Established in 1974, Inter Care sends targeted medical aid to over 100 rural health units in some of the poorest parts of Africa. The health units we support serve a catchment population of over 10 million and include clinics, hospitals, dispensaries and centres for orphaned and vulnerable children in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Across Africa, millions of people still suffer from diseases that are relatively simple to prevent or treat. Globally, 50% of children under five who die of pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria are in Africa, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), yet these conditions can be prevented or treated with timely access to appropriate and affordable medicines, vaccines and other health services.
The medical aid Inter Care sends to its partner health units consists of medicines and healthcare goods that are donated to us from a range of pharmaceutical companies, medical manufacturers and health professionals. We also purchase some medicines at cost price which we cannot source from donations but which are desperately needed by our partners.
Inter Care is a UK, licenced registered charity. In 2012 the charity received the highly prestigious Queens Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of the support Inter Care receives from over 50 volunteers, many of whom are medically trained. We maintain close relationships with all the health units we support and establish partnerships with only with those that provide free healthcare to the most disadvantaged patients.
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