How would the medicines be introduced into the Coca Cola distribution network?
It is important that that this idea does not disrupt the existing distribution system. In any case this would not be acceptable to Coca-Cola and it would be like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. This is the current idea: • AidPods are filled by those with responsibility for public health locally (probably a mixture of Government Departments and local NGOs). • AidPods are placed in boxes and delivered to the collaborating bottler – these may be specially shaped to make use of unused space on the lorry. However, during the trial phase these may simply be placed behind the seats in the driver’s cab. • These are loaded onto the delivery lorry as it leaves the bottling plant. In Tanzania the lorry will go to just one Manual Distribution Centre (MDC) and unload it’s entire contents ie they don’t do ’rounds’. This means that all crates AND all AidPods would be unloaded at the destination MDC.
