Author Archives: MedShare

By Stacey Koehnke, MedShare CEO/Executive Director In recent years, a convergence of global and domestic policy shifts has placed women’s health—particularly maternal and child health—under mounting pressure. Budget cuts, program disruptions, and international funding restrictions have created ripple effects that disproportionately impact vulnerable women, girls, and families. Amid these growing challenges, free and charitable clinics […]

In today’s volatile healthcare environment, access to quality care is at even greater risk—especially for the most vulnerable among us. Charitable healthcare providers across the U.S. are under intense pressure: facing funding cuts, uncertainty around Medicaid distributions, and surging demand from patients in crisis. As these providers fight to do more with less, organizations like […]

By Stacey Koehnke, MedShare CEO & Executive Director Maternal and child health is a cornerstone of public health, reflecting the overall health and well-being of a community. Unfortunately, current maternal and child health outcomes around the world, while improving, still reveal significant challenges and disparities that require urgent attention and action.  MedShare has a long […]

By Michele Egan, Chief Development Officer, MedShare  The significance of service to others cannot be overstated – volunteering and performing simple acts of kindness contribute to our well-being and foster community connections that can also combat feelings of isolation.  According to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy’s 2023 Report on the Loneliness Epidemic, nearly half […]

As a global humanitarian aid organization dedicated to increasing access to healthcare for underserved communities around the world, MedShare continuously monitors the world’s healthcare landscape to understand the evolving challenges facing medically vulnerable populations. By prioritizing areas of greatest need, MedShare is better able to collaborate with our partners, such as governments, corporations and other […]

By Jason Chernock, Director of Programs and Partnerships When MedShare was founded In 1998, our founders had a clear purpose in mind.  There was a tremendous need for high quality medical supplies and biomedical equipment throughout much of the world, and yet the United States had a surplus of these very items. Building of of […]

By Michele Egan, Chief Development Officer, MedShare International Every year, MedShare redirects millions of pounds of high-quality medical supplies and critical biomedical equipment to vulnerable healthcare systems in the US and around the world. In order to do this life-saving work, it requires three essential elements: funding, quality supplies & equipment, and dedicated volunteers. We […]

By Michele Egan, Chief Development Officer Atlanta is home to many amazing organizations that fight on behalf of marginalized men, women, and children. Education, employment status, income, gender and ethnicity are among the myriad of social factors that are barriers to so many in our community. Some, like Communities in Schools, work to give underserved […]

By Jason Chernock, Director of Programs and Partnerships On October 7th, in the early morning hours, Israel suffered a devastating terrorist attack at the hands of armed Hamas militants. Hamas launched thousands of rockets toward Israel and breached through the perimeter fence of Gaza at multiple locations. Members of Hamas entered Israeli towns, communities, and […]

By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Worldwide, over a million children are born with congenital heart disease every year. Millions more are affected by rheumatic heart disease, which is a disease that results from damage to heart valves caused by one or several episodes of rheumatic fever. While most heart defects can now be […]

By Charles Redding, CEO & President By now everyone has watched in horror while wildfires devastated the city of Lahaina, Hawaii. By all accounts, the wildfires are the deadliest in U.S. history.  At least 114 people have been confirmed dead, and officials estimate that more than 1,000 could still be unaccounted for. This is a […]

By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Haiti is the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere. Close to 60 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Finding enough food to eat, clean water to drink, a safe place to live and quality health care can be both a challenge and just a […]

By Charles Redding, CEO & President Medical equipment is essential for safe and effective prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. It is vital for healthcare facilities to have functioning medical equipment that is safe, dependable, and available for diagnostic procedures, therapy, treatment, and monitoring of patients. However, there continues to be a significant gap in the […]

By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Every day, approximately 830 women die in childbirth worldwide, and some 7,000 infants perish within the first month of their lives, with even more becoming gravely ill or suffering serious injury. Many of these deaths are the result of infections that could have been prevented with education and […]

By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President April 27, 2023, is World Health Day and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). In 1948, many countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable populations so everyone, everywhere could attain […]

By Charles Redding On February 6, at 4:17am, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. This is the region’s most powerful earthquake recorded since 1939, with at least 78 aftershocks and a second 7.5 magnitude earthquake reported. In Syria, the earthquake affected a region where 4.1 million people were already dependent on […]

By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President On January 30, 2023, the world commemorated the 4th annual Neglected Tropical Disease Day, a day designed to raise awareness and engage the general public in the urgent effort to #BeatNTDs. The purpose of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is to reflect on the suffering caused by NTDs; […]

By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President On January 30, 2023, the world commemorated the 4th annual Neglected Tropical Disease Day, a day designed to raise awareness and engage the general public in the urgent effort to #BeatNTDs. The purpose of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is to reflect on the suffering caused by NTDs; […]

By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President MedShare exists to improve the quality of life of people and our planet. We do this by redirecting critical unused medical supplies and quality biomedical equipment to vulnerable healthcare systems in the US and around the world. In doing so, MedShare helps save lives by providing better access […]

By Michele Egan, MedShare Chief Development Officer It’s immensely rewarding to address an immediate need with a meal, a few dollars or a carefully wrapped toy. But while those simple acts of kindness are needed more today than ever, most of us are fortunate to have the capacity to give more. During the pandemic, we […]