Navigation Links
Direct Relief's Corporate Partners Key to Aiding Cyclone Victims
Date:5/9/2008

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewsire/ -- U.S. corporations providing critical medicines and supplies to help victims of the Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar are relying upon their long-time partner, Direct Relief International, to ensure that the aid will reach the people and organizations who need it most.

"It's important to remember the complete story of the humanitarian effort directed at Myanmar starts with the people and organizations that provide the supplies that will be used on the ground," says Thomas Tighe, Direct Relief president and CEO. "It's their generous contributions that enable us, and the field clinics we work with, to help more people."

Direct Relief is currently planning to airlift more than $200,000 worth of medical aid to the region, thanks to contributions from Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, MedVantx, Mylan Laboratories, Midmark and Sappo Hill Soapworks. Also, thanks to a partnership with Google, Direct Relief has collected more than $60,000 in contributions, 100 percent of which will go to provide aid and support for cyclone victims.

As for the corporate partners, it's Direct Relief's unique connections to clinics and field staff in country throughout the world that make it easy for them to get involved in relief efforts.

"Abbott is working with partners such as Direct Relief to deliver life-saving medicines and nutritionals needed to meet the urgent health needs of the people of Myanmar," said Cathy Babington, president of Abbott Fund.

Tighe says Direct Relief's Asia program officer is currently on route to Thailand to explore logistics avenues and conduct a needs assessment, adding that the response from Direct Relief's corporate partners has been so great that he expects the planned airlift to be the first of many. Included in this first aid package are basic antibiotics as well as needed medical supplies specifically requested
'/>"/>

SOURCE Direct Relief International
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related medicine news :

