HPIC at Work

QC lab staff receive important training
The quality control lab (QC lab), one of the five focuses of HPIC's Capacity Building and Access to Medicines (CBAM) project in Afghanistan, is a fundamental component in pharmaceutical management, and is an important contributing factor for increasing access to high quality medicines for the people of Afghanistan.

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Taking the pain away
On May 14 2011, Dr. Hank Scholtens left for his second medical mission to Peru.

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HPIC responds to Horn of Africa Drought Crisis
It is estimated that 13 million people have been affected by what is currently being called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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HPIC hosts important conference in Kabul through its CBAM project
Recommendations are made to enhance the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in Afghanistan.

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International Women's Day: a hard-won day of celebration in Afghanistan
Health Partners International of Canada is implementing a multi-year project in Afghanistan to increase access to medicines and to build the capacity of the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, with a special focus on the needs of women and children.

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Desperately needed medicines on their way for WHO Pakistan relief effort
Over the last 5 years, one hospital in a town in northern Pakistan was destroyed and rebuilt. Then it was destroyed again.

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HPIC responds to humanitarian crisis in North Africa
Responding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in North Africa, Health Partners International of Canada is preparing to send a shipment of medical supplies destined for Tunisia.

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A safer work environment for Ministry of Public Health workers in Kabul
Mohammad, a skilled laborer at the Afghan Ministry of Public Health's Central Medical Stores (CMS), related his experience and thanks to HPIC's Kabul-based Logistics Manager: "There are lots of problems that I have faced since I first started working at the CMS 10 years ago. One of these problems is the lack of safety equipment.

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Afghan toddler recovers with antibiotics provided by HPIC
When Shabnam was only five days old, she had serious medical problems that required her to be admitted to the hospital. She arrived at Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul with a perforated anus and a fistula.

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Afghan Minister of Public Health launches HPIC's Afghanistan project in Kabul
The major media of Afghanistan, Dr. Suraya Dalil Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Public Health, and the Embassy of Canada's Head of Aid, Heather Cruden, were all on hand to officially launch HPIC's Capacity Building and Access to Medicines project in Kabul Nov. 30.

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