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New York, United States of America Founded in 1928 and rooted in the healing Cebu, Iloilo, Nueva Ecija, Southern Leyte ministry of Jesus, Catholic Medical Mission calamities. Their residents were given free quality healthcare programs and services, without discrimination, to people in need In 1966, under Fr. Joseph Walter, SJ, CMMB began providing funds to worthy healthcare volunteers to serve the most needy people in the most underserved regions of the world.
CMMB’s medical shipments surpassed $630 In the Philippines, CMMB donated primary healthcare medicines to Home-Reach Foundation or HRF, a 2004 Banaag Awardee, to support mission clinics, Adopt-a- Through the Medical Volunteer Program, it has placed Hospital Program and the Gift of Life corrective heart surgery licensed healthcare professionals at faith-based health program. Over 200,000 patients have been treated at facilities throughout the developing world.
public hospitals and mission clinics with year-round donations The organization also implements various health programs throughout the world pursuant to its aims of providing The two organizations also teamed up to implement a 3- medical care to those in countries with limited resources.
year maternal health initiative called “Mama Make Me First, it undertakes the Born to Live Program to prevent Healthy”. The program was undertaken in partnership with mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The program provides the Provincial Government of Bohol, through the Provincial counseling and testing for HIV to pregnant women and treatment to prevent transmission of the virus to newborns Health Office, the City Government of Tagbilaran City and during childbirth. CMMB is a member of the AIDS Relief 10 district hospitals. Vitamins and micronutrients were Consortium working to expand the delivery of anti-retroviral provided to approximately 300,000 pregnant and lactating therapies to people living with AIDS in Africa, Latin American women in Bohol. The implementation was conducted by and the Carribean. It has also provided physical barangay health workers trained through a grant from examination and treatment to more than 230,000 children CMMB. Long term results showed increased birth weight, in Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the fewer birth anomalies, reduced mortality and improved Dominican Republic in relation to its program for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness aimed at saving the lives of children under five years of age by providing primary healthcare, family education and CMMB has also assisted numerous organizations working healthcare worker training for preventable diseases.
in the Philippines with donations of life-saving medicines Moreover, the organization has worked in conjunction with valued at more than $50 million since 1999. Among those other agencies to provide humanitarian relief to refugees notable projects implemented in 2007 are typhoon relief affected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East with (part of $3.4 million relief shipments for four countries hit by over $19 million in pharmaceutical and emergency relief natural disasters), and a shipment of medicines and medical supplies provided. Donations were made to relieve those supplies at the request of Bukas – Loob Diyos Foundation for affected by civil unrest and political instability through maintenance of critical health services.
its medical mission to the Philippines, specifically in Lingayen,Pangasinan which were provided with antibiotics, Notable among its achievements in 2004 is the support analgesics, antacids, topical creams and anti-diarrheals.
given to those affected by the Asian tsunami. Shipment of Universal Heart International Relief Services was provided medicines and medical supplies valued at $4.7 million were with one box of Zocor to be shipped to their program in sent to healthcare facilities in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, which the Philippines, Missionaries of the Poor Sisters, which serves helped treat thousands who were injured as a result of calamities. Other disaster relief efforts include assistance to those affected by May 2006 earthquake around Bantul, According to HRF, the organization has also provided Indonesia and Hurricane Stan in Guatemala, El Salvador assistance to other areas in the Philippines, such as Bulacan, In conferring the Kaanib ng Bayan Award to the Catholic Medical Mission Board, the President
recognizes its humanitarian efforts for the poorest of the poor citizens of developing countries around
the world, especially in the Philippines.

Source: http://www.cfo.gov.ph/pdf/presidential%20awards/2008/kaanib/08kaanib_CMMB.pdf