Advancing Quality Through Standards, Education and Research.
Standards
PQMD is committed to leading the world in the development and promotion of quality medical donation standards and practices. Inappropriate donations are often due to lack of knowledge, preparation or both on the part of the donors and recipients. In some cases well intentioned but unneeded donations are made in the wake of a disaster under the belief that any donation is a good donation.
In this section, PQMD highlights resources that focus on advancing medical product donation standards.
These resources are provided to help humanitarian organizations, church groups, individuals and other donors better understand the basic tenets of high quality medical donation practices.
Medical product donations are not and should not be promoted as the solution to the global healthcare crisis. However, appropriate donations do serve as an effective, sustainable mechanism for providing access to needed medical supplies not available by any other means.
- PQMD’s SEVEN KEY COMPONENTS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL PRODUCT DONATIONS
- PQMD Medical Equipment Standards
- PQMD Donor Guide
- WHO Drug Donation Guidelines (PDF)
- AERDO GIK Standards
- InterAction PVO Standards
Library
PQMD is committed to leading the world in the development and promotion of quality medical donation standards and practices. Inappropriate donations are often due to lack of knowledge, preparation or both on the part of the donors and recipients. In some cases well intentioned but unneeded donations are made in the wake of a disaster under the belief that any donation is a good donation.
The Library is a designed to reduce inappropriate and unneeded donations by building the capacity of everyone involved in medical product donations to make decisions that are in the best interests of the final recipients. This site provides a wide range of resources, including: standards, best practice information, speeches, tools, presentations, studies, news and past PQMD Educational Forum videos. Let us know if you don’t find what you need. Library
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Proper public health and logistics infrastructure can protect entire populations from disabling and deadly diseases. Mission Possible, a partially animated, 30-minute film discusses the professional standards, networks and basic knowledge required to enable effective, efficient supply chain management for the delivery of healthcare supplies. The main character, Agent Rex, guides the viewer on a secret mission to deliver the right amount of product on time to patients everywhere. Specifically designed to fit within established training curricula, the video, on its own, provides a basic primer in the field of health care logistics, highlighting the opportunities of this growing profession.
Mission Possible if available at no charge thanks to the support of Pfizer, Inc.
Watch, download or order Mission Possible
Student Fellowship Programs 
In countries where pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and other supplies are difficult to acquire on a regular basis, medical products donation becomes the major means of obtaining these critical commodities. Even in developed countries, where there is better and easier access to medical supplies, medical donations are needed in special circumstances such as natural disaster response. Understanding the mechanics of medical products .jpg){kind=small}
donation from both the donor and the recipient point of view is essential to its efficient management.
The fellowship students are asked to help develop a quality medical donation model with the following objectives.
• Examine and evaluate the existing practices in managing medical products donation involving pharmaceuticals, equipment, consumables, single disease initiatives, and others.
• Identify new approaches and suggest recommendations that would enhance quality medical products donation. These recommendations should have practical implications for both Ghana and the donor nations.
The PQMD Fellowship Program is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson and led by Loma Linda University School of Public Health. The project coordinator and thought leaders is Seth Waife an Assistant Professor and Academic Director of Health Geoinfomatics program at Loma Linda Univeristy.
Research
PQMD has sponsored a number of important research projects since its creation in 1996. Many of these and other projects are available online. Research
In 2010 PQMD has decided to undertake an in-depth case study, fostering interdisciplinary research, to understand the experiences of its members in response to the Haitian earthquake of 2010. The study intends to build on the findings of a study conducted in 2006 on the Asian tsunami 2004 and Hurricane Katrina 2005 by Virginia Tech University entitled, “Key barriers faced by INGOs in responding to international and domestic disasters.” The goal of the research is to examine, identify and analyze the key barriers faced by international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) during disaster relief efforts motivated by a pursuit to enhance coordination and collaboration and thereby improve the global impact of public-private sector engagement in humanitarian relief.
The lead investigator is Veronica Arroyave, MPH, Institute for Policy & Governance, Virginia Tech's School of Public & International Affairs. The Haiti study results will be published in two parts in 2010 and 2011. Contact us for mor information.
Photo: AmeriCares staff and incountry partners meeting with PQMD reserachers in Port-au- Prince, Haiti.
