Donation Programs:
Abbott Laboratories
About Abbott Laboratories
Founded in 1888, Abbott Laboratories is based in north suburban
Chicago with a staff of more than 70,000 employees worldwide. It
serves customers in more than 130 countries and engages in the manufacture,
distribution, research and development of pharmaceuticals, nutritionals
and medical products.
Corporate Giving
Through Abbott Laboratories and the Abbott Laboratories Fund, the
company contributes millions of dollars to many types of programs
including global health Private-Public Partnerships. According to
its corporate website:
Abbott Laboratories and its philanthropic arm, the Abbott
Laboratories Fund, recognize the importance of advancing the health
and vitality of global communities. In addition to supporting
local, national and international programs through public and
private partnerships, Abbott assists communities through employee
volunteerism and giving programs, science education, environmental
programs, sponsorship of health-related causes and disaster relief
efforts.
The company has established The Abbott Laboratories Fund as an
Illinois not-for-profit, philanthropic corporation "designed
to provide support through cash grants to United-States-based recipients
who operate in the areas of health and welfare, education, culture,
art, civic and public policy." The company engages in many
donation programs involving local and national issues, many of which
are described on the company website.
International Essential Medicines Donation Programs
On an international level, the company has established the Step
Forward program and also works with various non-profit organizations
distributing Abbott Laboratory products in developing countries.
The company describes its Step Forward program on its website:
Step Forward...for the world's children" is a long-term,
international program of Abbott Laboratories and the Abbott Laboratories
Fund. Its purpose is to help improve the lives of AIDS orphans
and vulnerable children around the world. Currently supporting
programs in Romania, Tanzania, Burkina Faso and India, Step Forward
assists children, families and communities affected by AIDS by
improving local health care services, providing voluntary HIV
counseling and testing, supporting primary and secondary education
programs and providing for basic community needs.
For more information about Step Forward please visit stepforwardforchildren.org.
The company also engages in product donation programs, described
on its website:
Through partnerships with health and human service organizations,
Abbott has donated a broad range of products to help alleviate
human suffering through on-going health care programs and emergency
disaster response. Abbott has supported disaster relief efforts
for victims of the Mozambique and Cambodia floods, the famine
in Ethiopia, and the Dengue fever outbreak in El Salvador, among
others. In 2001, Abbott donated product that included nutritionals,
pharmaceuticals, vitamins, and a variety of hospital products
valued at almost $100 million. These donations reached those in
need in more than 80 countries around the world. Because of the
magnitude of the program, we distribute our products through relief
agencies with which we have established relationships. These agencies
do an excellent job of providing Abbott products to areas where
they are needed.
Please visit the Abbott Laboratories website at: www.abbott.com
to learn more about the company and its private-public partnerships
to improve global health.
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