Shipment of Medical Supplies to Liberia
Summary
In 2008, the Sanam Vaziri Quraishi Foundation (SVQF) committed to funding the shipment of one container of medical supplies and equipment, with a cargo value of $553,000, to JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. The shipment left the United States on February 27, 2009, and arrived in Monrovia in early April 2009. Doc to Dock, SVQF’s partner in this commitment, has collected and is shipping the 39,175 lbs. of medical supplies and equipment, which will help equip a hospital in a country whose health care services were devastated by the civil war.
Approach
The Sanam Vaziri Quraishi Foundation (SVQF) has committed to fully fund the shipment of one container of medical supplies and equipment to JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. The medical supplies and equipment, which have been collected by Doc to Dock, will help equip a hospital in a country where health care services were devastated by the civil war.
SVQF seeks to alleviate extreme poverty through focused investment in practical solutions. Those living in extreme poverty are unable to meet their basic needs of safe water, adequate nutrition, education, income-generating opportunities, and health care. Addressing each of these needs is essential in order to lift individuals and communities out of extreme poverty, and to enable them to sustain their progress independently. SVQF concentrates on providing solutions in each of five areas with the ultimate goal of eradicating extreme poverty.
Background
Through access to the improved healthcare offered by JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, as a result of the hospital’s receipt of a container of medical supplies and equipment, approximately 25,000 lives will be positively affected by The Sanam Vaziri Quraishi Foundation’s Commitment to Action. Of this total number of lives, approximately 13,000 are female and 1,000 are children.
The Sanam Vaziri Quraishi Foundation (SVQF) is providing ,000 to Doc to Dock, which has committed to collecting and sending unused and reusable medical supplies to health facilities in Africa. This amount allows Doc to Dock to ship one container, with a cargo value of approximately ,000, of medical supplies and equipment to JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. The container is expected to arrive in early 2009, and its contents will allow JFK Hospital to provide improved healthcare services to approximately 25,000 people.
Performance Metric:
– Number of people expected to increase access to health services or improved quality of health services: 25,000.
– Number of people expected to increase access to maternal-child health and survival programs: 14,000.
– Number of people expected to increase access to HIV-AIDS treatment and care: 25,000.
– Amount of funds expected to contribute to improving the capacity of health care institutions and providers: ,000.
Progress Update
April 2009
The shipment destined for JFK Hospital in Monrovia left for Liberia on February 27, 2009. It contained 39,175 lbs. of medical supplies and equipment (1492 pieces) and had a cargo value of $553,000.
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