Update on the World's Health Needs August 1998
"All labor that uplifts
humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking
excellence."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Relief for Papua New Guinea!
On July 17th, a magnitude 7 earthquake
occurred off the northwest coast of Papua New Guinea. Approximately 10 minutes after the
earthquake, the first of three tsunami waves, two of which were over 25 feet high, came
ashore along a 35km front in the Sandaun province of Papua New Guinea. Most of the
villages and buildings in the path of these tsunami waves were completely destroyed. Of
the 9000+ people living in this region, over 2,100 people are still missing.
MAP was able to immediately respond to this disaster
thanks to the availability of the donated product in our inventory.
MAP's relief response included -
- An air freight shipment containing antibiotics, analgesics, gauze,
and bandaging.
- An Emergency Health Kit from Europe that treats 10,000 people for
three months.
- MAP Travel Packs and Specialty Packs, in addition to custom pack
orders of medicines and supplies, were hand carried into the region by physicians and
relief worker.
- To help with the restocking of health facilities around the island
country, a 20" container of medicines and medical supplies is being prepared.
On behalf of the people of Papua New Guinea, our grateful
thanks to each of you for responding to their need!
Florida Wildfires ... Did You Know?
From Jun 1 through July 22, more than 220 fires
destroyed almost 500,000 acres in Florida; 179 people were injured; 330 homes were
destroyed; and over 33 businesses were either destroyed or damaged.
Assistance from six of our donor companies - 3M, Chattem,
J&J Consumer, J&J Medical, McNeil Consumer Products, and Whitehall-Robins
Healthcare, enabled MAP to respond to the needs of the firefighters as well as
the families affected by the fires.
Timely distribution of the product was accomplished through the help of
the Salvation Army.
Nations served this month!
With your help,
medicines and medical supplies were shipped to these nations during July: Latin
America/Caribbean: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, St.
Thomas, Suriname; Africa: Angola, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger,
Nigeria; Asia/Pacific: Bahrain, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New
Guinea, Philippines; Eastern Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Romania, Ukraine. Other: Iraq, USA.
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MAP & Industry Respond to Kenya Bombing
Two bombs ripped through the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on August 7 and resulted in 257 people dead, including 12 Americans. More than 5,500 were injured.
Through the collaboration of the industry and MAP International, $65,000 of lifesaving medicines and medical supplies were immediately airlifted to the region.
Kenya's Minister of Health, Mr. Jackson Kalweo, was at Nairobi's international airport to personally receive the donation of disaster modules, completely bypassing the normal channels of customs which usually takes serveral days. The first supplies began to arrive the day after the bombings.
Receiving the medicines with Mr. Kalweo was MAP's East Africa Director, Dr. Peter Okaalet. Dr. Okaalet told the Health Minister that MAP would continue assisting the blast victims as long as help was needed. "Thank you very much for your assistance to us, " Mr. Kalweo said to the MAP staff.
We, in turn, thank the industry for making this urgent response possible.
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