1. Direct Anesthetic Infusion Helps Colorectal Cancer Patients
2. AUDIO from Medialink and Commit Lozenge: Wanna Quit Smoking With Therapeutic Nicotine? Just Follow the Directions
3. National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), the Largest Insurance Subrogation Association in the World - Announced Today that Leslie Wiernik has Joined the Organization as Director of Education
4. HealthInsuranceFinders.com Launches Video Contest for Young Directors
5. Arrow International Urges Shareholders To Vote for Approval of the $45.50 Teleflex Inc. Merger and for the Current Board of Directors
6. Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Launches Aggressive Ad Campaign Directed at United States Congress
7. Zimmer Holdings Offer and ORTHOsoft Directors Circular Mailed to Shareholders
8. Glass Lewis Recommends Arrow Shareholders Vote on the White Proxy Card for Merger With Teleflex and for Current Board of Directors at Arrow Annual Meeting
9. STERIS Corporation Board of Directors Names Walter M. Rosebrough Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer
10. Fitness Champion Natalie Waples to be Spokesperson for Natural Nutrition International Direct Marketing Campaign
11. Nick Childs Joins Grey New York as Director of Content Development
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:5/12/2008)...gulatory Authority Over Tobacco, WASHINGTON, Ma...est,Hispanic faith-based organization in the count...he Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control,A...y over tobacco products., "We encourage Congres...R. 1108 has broad bi-partisan support and could ge...
(Date:5/11/2008)...Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Cou...o investigate important aspects of human ageing. ...niversity, Dr Lynne Cox and Dr Robert Saunders hav...s can now be used to study the effects ageing has ...l Aging Cell, the researchers demonstrate the valu...
(Date:5/11/2008)...swire-USNewswire/ -- The situation for children,co...ren have been separated,from their families, many ...camps, and some are drinking water from ponds cove...., The information is contained in a new situatio...mar. It details the most urgent needs of women,and...
(Date:5/11/2008)... waiting, bracing and, sometimes, surgery, , ... spines are naturally curved and flexible so that ...some people, the natural curve of the spine doesn,...r "C" shape. , This condition is known as scoli...ording to the National Scoliosis Foundation. While...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Human aging gene found in flies 2Health News:UNICEF REPORT: Desperate Conditions for Children in Camps Without Clean Water as Cyclone Aftermath Worsens 2Health News:UNICEF REPORT: Desperate Conditions for Children in Camps Without Clean Water as Cyclone Aftermath Worsens 3Health News:UNICEF REPORT: Desperate Conditions for Children in Camps Without Clean Water as Cyclone Aftermath Worsens 4Health News:Scoliosis: An Unnatural Curve 2Health News:Scoliosis: An Unnatural Curve 3
...d new measures are being undertaken by the health ...ho have been referred by their General Practioner....sing the wages of the Surgeons three times their n...ve more than ?1,500 a day from officials to cut on...
...bson and his research team are all set to improve ...s brain scanner provides an insight about the func...It was developed by University College London (UCL...g and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). ...
...t study aimed towards New Year resolutions to loos...and based on vegan principles is effective.// This...ians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Th...ing the flab and getting healthy.The study by PCRM...
...ve called artemisinin which comes from the sweet w...om setting in, according to researchers of the Uni... to combat malaria since early times. Henry Lai,...W bioengineer Narendra P. Singh, said that the fin...
Other Medicine News:Health News:Surgeons being paid triple the amount to cut waiting lists 2Health News:Detecting Brain Abnormalities in Babies Using New Brain Scanners. 2Health News:Artemisinin May Prevent Breast Cancer 2
(Date:5/9/2008)...and, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An emergency...otection of Animals (WSPA),is on stand-by in Thail...nmar to assess and then relieve the suffering of t... for food and their livelihoods., WSPA is recei...rganization of the United Nations (FAO) while prep...
(Date:5/9/2008)...ay 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many strong acting...ese can include nausea and,vomiting with short-ter...Such symptoms can lead patients to discontinue tre...nagement for physicians. The novel investigational...algesic, provided pain,relief for patients with fe...
(Date:5/9/2008)... /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The risk of the two ma... hyperplasia (BPH), can be,reduced by changes in l...normal weight and eating a healthy diet. Alan Kris...ion Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research,Cen...ggest men need not,feel helpless against prostate ...
(Date:5/9/2008)...s development of early pipeline cancer drug candid...stCall/ -- Cytopia Limited,(ASX: CYT) today announ...iscovery and development collaboration with Cancer...s Cytopia,s early stage drug discovery pipeline,of...cs that is one of the,fastest growing segments of ...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Animals That Cyclone Survivors Depend on Need Help Now 2New Study Suggests Tapentadol IR for Acute Pain Is Associated With Improved Gastrointestinal Tolerability Compared to Oxycodone IR 2New Study Suggests Tapentadol IR for Acute Pain Is Associated With Improved Gastrointestinal Tolerability Compared to Oxycodone IR 3New Study Suggests Tapentadol IR for Acute Pain Is Associated With Improved Gastrointestinal Tolerability Compared to Oxycodone IR 4Preventing Prostate Cancer and BPH: Prostate-Health Expert Available (National Men's Health Week Is June 9-15) 2Preventing Prostate Cancer and BPH: Prostate-Health Expert Available (National Men's Health Week Is June 9-15) 3Preventing Prostate Cancer and BPH: Prostate-Health Expert Available (National Men's Health Week Is June 9-15) 4Cytopia Announces Novel Anti-Cancer Drug Development Collaboration 2Cytopia Announces Novel Anti-Cancer Drug Development Collaboration 3London School of Hygiene to play key role in global collaboration on adverse drug reactions 2185 1London School of Hygiene to play key role in global collaboration on adverse drug reactions 2185 2Chemotherapy with gemcitabine delays progression of operable pancreatic cancer 2181 1Chemotherapy with gemcitabine delays progression of operable pancreatic cancer 2181 2Susan G Komen for the Cure Partners With the Original Butter Bell 28R 29 Crock Developer 2176 1Susan G Komen for the Cure Partners With the Original Butter Bell 28R 29 Crock Developer 2176 2Kaiser Permanente Study Shows Alcohol Consumption No Matter Beverage Type Linked to Breast Cancer Risk 2172 1Kaiser Permanente Study Shows Alcohol Consumption No Matter Beverage Type Linked to Breast Cancer Risk 2172 2Kaiser Permanente Study Shows Alcohol Consumption No Matter Beverage Type Linked to Breast Cancer Risk 2172 3Kaiser Permanente Study Shows Alcohol Consumption No Matter Beverage Type Linked to Breast Cancer Risk 2172 4
...st Remain on the Millions Still Suffering from Chr...PRNewswire/ -- The Centers for Disease,Control and...cline,in the rates of new acute hepatitis infectio...ecting the success of hepatitis A and B,vaccinatio...,highlight these positive results, but remind peop...
...ed Research Manuscript Appears in Peer-Review Jour...21, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition,for Pulmona...ript,from its Basic Research Questionnaire, consid...n patients suffering from,idiopathic pulmonary fib... Respiratory Medicine. The publication is an,inter...
Other Medicine Technology:The American Liver Foundation Urges Cautious Optimism about CDC,Report on Declining Acute Hepatitis Infection Rates 2The American Liver Foundation Urges Cautious Optimism about CDC,Report on Declining Acute Hepatitis Infection Rates 3Medical Journal Publishes First Large-Scale Survey Revealing,Experiences of IPF Patients 2Medical Journal Publishes First Large-Scale Survey Revealing,Experiences of IPF Patients 3
... of resolution along with color bar generator, aut...features in a user-friendly design. , ,Complete 3...des: , (GS 9922) Camera Control Unit (CCU) with po...with 3 meter cable (10 ft.) (1/2" format CCD) , ...
Provides a combination of concentrated cold / hot and compression for the knee
Provides a combination of concentrated cold / hot and compression for the back
Provides extended cold therapy to the shoulder area for acute, chronic, or post-surgical applications. The DuraKold products can help reduce pain, edema, and speed recovery.
Medicine Products: