Humanitarian Groups Find Increasing Need to Address NCDs Increasing crises in middle income countries prompting new response The current crises in Syria and Venezuela are prompting humanitarian organizations to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity in their responses. Last year, the World Health Organization added diabetes medication
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Parker Family Receives Daily Point of Light Award for Work with Mercy Ships Focused on the global surgery crisis, family dedicates decades to volunteer on ship in Africa Lindale, TX, Dec. 6, 2018 — Today, as former President George H.W. Bush is laid to rest in Texas,
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Empowering Community Health Centers to Drive Effective Medication Use Among Vulnerable Patients BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Direct Relief, and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) awarded five community health centers a total of $1 million in grant funding, which is now being used to expand programs
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PQMD Member World Vision Provides Interactive Experience with Give-back Gift Shop in NYC’s Bryant Park Shop provides experience of giving, just in time for Giving Tuesday Next week, World Vision will be in Bryant Park with its Give-back Gift Shop, an interactive experience for children and adults.
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Medical Teams International and Providence St. Joseph Health Working Together to Strengthen Health System in Guatemala Medical Teams International is extending a multi-year partnership to strengthening the health system and community health programs in the Chicamán region of Guatemala with Providence St. Joseph Health, the second largest
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“Like the Gift of Life”— PQMD Member Eli Lilly and Insulin Donations in the Wake of Hurricane Maria Effort Included PQMD Members Direct Relief and Project HOPE When Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico in September 2017, the storm knocked out power for months – putting supplies
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PQMD Member Johnson and Johnson Highlights Disaster Response Efforts in New Video New video details company’s work in disaster relief in 2017 PQMD Member Johnson and Johnson recently shared a video highlighting their disaster relief and response efforts in the United States and around the world. Johnson
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PQMD Member CMMB Opens Health Center for Women and Children in Haiti Center focuses on maternal health Years ago, when CMMB first went to Côtes-de-Fer, Haiti, they were struck by the poverty and vulnerability of the people they met and were moved by the impact a lack
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Global First Responder International Medical Corps Responds to U.S. Hurricane Season As a global leader in emergency response for almost 35 years, International Medical Corps is ready for disaster wherever it strikes—whether at home or abroad. In recent weeks, two major hurricanes, Florence and Michael, have wreaked
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IMA Leverages Trachoma Program to Treat Other Eye Conditions Fadhili Ally Likunte, 17, joins the crowd gathered in the shade of a tree in the rural village of Kihamba in Tanzania’s Mtwara region. Today IMA World Health and a team of eye surgeons will look into dozens
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