Category Archives: Press

From the desk of Afya’s Founder & CEO: Our response to the withdrawal of foreign aid and US health funding

Federal funding cuts are destabilizing healthcare systems around the globe and in the U.S. As [...]

Students and staff package 1,800 pounds of medical supplies for under-resourced countries

A recurring part of the “NYU in Dialogue” initiative, the service opportunity works with a [...]

Danielle Butin, Founder and CEO of Afya, on the podcast Well Said with Dr. Ira Nash

What does Afya mean anyway? Why and how was Afya started? How does Afya keep [...]

A Second Life for Medical Supplies: Rethinking Healthcare Waste

Seventeen years ago, as a divorced mother of three newly downsized from a leadership position [...]

Afya to be Honored by Westchester Chapter of United Nations Association of the USA

Afya, a Yonkers-based global healthcare not-for-profit organization, will be honored by the Westchester chapter of [...]

Afya Launches Campaign to Make New York City First-In-Nation With All Major Hospitals to Rescue Unused Medical Supplies for Global Areas in Need

NY nonprofit donates unused medical supplies for Helene, Milton survivors

As the South recovers from Hurricane Helene and prepares for Milton, a nonprofit medical supply [...]

Afya Foundation has made a significant donation of medical supplies to Taconic Innovations Homecare Unit

We’re excited to share our 2023 Impact Report

AFYA Foundation Receives Medical Equipment from Cape Cod

Over the Memorial Day weekend AFYA Foundation, a Yonkers-based global healthcare charity, received a large [...]