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Air Miles and Etihad Airways raises 11.4 million air miles for Medecins Sans Frontieres
Air Miles, the Middle East's leading multi-participant loyalty programme, has partnered with its UAE cardholders to raise a whopping 11.4 million Air Miles for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an international medical and humanitarian aid organisation.
Open Door Family Medical Centers of Westchester County awarded Dannon's Next Generation Nutrition Grant
The Dannon Company, Inc. awarded Open Door Family Medical Centers of Westchester County its 2011 Next Generation Nutrition® Grant and $30,000 in support of its Fit for Life programme.
Public-Private Partnership Provides Health Insurance for the Poor in the Republic of Georgia
Since 2004, the USAID-funded, Abt Associates-led CoReform Project has provided on-the-ground technical assistance to the Government of Georgia. The assistance focuses on exploring different health financing, health policy, and service delivery options to overcome barriers to high quality health...
New Partnership for TB Control Links the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and Private Sector
Work by the Abt Associates-led USAID Private Sector Programme (PSP) helped the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health create a new partnership between the public and private healthcare sectors to improve access to Tuberculosis (TB) treatment.
Meeting the demand of low-income women: Lifespring’s maternal care in India
LifeSpring Hospital in India is innovatively meeting the growing demand of low-income women who deserve affordable and dignified medical care. By focusing on a particular niche, maternal care, and different cost-saving strategies, this hospital provides maternal care at one-fifth of market...
BD launches cross-border volunteer programme to improve medical services in Ghana and Zambia
BD's launched a cross-border volunteer programme in 2005 in partnership with the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) and Direct Relief International. The programme sends 10 - 12 skilled employee volunteers from all over the world to Ghana and Zambia for two- or three-week service trips, working...
Vaatsalya Hospitals: Affordable Healthcare in Proximity
Vaatsalya hospitals are run as commercial entities that receive no charitable grants or subsidies. For their pioneering work in the area of inclusive healthcare, Vaatsalya and its founders have been receiving several national and international awards. “We realized that there was not only an...
Transporting the sick and injured to private or government hospitals in ambulances-- 1298 Ambulance service in India
1298 is the first private ambulance company in India that provides service for all, regardless of income, and is one of just three organized operators in the country. In 2007, the company had 10 ambulances in Mumbai. Now it has more than 460 ambulances across Mumbai, Kerala, Bihar, Rajasthan, and...
LifeSpring Hospitals' low-cost and high-quality maternity services in India have captured 48% of the baby delivery market
LifeSpring Hospitals Pvt. Ltd tries to bridge the yawning gap between the substandard maternity services offered by underfunded public hospitals on the one hand and expensive ones available in private hospitals on the other.
LifeSpring Hospitals help to achieve Millennium Development Goals in India
LifeSpring Hospitals, a privately owned company, is increasing access to maternal health care for low-income Indian women in partnership with Business Call to Action, a global initiative that works to motivate businesses to design responsible investments that help to achieve the Millennium...