MedShare

Imagine that your 17 month old daughter has just contracted malaria for the second time. Unable to purchase the expensive treatment medications, you’ve already exhausted the little resources you have – now what?

Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common worldwide program. Malaria is one of the world's most lethal diseases with half the world's population at risk — that’s about 3.3 billion people. Transferred through infectious mosquito bites, symptoms of malaria include fever, headache, vomiting and other flu-like symptoms. If drugs are not available, the infection can lead to coma, life-threatening anemia, and death.

MedShare is partnering with Faiths Act, a program of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, to mobilize multi-faith communities to advance the MDGs and combat malaria. By bringing together the diverse range of communities that volunteer and support MedShare, we hope to raise funds for a container to Sierra Leone, a region that is devastated by malaria. You can help. 

Classified by the UN as one of the least developed countries in the world, Sierra Leone is ranked 158 out of 169 in the Human Development Index. With a population of 5.7 million people, Sierra Leone only has 102 doctors- 1 qualified doctor per 56,000 people. We’re mobilizing communities to come together to ship a container of supplies to Moyamba Hospital. The hospital is in the southeastern region of the country, and has a very serious need for basic medical supplies. 

The MedShare container will include critical medical supplies and insecticide treated bed nets that will build the capacity of Moyamba hospital to address the pressing challenges of malaria. It costs $25,000 to prepare and ship a 40 ft sq container, but the supplies inside the container are valued up to $150,000. Your donation will be a tangible contribution in reversing the incidence of malaria in Sierra Leone.

Click here to join our fight against malaria.