Haiti Earthquake Response
A disaster is no time to exchange business cards!
PQMD members work year round in more than 120 countries to build healthier communities by treating illness, eradicating disease and strengthening healthcare systems.
So when a natural or manmade disaster strikes – PQMD members and their partners are already on the ground ready to assess the damage and accurately communicate what is needed. Within 24 to 48 hours PQMD members come together by phone to share their initial damage assessments, discuss operational challenges and identify aid that is appropriate for the disaster and the community. Scroll down to read about our short and long-term work in Haiti.
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Abbott’s work in Haiti includes emergency relief,, support for local farmers,, and prepositioned supplies to ensure rapid response to disasters. Abbott is working with Direct Relief International, Feeding America and Partners in Health to rebuild Haiti.
Alcon has responded with both cash and product donations to Haiti. Alcon has pledged in-kind donations valued at $3 million and cash donations totaling $100,000. These resources are being directed to their trusted partners Project Hope and International Rescue Committee. Alcon also supports missions throughout the year.
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AmeriCares has already delivered over $25 million in aid to Haiti to help survivors of the devastating January 2010 earthquake. Our relief efforts include sending medicines and medical supplies and supporting health care facilities serving the people of Haiti. But the biggest story is about individuals like Wilson, Monley, Israël and the millions of other brave Haitians fighting to regain their health and hope.
Photo under Creative Commons from International Medical Corps
Baxter International Inc. and The Baxter International Foundation have committed over $2.5 million to support disaster relief efforts in response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Baxter has worked to meet the significant demands for product by collaborating closely with humanitarian aid organizations such as AmeriCares and Direct Relief International . Joint efforts with these organizations and others have yielded shipments of over 280,000 units valued at over $2.2 million. Access to critical IV solutions, antibiotics and other vital drugs has facilitated the organizations' relief efforts to address the needs of the region.
Franklin Lakes, NJ (January 27, 2010) -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, is increasing the supply of its products available for donation in support of Haiti earthquake relief efforts from the $500,000 announced on January 15 to $5 million in market value of critical medical supplies. This additional commitment will help BD’s nonprofit partner organizations use and provide BD products they have specifically requested to address the healthcare disaster and ongoing needs in Haiti.
To date, Bristol-Myers Squibb, its employees and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation have donated more than $7 million in cash and products to assist survivors of the catastrophic earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12.
The company is donating nearly $6.5 million in medicines, including antibiotics and analgesics. The products are being shipped to the Catholic Medical Mission Board, Health Partners International of Canada and Project Hope -- three relief organizations on the ground in Haiti caring for the sick and injured.
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Catholic Medical Mission Board works collaboratively to provide quality healthcare programs and services, without discrimination, to people in need around the world. We feel that collaboration is crucial to being able to ensure that our vision becomes a reality: A world in which every human life is valued and quality healthcare is available to all.
The earthquake in Haiti has affected everyone living in Haiti, and has restricted access to every basic need including shelter, food, water, clothing, healthcare and education.
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Multiple aid consignments, valued at $45 million (wholesale), dispatched to Haiti to support care for the injured; secure warehouse established outside Port-au-Prince. $2 million in cash committed to disability programs in Haiti.
Genzyme and its employees are donating cash and grants to help rebuild Haiti. Visit their website to learn more about their programs.
The first wave of medicines donated by GlaxoSmithKline, valued at $1.6 million, has been utilized rapidly for first line treatment of those affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Medicines have been provided from stocks held in the warehouses of our non-profit partners, such as AmeriCares, DirectRelief International, Health Partners International of Canada, IMA (International Medical Assistance),MAP International and Project Hope.
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Heart to Heart International continues to provide much needed relief to the crisis situation in Haiti. Emergency officials have estimated the latest death toll to exceed 222,500. Shelter and sanitation have become major concerns as officials must now account for overcrowded sites and the upcoming rainy season. Our teams are now working to improve the conditions in seven separate locations including the Port-au-Prince, Leogone and Fondwa areas.
IMA World Health (IMA) provided medicine to more than one million people in the first three weeks of June to control and prevent Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) in Haiti. IMA worked with the Haitian Ministries of Health and Education to set up hundreds of distribution points in the Northeast, West, and Southern areas of the country, reaching large numbers of people through Mass Drug Administration (MDA).
