PQMD Forum 2019 Update: Challenge Panel 2: It’s a Long Way from Home: Refugees & The Displaced There is a need to think in a transformational way about who should be at the table to address the global refugee and displaced persons crisis. What are we doing
Read more →A Hope Filled Smile Mercy Ships provides dental training to developing countries Imagine having a toothache so severe it becomes life-threatening, simply because the dentists in your country have not been properly trained. For those living in countries with little or no access to proper dental care,
Read more →PQMD Members Responding to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi Considered one of the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa Tropical Cyclone Idai swept through Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi on March 14, bringing persistent rain and devastating flooding. The death toll climbed to over 700
Read more →action medeor Provides Expanded Help for Cyclone Idai The situation in southeast Africa has worsened. action medeor has started to provide medical aid for Mozambique and Malawi. Even one week after the passage of the cyclone Idai, the full extent of the disaster is still not
Read more →Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria Prevention steps urged until vaccine available Nigeria is dealing with the worst outbreak of Lassa fever on record. In the first six weeks of the year, there were 72 confirmed deaths. Lassa fever, a hemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar to Ebola, has
Read more →Working Together: Heart to Heart International’s Post-Hurricane Michael Response Partnering with Amgen and Point Washington Medical Center, Opens “Clinic in a Can” When Hurricane Michael tore through the panhandle of Florida on October 10, 2018, communities were left reeling. Homes were destroyed, and pharmacies and health care
Read more →AMPATH Lilly Partnership Grows to Reach More People For more than 15 years, Eli Lilly and Company and the Lilly Foundation have partnered with AMPATH to provide medicines and care to people living in Western Kenya. The partnership began with product donations for diabetes, then grew
Read more →Heart to Heart International’s Newest Initiative in Haiti: Market Women’s Clinic Throughout history and around the world, women in developing countries have been turning to the informal economy to survive in an environment of high unemployment. Haiti is the third poorest country in the world, and the
Read more →Midmark Foundation Provides Grant to the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations Supports study of collective impact of medical goods, equipment and service donations Midmark Corp. announced that a grant has been provided to the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD) by the Midmark Foundation. The grant will
Read more →Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation and Americares Expand Produce to Give Program Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation (“BI Cares”) and Americares have expanded their partnership program that provides a free supply of medication to eligible uninsured patients in the U.S. to now include patients in Tanzania and El Salvador.
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