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Pakistan floods: Tulipe provides valuable assistance to the NGO, PU-AMI
October 6, 2011 - On 20 September 2011, the NGO PU-AMI (recently formed from the merger between Première Urgence and Aide Médicale Internationale) launched a major humanitarian operation in South Pakistan, in the Sindh province which has suffered from heavy torrential rains since the month of August. The aim of this operation is to meet all the essential needs of populations that are victims of the recent floods (access to drinking water and health care, provision of food and tents, etc.).
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World Vision responding as second devastating typhoon hits the Philippines
Manila, October 1, 2011—World Vision is responding to two typhoons which have affected several hundred thousand families this week in the Philippines. As more than 2 million people in Manila and other regions struggle to recover from Typhoon Nesat, Typhoon Nalgae is expected to affect another 1 million people.
Aid workers were forced to postpone some relief distributions to Nesat survivors as the relief agency scrambled to respond to Nalgae’s onslaught yesterday. |
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Baxter Continues to Respond to Earthquake Relief Efforts in Japan
When a major earthquake and tsunami struck the east coast of Japan on March 11, Baxter employees immediately went to work to ensure that patients in the affected areas had access to essential medical products. In addition to hospitals, employees also attempted to contact some 1,200 peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in the region to make sure they were safe and could still conduct their therapy. These patients, who suffer from end-stage kidney disease, depend on PD - a home therapy for which Baxter is a leading provider of products and services - to cleanse their blood of toxins, waste and excess fluid normally removed by healthy kidneys.
With phone lines down in several areas, Baxter staff had to go to some patients' homes and also searched evacuation centers and nearby hospitals to locate patients. By Day 3 after the earthquake, phone lines were restored and employees were able to make contact with many of them, some of whom needed product immediately. With many roads closed and a lack of gasoline, Baxter worked closely with its supply chain partners to provide these life-saving products to patients.
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IHP receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise
London – International Health Partners (IHP) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 2011 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category that recognises outstanding continuous Innovation over a period of 5 years. Innovation is one of three categories for Queens’s Awards: International trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development. IHP is the only charity to have received an Innovation Award in the past three years.
Click here to visit IHPUK and learn more.
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Baxter Advances Science Education, Haiti Relief Efforts and Environmental Initiatives in Fourth Quarter
DEERFIELD, Ill., December 15, 2010 - Baxter International Inc.'s (NYSE: BAX) Science@WorkNewsweek magazine's "Green Rankings" and the Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes. Further information about Baxter's sustainability activities can be found at http://sustainability.baxter.com/. education program recently hosted interactive science workshops by Baxter scientists to help Chicago-area high school students experience the science behind healthcare careers. The company also announced product donations to support relief efforts for the Haiti cholera outbreak, and was recognized by leading sustainability rankings including
Science@Work Initiative Explores Careers in Healthcare
On December 2, Baxter hosted 75 students from several Chicago-area public high schools at the Illinois Science + Technology Park for Science@Work Day, a hands-on science workshop and career panel as part of Baxter's Science@Work program – a multi-year partnership launched in 2008 with the Chicago Public Schools to support teacher training and student development in healthcare and biotechnology. The day featured interactive laboratory demonstrations and exercises to help students understand the varying factors considered when engineering a medical device.
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