The Academy is gearing up for its fourth humanitarian airlift, Physicians With Heart, and you're encouraged to contribute supplies.
This year's joint venture with Heart to Heart International and the AAFP Foundation will deliver pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and equipment Oct. 11-20 to two former Soviet republics, Kyrgyzstan and nearby Kazakhstan.
The aid will go to hospitals and other health institutions focusing on high-risk groups, women, infants, and the elderly. A US Agency for International Development project has been helping to establish family practice clinics in Kyrgyzstan.
You can participate in this humanitarian effort by donating much-needed items such as stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs, office instruments, pregnancy tests, crutches, wheelchairs, needles, catheters, IVsupplies, braces, and recent versions of the Physicians' Desk Reference.
To make sure your donations are part of the 1996 shipment, send them by Sept. 15 to Heart to Heart International, 401 Mission Parkway, New Century, KS 66031. However, donations also will be accepted at the AAFP Scientific Assembly Oct. 3-6 in New Orleans. For more information, call Barb Nielson at Heart to Heart International, (913) 764-5200.
You can learn more about Physicians With Heart by visiting http://www.aafp.org/airlift or stopping by the Physicians With Heart booth at the Assembly.
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