International Medical Corps officially provided more than 100,000 patient consultations through our operations at the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti (HUEH) and our clinics in Port-au-Prince, Petit Goave, Jacmel, and Leogane.
They have saved lives on the spot, from amputations to gun shot wounds at HUEH, and for years to come with immunization campaigns and treatment for major child killers like malaria and waterborne disease.
Our ongoing efforts in Haiti include cash and product donations coming from our Consumer, Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Devices & Diagnostics businesses in the U.S. and several countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Several Johnson & Johnson companies in Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Europe are also contributing.
Beyond supporting immediate needs, we are working with our partners to determine how we can assist in the long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts in Chile and Haiti.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan 14, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced that it will provide donations of medicines and money for victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti on January 12.
"The current situation in Haiti is a profound human tragedy," said Robert L. Smith, president of the Lilly Foundation. "The significant number of casualties and widespread property damage require an urgent and compassionate response. We hope Lilly's contributions will help ease some of the suffering, and aid in the recovery efforts."
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During the first 20 weeks after the earthquake, Medical Teams International sent 18 volunteer teams with the first one arriving within three days of the disaster. More than 100 doctors, nurses and other health professionals have been working in Port-au-Prince, Leogane, Les Cayes and Carrefour.Watch videos and view their photos to learn more about their work.
Merck Medical Volunteers Respond to Haiti Earthquake Victims
After news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, medical personnel from around the world dropped what they were doing and immediately made arrangements to help. Merck employees were in the first wave of volunteers.
Mercy Ships has mobilized its Disaster Response Team to address the destruction that has occurred in Haiti. This Team has been designed to assess and activate Mercy Ships volunteers and assets to address specific need in relation to medical and nonmedical issues. The execution of our Disaster Response will continue for many months and possibly years to address all that has happened to the people of Haiti.
National Cancer Coalition is not currently responding at this time. Please visit their website to learn more about their other ongoing programs.
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When disasters strike, Pfizer and our colleagues respond immediately. Less than 48 hours after Haiti's devastating earthquake, Pfizer pledged over $1 million in medicines, as well as an additional monetary donation to international relief organizations. That number has since been increased to over $4 million in medicines, over-the-counter products and cash contributions. In addition, the Pfizer Foundation's Matching Gifts program matches financial contributions made by U.S.- and Puerto Rico-based colleagues and retirees to 501(c)(3) organizations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
As Project HOPE volunteers continue to work with amputees at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer and other facilities in Haiti, HOPE also continues to send vital medicines and medical supplies into the country. In addition to the $35 million of critically needed medical donations already delivered to Haiti, Colin Credle, HOPE’s Regional Humanitarian Assistance GIK Manager, recently reported on a donation that is doing even more than protecting families from common disease.
Humanitarian Partnerships Department and shipped from France, the United States, Mexico and Germany, this continuing stream of gifts now includes over 67,472 boxes of medicines and 20,000 doses of vaccines, worth a total of nearly €1.9 million.
Immediately after the earthquake that shook Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region, sanofi-aventis set to work with its partners (Aide Médicale Internationale, Care, Red Cross, Handicap International, Médecins du Monde, UNICEF, MAP International, PAHO, Partners in Health, etc), to provide emergency financial assistance, donations of medicines (e.g. analgesics, antibiotics, and diuretics, together with treatments for infections, malaria and diabetes) and vaccines (tetanus and typhoid). Coordinated by the Group In liaison with the French Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Crisis Centre, Tulipe has made available a donation of 36,000 individual treatments to the population of Haiti.
That donation was shipped today to Port au Prince by the French Civil Security Organisation, and the fire fighters and medical teams of the Crisis Unit, who will be in charge of its distribution in the field. We are obviously closely watching the situation to see how it evolves, in particular with respect to the any additional needs that arise. To this end, we are working in parallel with our other emergency partners.
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Within hours of the Haiti earthquake, World Vision was providing life-saving assistance to children and families in desperate need. Our staff in Haiti began caring for the wounded and distributing pre-positioned relief supplies, as additional aid poured in from World Vision offices all over the world. We are committed to helping Haiti rebuild — and to helping Haiti’s children rebuild their future.
