STAMFORD, Conn., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —
AmeriCares has awarded its annual Power of Partnership Award
to AstraZeneca for its outstanding commitment to increasing access
to health care for people in need both here at home and throughout
the developing world. In the past year alone, the
pharmaceutical company renewed its support for the only breast
cancer treatment program for Cambodia’s poor, assembled over 14,000
hygiene kits for disaster survivors and, for the second year in a
row, donated $5 million in medicines for chronically ill
Americans.
AmeriCares President & CEO Curt Welling presented the award
today at the Healthcare Distribution Management Association’s
(HDMA) Business & Leadership Conference in Phoenix. The Power
of Partnership Award was created by AmeriCares and HDMA to
recognize medical manufacturing and distribution organizations that
have shown exceptional dedication to expanding access to medicines
and health care for disadvantaged populations.
“AstraZeneca supports our global health programs on every level,
from product donations and cash grants to hands-on employee
involvement after major disasters,” Welling said. “We’re
restoring health and saving lives every day because of great
corporate partners like AstraZeneca.”
The company has supported AmeriCares global health programs with
over $63 million in product donations since 2003. Over the
years, AstraZeneca’s lifesaving medicines have reached 68 countries
including Cambodia where it supports a program that provides free
breast cancer screening, treatment and patient education for
impoverished women, along with medical staff training.
AstraZeneca, which has been involved since the program’s
inception in 2007, recently extended its commitment for another
three years.
AstraZeneca also supports AmeriCares work in the U.S., from
disasters like the recent tornadoes in the South to its ongoing
medical aid deliveries
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