Agreement
enables distribution of GE Healthcare Lullaby warmers, incubators and
phototherapy equipment for infants
GE Healthcare, Inc. GE today announced it will
partner with the East Meets West Foundation, a non-profit organization
dedicated to improving health outcomes for children in Asia, to distribute GE's
Maternal Infant Care solutions in developing and rural regions. Specifically,
East Meets West will distribute GE Healthcare's Lullaby (TM) warmers, incubators
and phototherapy equipment through its Breath of Life program, which provides
clinical solutions to significantly reduce neonatal mortality and morbidity in
developing countries.
November 17 is the World's first Premature
Awareness Day and what better opportunity to remind the public of the
prevalence of premature death around the world, and specifically in developing
nations. In India alone there are an estimated 27 million births each year,
with over 2 million premature births and over 1 million infant deaths. The
United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (MDG4) aim to reduce child
mortality by 2/3 by the year 2015. While projects focused on improving
nutrition and providing clean water and lifesaving vaccines have done wonders
in reducing deaths of children five and under, more must be done to achieve the
MDG4 goal. In many countries, infant death is now the leading cause of under-5
child mortality.
East Meets West's Breath of Life goes beyond
providing specialized equipment to hospitals. The program also provides
comprehensive support to providers, including intensive clinical training for
medical personnel, frequent monitoring, three-year warranties, advanced medical
conferences and on-site clinical evaluations.
"Increasing access to low-cost neonatal
care solutions in developing regions supports our healthymagination commitment
to deliver high-quality, affordable healthcare to more people worldwide,"
said Carrie Eglinton Manner, General Manager of GE Healthcare's Maternal Infant
Care business. "We are excited to work with East Meets West to not only
distribute our Lullaby solutions, such as warmers and phototherapy products,
but to collaborate in the development of additional technologies to help save
the lives of newborns in underserved, rural areas."
Through the partnership with GE Healthcare,
East Meets West will be able to serve a larger number of communities, with
initial plans to expand distribution in India, the Philippines and Indonesia
over the next several years. The organization will also share important
insights from its work with healthcare providers in the field to support the
development of new technologies customized to the needs of patient populations
in the rural and developing regions East Meets West serves and that GE
Healthcare can help bring to life through their expertise in engineering,
manufacturing and distribution.
"Partnering with GE Healthcare will
enable East Meets West to rapidly and significantly expand our services to more
communities in Asia and eventually beyond," said John Anner, President of
the East Meets West Foundation. "The expertise and distribution
capabilities that GE offers, as well as our shared passion for improving access
to low-cost healthcare solutions, will allow us to truly impact infant
mortality in developing regions."
About GE
Healthcare:
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services
that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical
imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring
systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies,
performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers
to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In
addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global
policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable
healthcare systems.
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a unit of General
Electric Company GE. Worldwide, GE Healthcare employees are committed to
serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries.
For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at
www.gehealthcare.com .
For our latest news, please visit http://newsroom.gehealthcare.com
About East
Meets West (EMW)
East Meets West (EMW) has been working in Asia for 23 years, developing
and deploying innovative, cost-effective solutions to problems such as infant
mortality, congenital heart defects, lack of access to clean water, and poor
educational outcomes for low-income students. In partnership with Atlantic
Philanthropies, EMW has also developed a number of modern hospitals and higher
education facilities.
Launched in Vietnam, EMW is now active in seven countries in Asia,
including India and the Philippines.
For more information please see
www.eastmeetswest.org
SOURCE: GE Healthcare
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