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Welcome to International Health Partners |
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Who we areInternational Health Partners is a charitable organisation dedicated to providing donated medical aid to communities in the developing world. We link the UK medical community, pharmaceutical and medical supply companies and government, with organisations and individuals involved in providing humanitarian aid to the world's most needy. What we doIHP acts as the UK distribution channel for donated, quality, in-date products and expertise. We provide a bridge between drug, vaccine and medical suppliers, and individuals and organisations working in the developing world. Our aim is to enable those delivering healthcare to the poor in low income countries, and to the needy in times of disaster, to increase their effectiveness and capacity to do more by providing greater access to quality donated medicines, medical supplies and supply chain management skills. |
Cyclone Nargis 15 May 2008 – Situation
Report & Update
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Doctor's Travel PacksIHP provides Doctor's Travel Packs to UK registered doctors traveling
overseas on short term elective, humanitarian service Each Pack contains 40 different essential medicines with treatment for up to 1,500 children and adults and has been designed in consultation with UK doctors, the WHO and the BMA’s International Committee. IHP is also producing a number of Maternal Packs as part of a pilot project, which will become more widely available in the autumn of 2008. These have been developed in conjunction with the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and the WHO’s Making Pregnancy Safer team. Each pack will focus on the essential medicines needed to treat up to 1,000 complications in pregnancy and childbirth. |
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Disaster ReliefIHP acts as the single coordinating point for donations sent from
the UK on behalf of the pharma industry in the UK. In accordance
with WHO guidelines, IHP only sends those medicines that are specifically
needed and requested. Accordingly, IHP liaises directly with the local
Ministries of Health and the WHO’s Health Cluster in order to
deliver emergency medical supplies to local and international medical
response teams and NGOs. IHP, on behalf of donors from the UK
pharma industry, was the largest international donor of medicines to
the Health Cluster supporting the Pakistan
earthquake and IHP’s emergency medical kits are used by the international emergency medical teams as a first line of response. They are deployed quickly – for example the medical teams were using the packs within 72 hours of the Pakistan earthquake and 24 hours after the cessation of bombing in Lebanon conflict. IHP specifically did not send medicines following the Java earthquake and 2007 African Floods, since needs could be met locally and there was no call for additional international supplies. In 2007 IHP worked with UNICEF, WHO, and the Ministries of Health in Peru and Nicaragua, sending specific medicines to meet targeted unmet needs. IHP is actively involved in the international response to the devastation in Myanmar caused by Cyclone Nargis. |
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This site was updated on 15.05.08 |