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Learn more about Afya’s work delivering vital medical supplies to those in need, the volunteers and staff who make it happen, and the impact our deliveries have on communities.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as masks, goggles, and face shields are in short supply around the world, but nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers need it in order to stay safe and continue working.
Afya is partnering with Hudson River Health Care in Peekskill, which will serve as a distribution point for FQHCs in Westchester. Afya is also sharing supplies with Harlem United, an FQHC with 25 sites that handled about 23,000 visits last year.
Read the original article at: AFYA & Partners To Provide Health Supplies For Covid-19 In New York Afya, a Yonkers-based nonprofit which delivers medical supplies to underserved locations globally, has formed a partnership to assist New York Federally Qualified Health Centers in Westchester County and New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is about […]
Afya was featured in Newswire donating supplies to Wuhan, China. Read the original article at: Donated Medical Supplies Leave New York for Wuhan The Afya Foundation Sends Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to China PRESS RELEASE UPDATED: FEB 13, 2020 NEW YORK, February 13, 2020 (Newswire.com) – The Afya Foundation, in partnership with New York-based Foremost Group and […]
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