MESSAGE FROM THE CEO ASCA Foundation Partners with Global Health Organization I
n February, the ASCA Foundation Board approved a formal partnership between Partners in Health (PIH) of Boston, Massachusetts (
www.pih.org) and
the ASCA Foundation. Through this partnership, the Foundation and individual ASCA members will have an opportunity to help support the delivery of health care services to many thousands of people who otherwise would not be able to obtain the care they need. Paul Farmer, MD, founded PIH as a global health nonprofit in 1987. Its mission
includes bringing the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need, serving as a model for delivering care to the poor and underserved and inspiring others to do the same. Originally dedicated to serving the residents of rural Haiti, today PIH also works in Africa (Rwanda, Lesotho and Malawi), Peru, Mexico, Russia and the Navajo Nation. PIH reaches into some of the world’s poorest and sickest communities to provide health care equipment, expertise and services that can improve and save lives. You can learn more about Farmer and the organization he created in Tracy Kidder’s Pulitzer Prize winning biography Mountains Beyond Mountain: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World. ASCA started working with PIH last year (see my column on page 6 of
the April 2014 issue). In the beginning, based on the successful donation of an important piece of equipment to a Haitian hospital made by one of ASCA’s corporate members, we thought that large and small equipment donations from the ASC community would be the best way to help support PIH in its mission. After extended conversations with PIH and others, however, we now recognize that the most effective way for the ASC community to support PIH would be by providing financial support. In the future, other options to support the organization might become available. To kick-start the fundraising campaign that will support this project, the ASCA
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Foundation will contribute $10,000 to PIH and establish an online portal where individuals and organizations from the ASC community can contribute. We will announce additional details as they become available. Please watch your inbox for more information about the ASCA-PIH partnership and how to contribute. We are currently making plans to host a member of the PIH staff at ASCA 2015
in Orlando, May 13–16, and will share more about this important global initiative during that meeting. Turn to page 8 to read more about ASCA 2015 and the sessions and networking opportunities that it will offer. I hope to see you there.
Bill Prentice Chief Executive Officer
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