Tag Results for "Nicaragua"
Impact Reports
Denis
Denis at 18 is a good-looking guy with intense, expressive eyes. Quiet but confident, he doesn’t appear ill—yet he is one of approximately 300 people in Nicaragua known to have hemophilia. Hemophilia causes a protein deficiency in the blood, which prevents clots from forming. Patients like Denis frequently experience spontaneous internal… More
Priscilla
Imagine this: Your 13-year old daughter suddenly loses the ability to walk and talk. Her vision deteriorates. She begins to have seizures. You take her to the hospital and it turns out she has a brain tumor. Doctors say the best treatment would be to use an advanced chemotherapy drug. The only problem? The… More
Case Studies
Pfizer & NCC Assist Underserved Patients
Pfizer partners with the National Cancer Coalition to provide medicine access to underserved patients in the developing world. Over the years, NCC and Pfizer have collaborated to provide significant donations in which thousands of patients with serious diseases like cancer, hemophilia, depression and other illnesses have received the therapies… More
Merck and NCC Partner in Developing World
Merck & Co., in partnership with its Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) affliate, and the National Cancer Coalition collaborate on a number of targeted pharmaceuical donations to help provide access to cancer-related therapies in Latin America. These medicines, which have helped hundreds of patients, have included Merck’s brain cancer theapy… More
Hospira Awards $25,000 Grant to National Cancer Coalition
The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) is pleased to announce that it recently received a $25,000 grant award from the Hospira Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Hospira, Inc., to support its pharmaceutical relief program within the Dominican Republic. NCC is seeking to significantly increase the levels of medical resources that it provides to the… More
Tag Gallery
Click on an image below for a larger view.
