Partners
Partners
Partners
Better together.
Partnership Start
2017
Type of Partnership
Safe Surgery 2020
Addressing the needs of the world's most vulnerable people, Assist International designs and implements humanitarian programs that build capacity, develops opportunities, and saves lives around the world. SPECT and Assist International partnered together under the Safe Surgery 2020 initiative , funded by the GE Foundation. See our publications to read about the impact of our collaborative work.
FullSoul improves maternal health in Uganda by outfitting hospitals with medical supply kits. With the support from a Rotary Club Global Grant, FullSoul and SPECT are partnering to provide 10 healthcare facilities in Uganda with maternal medical kits and staff training on how to safely reprocess those kits to ensure instruments are safe for patient use.
Partnership Location
Ethiopia, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala
Partnership Start
2018
Type of Partnership
Safer Surgical Instruments
Lifebox makes surgery and anesthesia safer on a global scale by providing hospital teams with equipment, education and peer support. SPECT developed and provided a Safer Surgical Instrument workshop in support of Lifebox's Surgical Safety Checklist and Clean Cut programs.
Partnership Location
Sierra Leone, Guinea, Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Benin, Cameroon and Senegal
Partnership Start
2013
Type of Partnership
Medical Capacity Building
Globally, 5 billion people lack access to safe surgery. To combat this overwhelming statistic, Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to provide free medical care along coastal Africa. In support of Mercy Ships medical capacity building initiative, SPECT provides in-country sterile processing training and mentoring to partnering healthcare facilities. Research findings on the impact of our work has been published in the British Medical Journal, found here.
