Product Donation Program

During fiscal year 2006, BD donated over $2.5 million in products that were used for medical missions, community outreach programs and disaster relief efforts. By partnering with the organizations listed below, BD furthered its goal of “helping all people live healthy lives.”

As a company we are fortunate to provide the world with a wide range of essential tools for human health. Our product donation program reflects this diverse portfolio of products and services worldwide. Because our purpose is to help all people live healthy lives, we work closely with international non-profit agencies and organizations to achieve humanitarian goals through in-kind product donations. BD regularly and routinely donates its products to several outstanding international relief agencies, in an effort to efficiently and fairly allocate our resources.

Heart to Heart International's Ready Relief Box Program

Ready Relief Boxes: Medical Aid That is Ready to Go

As part of our Product Donation Program, BD is supporting the Ready Relief Box program, recently launched by Heart to Heart International. The program aligns closely with BD’s corporate purpose of “Helping all people live healthy lives,” providing international medical teams with the essential medicines, instruments and supplies that treat 1,000 patients per Ready Relief Box.

Did you know that three out of every five people living in developing countries do not have access to essential health services? Part of the problem is a scarcity of qualified medical workers. Another problem is a lack of medicines and supplies to treat people in need. With Ready Relief Boxes, BD hopes to help Heart to Heart tackle both problems.

Heart to Heart is a U.S.-based global humanitarian organization that works to improve health and to respond to the needs of disaster victims worldwide. The group specializes in delivering essential medicines and supplies, as well as providing the necessary training to increase the level of medical care in underserved regions of the world. Heart to Heart works with hundreds of medical groups within its global network, providing customized shipments of medical aid to improve health in nearly 60 countries.

What Does a Ready Relief Box Look like?

• Design: Suitcase-like design allows it to be transported internationally with ease
• Overall value: Nearly $15,000
• Offered to medical groups for: 500
• Items included: Analgesics, anti-allergy medications, anti-amebics, antibiotics, gastrointestinal medicines, gauze bandages, exam gloves, topical ointments, vitamins, and a distinctive doctor's bag that includes new frontline diagnostic equipment including a blood-pressure gauge/cuff, otoscope, stethoscope and digital thermometers.
• BD product contributions: ACE® bandages, exam gloves and digital thermometers.
• The result: BD and Heart to Heart are improving the health of more than 500,000 people per year through this innovative program.

If you are planning a medical mission overseas, please visit the BD catalog for specific sku numbers and then call Heart to Heart International to submit your request. Heart to Heart’s telephone number is 913-764-5200.

PQMD (Partnership for Quality Medical Donations)

BD is a member of PQMD, a nonprofit membership association dedicated to raising the standards for medical product donations globally. PQMD aims to encourage the donation and delivery of appropriate medicines to people in need in a timely and effective manner.

PQMD Mission

The Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD) is an alliance of private voluntary organizations and medical product manufacturers dedicated to raising standards of medical donations to meet the needs of underserved populations and disaster victims around the world.

Seven Key Components in the Comprehensive Management of Medical Product Donations

1. needs assessment
2. appropriateness of the donation
3. quality and quantity
4. packaging
5. transportation
6. utilization of human resources
7. evaluation

Visit the PQMD Website for further details on appropriate donation practices: http://www.pqmd.org/

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