugs are distributed to make sure they are properly handled and used.

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Biography:
Scott D. Hillstrom, J.D., co-founded the Sustainable Healthcare Enterprise Foundation in 1997. Prior to returning to the U.S. in late 1998, Scott resided in New Zealand for three years while carrying out business activities in New Zealand, the United States, and Europe. He is presently CEO of Guardian Law Group, a U.S. based law and business advisory firm advising businesses and investors. Scott continues to participate actively in various businesses in the fields of healthcare, technology and New Zealand real estate. Previously, he co-founded and served as Managing Director and General Counsel of Rehab One, Inc., a rehabilitation physician network in the United States and spent five years as managing partner of Hillstrom & Bale, Ltd., a commercial law firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scott also served for approximately ten years as the CEO of Steiger International, an international youth ministry, and has been actively involved with social and humanitarian activities for the past 25 years.