Medical Backpacks
In many parts of the world, rough terrain, limited financial resources, and a lack of reliable transportation make regular healthcare visits difficult or impossible. Without timely access to care, health challenges often go undiagnosed and untreated, becoming worse.
Global Links Medical Backpacks expand access to care in low-income communities by equipping providers and community health workers with essential supplies in a portable, easy-to-carry format—improving health outcomes where resources are limited.
Designed with rural communities in Central America in mind, the Medical Backpacks contain essential supplies and primary care tools that comply with Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) standards. However, Global Links Medical Backpacks are useful for similar healthcare situations all around the world, not just in Central America.
Contact ima@GlobalLinks.org for more information.
Program Highlights
- Global Links provided over 400 Medical Backpacks to our program country partner health institutions and healthcare providers (2023).
- Our backpacks are used by the staff for community health clinics at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti (HAS), a 200-bed hospital located in central Haiti that provides integrated hospital and community-based health care services.
- Provided Medical Backpacks to Morocco to support community health in rural areas affected by earthquakes (2023).
- Haiti Earthquake Response: Donated Medical Backpacks to organizations working on the ground in Haiti, including WORK, Haiti H20, Partners in Progress and Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti (HAS) (2021).
- Provided nearly 500 Medical Backpacks to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which has been distributing them throughout their network and to the United Nations World Food Program (2020-2024).
