A Direct Relief partner for over two decades, BD is a medical technology company that collaborates on numerous initiatives, providing cash support and medical products.
Quick Facts
BD supports Direct Relief through volunteer services trips, which connect employees with technical expertise to overseas healthcare providers.
BD also sponsors the Helping Build Healthy Communities program, which funds community health centers as they reach underserved and vulnerable populations.
Large-scale donations of needles, syringes and other products from BD also enable many Direct Relief initiatives, including those addressing tuberculosis, human papillomavirus and opioid addiction.
Building Healthy Communities
Awarding Innovation in Community Health
The Helping Build Healthy Communities initiative is funded by BD and implemented with Direct Relief and the National Association of Community Health Centers. The program provides award funding and products to community health centers to support innovative approaches in delivering health care to underserved populations.Â
Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy articles on the program:
- Expanding comprehensive medication management considerations to include responses to the social determinants of health within the BD Helping Build Healthy Communities Program
- The impact of clinical pharmacist led comprehensive medication management on diabetes care at Federally Qualified Health Centers within the BD Helping Build Healthy Communities program
Past Winners
Since the program’s inception in 2013, the initiative has issued 52 grants totaling $6.88 million to health centers in 20 states.
