GE Foundation expands Developing Health Globally

June 05, 2013 | 14:59

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The GE Foundation is partnering with the ministries of Health in Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar to implement programmes that will improve access to healthcare throughout these countries.

Projects include improving infrastructure with technology and training at public hospitals and clinics, increasing the pipeline of primary care physicians in the public sector, and improving maternal and newborn care to reduce infection and mortality rates.

Developing Health Globally has partnered with the ministries of Health in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia to improve access to quality healthcare for more than 15 million people worldwide.

“The GE Foundation is pleased to expand Developing Health Globally to include Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia. We are collaborating with Jhpiego to reduce maternal and newborn sepsis and improve maternal care, and Engineering World Health to develop biomedical equipment technician training (BMET),” GE Foundation President and Chairman Bob Corcoran said. “We are dedicated to working in concert with ministries of Health in the region on their most pressing health challenges.”

Launched in 2004, Developing Health Globally has helped to upgrade medical infrastructure and build human capacity in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. The programme so far has invested more than $80 million in key areas like biomedical repair, maternal and child health, trauma and surgical care.

By By Hoang Anh

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