{"id":92900,"date":"2021-03-02T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-direct-relief-establishes-fund-for-health-equity-with-initial-75-million\/"},"modified":"2021-03-02T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T02:40:02","slug":"direct-relief-crea-el-fondo-para-la-equidad-en-la-salud-con-un-monto-inicial-de-75-millones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/direct-relief-crea-el-fondo-para-la-equidad-en-la-salud-con-un-monto-inicial-de-75-millones\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Relief Establishes &#8220;Fund for Health Equity&#8221; with Initial $75 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Founding Partner AbbVie Foundation and Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott provide Anchoring Investments <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SANTA BARBARA, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 2, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Direct Relief today announced the formation of its <b>Fund for Health Equity with <span class=\"xn-money\">$75 million<\/span> raised<\/b> against a goal of <span class=\"xn-money\">$150 million<\/span>. The Fund will be steered by an Advisory Council with deep connections and experience in communities in which the effects of historic racism and socioeconomic disparities persist. The members are:<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnevid22a1left\" title=\" \" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><object id=\"prnevid22a1left\" name=\"prnevid22a1left\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" align=\"middle\" data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ki-VN91ny7Q\"><\/object><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Co-Chair<\/b> <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Regina Benjamin<\/span><\/b>, <b>MD, MBA,<\/b> 18<sup>th<\/sup> U.S. Surgeon General of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, Founder BayouClinic, Inc. <\/li>\n<li><b>Co-Chair <span class=\"xn-person\">Byron Scott<\/span>, MD, MBA,<\/b> Board Director of Direct Relief and Chair of its Medical Advisory Council <\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Martha Dawson<\/span><\/b>,<b> DNP, MSN, RN, FACHE,<\/b> President and CEO President of the National Black Nurses Association, Associate Professor the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/span> <\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jane Delgado<\/span>, PhD, MS,<\/b> President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health <\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Gail Small<\/span>, JD<\/b>, Head Chief Woman, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A key aim of the Fund over the initial five-year period is to provide financial support to community health centers and free &amp; charitable clinics, as well as other community-based organizations and educational institutions that focus on non-clinical matters and circumstances that strongly affect a person&#8217;s health \u2013 physical environment and social, political, cultural, and economic factors \u2013 commonly known as the social determinants of health. The Fund will invite applications at a later date. <\/p>\n<p>Initial anchoring support for the Fund has been provided by long-term partner <b>AbbVie, <\/b>which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3083954-1&amp;h=2999058427&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.abbvie.com%2Fnews%2Fpress-releases%2Fabbvie-announces-partners-in-50-million-program-to-promote-health-and-education-equity-in-underserved-black-communities.htm&amp;a=announced\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> in December its contribution as part as part of its larger social investment, and by philanthropist <b><span class=\"xn-person\">MacKenzie Scott<\/span>. <\/b>This month the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3083954-1&amp;h=3233319341&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fpr.nba.com%2Fnba-all-star-2021-atlanta-march-7%2F&amp;a=NBA+also+announced\" rel=\"nofollow\">NBA also announced<\/a> its support as part of NBA All-Star 2021, and the Fund welcomes others to join the efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Direct Relief provides extensive, ongoing charitable support to over 2,000 such organizations across the U.S. with donations of essential medications for patients without insurance or means to pay, and also during emergencies. This experience has highlighted the lack of complementary philanthropic financial support in amounts and with flexibility that would enable groups with proven effectiveness and the earned trust of communities to build upon successful programs or try promising new ones \u2013 opportunities that the Fund will seek to fulfill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Direct Relief is profoundly grateful for the extraordinarily generous financial resources already provided to the Fund for Health Equity and for the guidance offered by distinguished members of the Advisory Council who have devoted their lives to promoting health equity,&#8221; said Direct Relief&#8217;s CEO <span class=\"xn-person\">Thomas Tighe<\/span>.\u00a0&#8220;This effort will in no way detract from the immediate, necessary work that remains to be done as the Covid pandemic rages, but it will help shape for the better what exists when we emerge from the pandemic by providing support to those who know best what can make a difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About Direct Relief:<\/b>\u00a0A humanitarian organization committed to improving the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies, Direct Relief delivers lifesaving medical resources throughout the world to communities in need\u2014without regard to politics, religion, or ability to pay. Over the past year, Direct Relief&#8217;s stepped-up efforts in the U.S. have provided <span class=\"xn-money\">$350 million<\/span> in assistance \u2013 <span class=\"xn-money\">$50 million<\/span> in emergency financial assistance and <span class=\"xn-money\">$300 million<\/span> in material aid in the form of PPE, medications, and essential supplies such as oxygen concentrators \u2013 to 2,841 organizations serving communities hit hardest by the pandemic. Those efforts remain ongoing. For more information, please visit\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3083954-1&amp;h=1869910027&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.directrelief.org%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.DirectRelief.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.DirectRelief.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc0faleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgc0faleft\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1018033\/Direct_Relief_Logo.jpg \"\/><\/div>\n<p>Video &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3083954-1&amp;h=3905014957&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKi-VN91ny7Q&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKi-VN91ny7Q\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ki-VN91ny7Q<\/a> <br \/>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3083954-1&amp;h=3065303606&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1018033%2FDirect_Relief_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1018033%2FDirect_Relief_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1018033\/Direct_Relief_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Direct Relief<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Founding Partner AbbVie Foundation and Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott provide Anchoring Investments <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SANTA BARBARA, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 2, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Direct Relief today announced the formation of its <b>Fund for Health Equity with <span class=\"xn-money\">$75 million<\/span> raised<\/b> against a goal of <span class=\"xn-money\">$150 million<\/span>. The Fund will be steered by an Advisory Council with deep connections and experience in communities in which the effects&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}