Baxter International Foundation & Direct Relief Mobile Health Program Connects 23,000 People to Critical Health Services in F...
December 06 2017 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
- Driving Your Health (Manejando tu
Salud) mobile health program helps reduce barriers to healthcare
access for people living in Mexico City
- Program includes a mobile health
clinic, preventive and chronic disease programs, and transportation
assistance
- The three-year program is expected to
exceed its initial goal of reaching 40,000 patients directly and
310,000 indirectly
Driving Your Health (Manejando tu Salud), a mobile health
program supported by Baxter International Foundation and the global
humanitarian organization Direct Relief, has provided direct access
to important health services to more than 23,000
people in its first year of operation and indirectly impacted
nearly 140,000 individuals via medical consulting or educational
resources. Based on these results, the program is expected to
exceed its three-year goal of helping more than 350,000 people
living in disadvantaged communities in and around Mexico City.
"The main objective of the program is to prevent medical
conditions by expanding access to health care, providing health
education and increasing the early detection of potentially serious
health conditions such as non-communicable diseases like diabetes,
the leading cause of death in Mexico," said Eduardo Mendoza,
General Manager, Direct Relief Mexico. “We have seen the positive
results of creating partnerships and collaborative opportunities
between NGOs in Mexico.”
“Baxter International Foundation is proud of these initial
results as they underscore the unmet healthcare needs of this
community,” said Stacey Eisen, president of Baxter International
Foundation and senior vice president, Global Communications. “The
foundation mission is to increase access to healthcare for
disadvantaged communities, and this program allows us to provide
the underserved people in Mexico City with access to health
services and health education.”
Driving Your Health, which is funded by a $2.25 million grant
from Baxter International Foundation, tackles three areas that are
central to improving community health outcomes – basic preventive
care, support managing chronic conditions and transportation
assistance to get to and from hospitals for treatment. Program
services include:
- Orden de Malta and Asociación Gilberto
“Association Gilberto” provide mobile health units, comprised of
doctors and nurses, which provide screening and essential health
services in 50 locations in Mexico City. These healthcare
professionals support patient self-management of chronic diseases,
as well as provide hundreds of thousands of individuals with
educational resources. Asociación Gilberto “Association Gilberto”
joined the program in May and provides diabetic, respiratory,
ophthalmological and dental diagnostic services.
- Transportation, which is provided by
program partner Casa de la Amistad “House of Friendship for
Children with Cancer”, to hospitals for nearly 5,000 pediatric
cancer patients and their caregivers, allowing them to have access
to life-saving treatment. Lack of access to reliable transportation
is reported as one of the main barriers to care for 73 percent of
the patients served by the program.
- Training seminars, provided by
Asociación Mexicana de Diabetes “Mexican Diabetes Association”, for
more than 230 physicians, nurses, and specialists with best
practices in patient education related to diabetes and hypertension
prevention and management.
The mobile health program is also being supported by employees
from Baxter’s Mexico operations. Employees have contributed 500
volunteer hours and have packed over 1,600 hygiene kits to be
delivered to program beneficiaries.
About Baxter and Baxter International Foundation
Baxter and Baxter International Foundation are committed to
saving and sustaining lives. Every day, Baxter employees strive to
make a meaningful difference in the lives of people who depend on
Baxter products, and in the communities where employees live and
work. The company focuses on advancing three core areas: improving
access to healthcare; fostering tomorrow’s innovation and serving
its communities. Baxter works closely with public and private
partners around the world to ensure people have access to the
healthcare they need, to develop the next generation of innovators
who will lead the way in advancing care, and to create long-lasting
impact in Baxter’s communities. Baxter International Foundation
supports initiatives and organizations that make a positive,
lasting impact on increasing access to healthcare for the
disadvantaged and underserved. For more information, please visit
http://www.baxter.com.
About Direct Relief
Established in 1948 with a mission to improve the health and
lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies, Direct Relief
delivers life-saving medical resources throughout the world –
without regard to politics, religion, ethnic identities, or ability
to pay. With operations in Mexico and as well as more than 80
countries and all 50 states in the U.S., Direct Relief is the only
charitable nonprofit to obtain Verified Accredited Wholesale
Distributor (VAWD) accreditation by the National Association of
Boards of Pharmacy. Among other distinctions, Direct Relief earns a
perfect score of 100 from independent evaluator Charity Navigator,
was listed among the world's most innovative nonprofits by Fast
Company, and has received the CECP Directors' Award, the Drucker
Prize for Nonprofit Innovation, and the President's Award from Esri
for excellence in GIS mapping. For more information, please visit
https://www.DirectRelief.org.
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Baxter Media ContactWilliam Rader, (224)
948-5353media@baxter.comorDirect Relief Media ContactTony
Morain, (530) 574-5707tmorain@directrelief.org
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