Time frame:
1994 – present
Sectors Supported:
Maternal Child Health (MCH)
Beneficiary Countries:
Zambia
Recent Projects: Children and Mothers Partnerships
Description of Partnership:
Since 2005, Becton Dickinson (BD) has partnered with CMMB to support different projects in Zambia.
Over the years, BD has launched an innovative volunteer service trip program for its employees, the “Walking the Talk”, to help address HIV/AIDS in Zambia. They also contributed to the construction of three more incinerators at additional Zambian health facilities and to educating and supporting Zambian medical workers. BD’s positive impact has allowed Mwandi Hospital to qualify for government support for anti-retroviral therapies (ARTs), and Chilonga Mission Hospital is nearing candidacy for the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding. Also, BD has been a supporter of CMMB for more than two decades, providing grants as well as medical product donations to improve the lives of women, children, and communities in need. Since 1998, BD has donated $20,757,263.90 in medical supplies.
Most recently, BD made a commitment to provide $150,000 over the next two years to fund and support the launch of our CHAMPS initiative in Mwandi.