The birth of a child should be a joyous occasion. Sadly for much of the world’s poor it is a time when the health of a mother and child are most at risk and, as a result, many women and children die from preventable causes. According to the World Health Organization, every day 1,000 women die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, with 99% of these deaths occurring in developing countries. Women living in poverty rarely have access to the type of healthcare that ensures safe labor, delivery, and infant care, and many unnecessary deaths occurs from the lack of basic medical supplies and instruments. In recognition of our ability to address these startling statistics by providing access to quality care, MedShare is committed to sending supplies and equipment to hospitals and clinics that focus on improving maternal and infant health. Hospitalito Atitlán is a small nonprofit hospital situated on the shores of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The hospital serves 75,000 local Maya; a population that suffers from some of the highest infant and mother mortality rates in the Americas. The hospital has the only 24/7 emergency and surgical obstetrical care within a two-hour radius and staff uses MedShare supplies to provide a full range of services to the local people. Recently, MedShare shipped a second container to the hospital with over 1,100 boxes of supplies as well as pieces of biomedical equipment such as beds, blood pressure monitors, a patient monitor and a ventilator. These items will enable the professionals at Hospitalito Atitlán to treat the obstetric complications that put mothers and infants at risk, such as pre-eclampsia and emergency c-sections, and provide safe and high quality care for successful births. Nearly all infant and maternal deaths that occur in poor countries are preventable. This Mother's Day, join us in our efforts to improve global healthcare for all women and children. Your donation will be a direct link to critically needed life-saving tools.
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MedShare Receives Prestigious Awards
May 08, 2012MedShare has recently been recognized by Acterra’s 2012 Business Environmental Awards and the Lipman Family Prize!
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Tony Blair Faith Foundation Fellows Host World Malaria Day Art Auction to Send Medical Supplies and Equipment to Sierra Leone
May 08, 2012MedShare’s Tony Blair Faith Foundation Fellows, Clint Fluker and Sana Rahim, hosted an art auction at Georgia Tech on World Malaria Day, April 25th, to raise funds for a shipment of needed medical supplies to Sierra Leone.
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May 4, 2012 01:59 pm
BBQ, live blue grass, and King of Pops: Recapping our Volunteer Appreciation Party
“You have to give back. You have to try to do some good. Forget about your own circumstances and get involved in the circumstances of others. Continue to go for it. Continue to follow your heart and passion. Follow your compass. Do what you can with others to create a community that is not just...
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May 1, 2012 12:32 pm
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a MedShare employee? Newly hired PR + Marketing Manager, Hannah Mae Miners, reflects on her first week on the job.
“Hannah, that’s an endotracheal tube! It goes in the respiratory barrel, instead of the drainage barrel.” Day three on the job, and our devoted team of “Wednesday regulars” was already giving me a run for my money. It was my orientation session with MedShare’s volunteer sorters, and this...
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April 27, 2012 03:51 pm
Recap of our World Malaria Day art auction
MedShare’s Tony Blair Faith Foundation Fellows, Clint Fluker and Sana Rahim, hosted an art auction at Georgia Tech on World Malaria Day, April 25th, to raise funds for a shipment of needed medical supplies to Sierra Leone. Clint and Sana’s profound passion to end malaria was evident throughout...
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