January: Tombe Gateau, HAITI
Family Health Ministries http://familyhealthministries.org/ for new birthing center
March: Guatemala City, GUATEMALA
Megan Nute, CRNA and Henry Rice, MD from Duke University Medical Center pediatric surgery
The Shalom Foundation/The Moore Pediatric Surgery Center http://www.the shalomfoundation.org
March: Huehuetenango, GUATEMALA
Duke University School of Nursing students and Barbara Muffoletto/Curamericas Global
www.curamericas.org
March: SIERRA LEONE
Duke School of Nursing and Curamericas Global
All of the supplies went to support the Manjama Clinic, which serves rural, impoverished communities in Sierra Leone.
March: Ntagacha, Tarime District, TANZANIA
Duke University School of Nursing, Irene Felsman City of Hope http://nursing.duke.edu/centers-and-institutes/ogachi/tanzania-city-hope
March: central and eastern UKRAINE
Olena Kozlova-Pates, Alexander Gowen, Raleigh, NC
Supplies sent to assist with trauma care and the treatment of those injured in the Ukrainian conflict.
http://www.thefishermenrelief.org/
April: Quezon City (Manila), PHILIPPINES
Andrew Lodge, MD Duke Pediatric Cardiovascular Program
sponsors: Rotary International and Rotary Club of Makati West, Salcedo Village http://www.makatirotary.org/about.html
http://rotary7710.org/tag/phf/
April: HONDURAS
Duke University School of Nursing students
https://nursing.duke.edu/centers-and-institutes/ogachi/global-health-services
April: Naama, UGANDA
Duke undergraduates: Nathan Lam, Brooke Whitfield, Kathryn Benson, Noelani Ho
Duke Global Health Institute student research program
http://globalhealth.duke.edu/education-and-training/undergraduate/student-research-training-program
April: Managua, NICARAGUA
Nancy Crego, Duke University School of Nursing
May: Manila, PHILIPPINES
Amy Plasencia, Duke Medical School graduate / currently surgical resident at Brookdale University Hospital
Mercy House non-profit care center for orphans www.mercyhouseph.org
May: NICARAGUA
Bea Blajonda, Elon University, Elon, NC
Elon Global Medical Brigades https://www.globalbrigades.org/empowered/chapter/elon-university-medical-brigades-chapter
May: Grand Bassa, LIBERIA
Amanda Thomas, MHA, BSN, RN, Duke Health Primary Care
Annie T. Doe Memorial Foundation (ATDMF) http://atdoemf.org/ATDMF/
May: ECUADOR
Alfredo Guerron Cruz, Duke General Surgery
Earthquake relief (5 pallets from REMEDY; other medications and supplies donated via Duke Procurement Services
May: Tombe Gateau, HAITI
Family Health Ministries http://familyhealthministries.org/ for new birthing center
May: Fondwa, HAITI
Shelia Rittgers, RN; April Perry, RN Duke University Medical Center; in conjunction with St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Durham, NC
Starting a palliative care program
May: eastern and central UKRAINE
Olena Kozlova-Pates, Alexander Gowen, Raleigh, NC
http://www.thefishermenrelief.org/
June and December: PHILIPPINES
Brianna Lareau, EMT, Cary, NC
Organized a medical team to staff a free health clinic in the Philippines. They treated over 700 people over a 2 week period.
http://carycitizen.com/2016/09/16/cary-resident-organizing-healthcare-trip-to-philippines/
July: NIGERIA
Temini Ajayi, Duke student
Duke Engage http://dukeengage.duke.edu/ and Grow With Nigeria http://www.growwithnigeria.org/
Exposing young Nigerian students to the healthcare field
August: Cubulco, GUATEMALA
Jayen Bhakta
Christian Medical & Dental Association https://www.cmda.org/
Providing medical and surgical services at Senorita Elena Medical Center in Cubulco, Guatemala.
August: Moshi, TANZANIA
Duke School of Nursing student trip
Kilema Hospital in Moshi, Tanzania is run by the Sisters of Our Lady of Kilimanjaro and has a catchment of around 228,000.
August: Managua, NICARAGUA
Duke School of Nursing student trip
September: GUYANA
Dorothy Powell, RN (former faculty at Duke School of Nursing) and Union Baptist Church of Durham, NC
Supplies were provided to the A. Carlyle Miller Health Center and Cottage Hospital in Long Creek, Guyana. Union Baptist Church has a sister relationship with the Guyana Missionary Baptist Church.
September: MOLDOVA
The North Carolina – Moldova Partnership for Peace program is based upon an agreement signed in 1999 to link these two states together to better facilitate cooperation in the areas of civil emergency operations, expansion of markets, cultural, scientific and academic exchanges, and the coordination of humanitarian efforts of many governmental and non-governmental organizations.
More than 30 Soldiers from the Republic of Moldova boarded a West Virginia Air National Guard C-17 leaving Raleigh, North Carolina on September 22, 2016 after spending about one week training with Soldiers of the North Carolina National Guard. In Addition to the gear they brought with them, the plane was loaded with 27 pallets of medical supplies and equipment, and 6 pallets of classroom materials. The majority of the medical supplies were donated via the Duke REMEDY program with the help of volunteers coordinated by the office of the NC Secretary of State, Elaine F. Marshall.
October: La Paz, BOLIVIA
Don Ellis, MD Duke Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Working in conjunction with HOPE Worldwide Dr. Ellis traveled with two Duke Emergency Medicine residents to La Paz, Bolivia to do a series of lectures and hands on workshops for local physicians and other acute care providers.
December: Dakar, SENEGAL
Ismael Tamba, DO, Duke Primary Care
Organized shipment and distribution of medical supplies to Hospital Fann, in Dakar, Senegal.
