MAP International

MAP International provides medicines and health supplies to help people living in conditions of poverty overcome illness and disease. Through its work with partner organizations around the world, MAP currently reaches 13.6 million people each year globally.*

With more than 2 billion people lacking access to essential medicines and health supplies, MAP International seeks to double its reach by 2025 reaching more than 26 million people in need, closing the gap on behalf of people who lack access to medicines and health supplies.

*2018 MAP International Audited Financial Statements

1) Become the best of class in the supply chain management of medicines and supplies by working collaboratively with implementing partners to provide safe, life-saving medicines to those in need around the world.

2) Strengthen ties with pharmaceutical supply partners and existing implementing partners. Develop relationships with new domestic and international distribution partners in order to reach more beneficiaries worldwide.

3) Expand services within the United States to address the growing gap between people unable to afford medicine and health supplies in the state of Georgia. MAP will partner with community health centers and free clinics in a pilot domestic medicine program to improve access to life-changing medicine for people with asthma, hypertension, Type I & II diabetes and high cholesterol.

4) Expand its service offer to assist people in times of disaster. MAP International has provided critical medical relief and aid to families affected by the disaster for more than 64 years.

To improve its response time, MAP is strategically pre-positioning its signature Disaster Health Kits (DHK) with key partners for immediate placement during natural disasters. MAP is also staging International Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) within its Global Medicines Distribution Center located in Brunswick, Georgia to allow for rapid deployment with large-scale disaster events.

MAP will further strengthen strategic alliances with implementing partners who focus solely on responding to disasters worldwide.

MAP's capabilities for meeting its goals are:

1) MAP International's Global Medicines Distribution Center features 40,000 square feet of storage space for pharmaceutical products and health supplies. Standing more than 30 feet tall, the distribution center houses 3,400 pallets of medicines and medical supplies ready to be shipped globally. Additionally, the distribution center houses expertly monitored 900 cubic feet of cold storage facilities as a component of MAP International's cold chain capacities for vaccines and other medical provisions.

2) For disaster relief, MAP works with over 40 domestic and international partners to ensure medicines and health supplies to support the needs of people in need. Our team often deploys early to disaster situations on the ground or works remotely through trusted partners in affected areas to help communities save lives and restore health.

3) Since 1954, MAP International has secured critically needed medicines and health supplies for people in need. We work with global pharmaceutical companies to ensure medicines are readily available when needed. Other corporations provide additional resources to ensure MAP can continue to serve over 13.6 million people worldwide in 104 countries.*

*2018 MAP International Audited Financial Statements

1) MAP International successfully deployed its signature Disaster Health Kits to serve families living in shelters following the evacuation of their communities as well as people displaced by disasters. The successful development of MAP's Disaster Health Kits will enable MAP to reach thousands of people in need following devastating events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, or civil war.

In 2018, MAP distributed 30,254 DHKs to support people in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina following major disasters. Critical disaster relief was also provided for people fleeing violence in Syria, those affected by volcanoes in Guatemala, civil unrest in Nicaragua, and victims of flooding in Bolivia and Kenya.

2) MAP launched its Domestic Medicines Program in April 2018 to provide vital medicines to under-insured and uninsured residents of the US. To date, MAP has provided crucial medicines to people in need through this program in Georgia. Plans are to expand to more states in 2019.

3) MAP initiated its Pediatric Antibiotics program to reach more children in need globally with life-saving antibiotics. The growth of this program will continue in 2019.