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| FOUNDATION WATCH |
JULY 2000 |
| RHI GAINS
MOMENTUM . . .
AMWA’S Reproductive Health Initiative (RHI) was recently
bolstered by the support of three major foundations who
recognize the impact of strengthening the teaching of
reproductive health in American medical schools.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has awarded the
AMWA Foundation a total of $1.125 million dollars over three
years, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation has provided
$150,000 a year for three years, and the Turner Foundation
awarded $20,000 in support of the Reproductive Health
Initiative for 2000. Because of the generosity of the Packard
and Hewlett grants, RHI will continue to provide quality
reproductive health educational materials and training for
medical students in the United States and internationally. RHI
will also continue placing students in fourth-year electives
that use AMWA’s Reproductive Health Model Curriculum, working
with medical students to implement the Curriculum.
Additionally, CME medical abortion physician education
workshops will be provided in conjunction with the National
Abortion Federation and Physicians for Reproductive Choice and
Health. The Turner grant will support on-going 2000 RHI
activities.
“We are simply thrilled by this support which will advance
the project in the United States and take a leap into the
international arena,” said Foundation Chair Kathryn C.
Bemmann, MD. “AMWA and the Foundation took the innovative step
of launching RHI in 1993 to modify a medical school curriculum
that was out-of-date with contemporary medicine. The
Curriculum is now utilized in more than one-third of medical
schools and, with this new infusion of revenue, we are hopeful
that we can reach our goal of extending into most American
medical schools and also penetrating the international
market,” she said. |
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| CLEVELAND
CLINIC TEAMS WITH AMWA FOR NEW ADVANCED CURRICULUM ON WOMEN’S
HEALTH . . .
Plans have been set in motion for AMWA and the prestigious
Cleveland Clinic Foundation to co-sponsor AMWA’s Advanced
Curriculum on Women’s Health (ACWH) in early August, 2001. The
three-day continuing medical education program is a
comprehensive training on all aspects of women’s health and,
in the past, has met with excellent reviews from participants,
faculty and supporters. The last ACWH program was held in
March, 1998 and attracted more than 300 participants from the
United States and almost two dozen other countries.
Leadership of the Cleveland based program includes AMWA’s
current President Catherine Henry, MD and Diana Galindo, MD,
Chair of AMWA’s Annual Meeting Program Committee, both whom
are affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
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| MAJOR GIFT
UNDERWRITES WEB SITE . . .
One of the ways donors can make meaningful contributions to
the Foundation is to underwrite a portion of the Association’s
Web site. Thanks to the generosity of Sue and Al Dorskind,
information on AMWA’s Education Project on Coronary Heart
Disease is being updated on a regular basis and made user
friendly. The Dorskind gift follows the very generous
underwriting of Bernice Cohen Sachs, MD whose contribution
late last year helped with Web information for medical
students. If you are interested in making a contribution in
support of the Web site which reaches thousands of individuals
each month and provides name recognition for the donor, please
contact Ellen Morgenstern with the
Foundation. |
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| CORPORATE PARTNER UPDATE . . .
Many thanks to our Corporate Partners who have renewed for
2000, our milestone 10th anniversary. Their support is
critical for the on-going programmatic and administrative
efforts which yield educational opportunities for AMWA
members. To date, our 2000 Corporate Partners
include:
The Dow
Chemical Company
Eli Lilly & Company
Glaxo
Wellcome, Inc.
Merck & Co., Inc.
Organon
Inc. |
Pfizer
Inc
The Procter & Gamble
Company
Searle
Wyeth-Ayerst
Laboratories | |
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| AWHS HELPS FILL THE GAP IN HEALTH
CARE FOR THE POOR . . .
The American Women's Hospitals Service provides funding for
nine clinics in the U.S. and abroad that provide health care
to the uninsured and those well below the federal poverty
level. The Dover Clinic is a recent recipient of AWHS
support.
Past services at the nine-year old, storefront clinic on
South Warren Street are free, no appointment needed. However,
patients - who must make less than 200 percent of federal
poverty wages, are asked to pay a nominal $5 fee each visit.
Many patients are recent immigrants who speak no English. The
clinic is run by Dr. Robert and Kay Zufall. After years in
private practice and taking regular trips to South America to
train doctors and attend to the health needs of low income
families, the Zufalls opened the small clinic in 1990. After
getting back from a trip to Peru, Dr. Zufall said to Kathryn,
"If we want to do something for the poor why don't we do it
right here in Dover?" One patient, a 35 year old mother of
five said, "When we first got here from Mexico ten years ago,
it was very difficult for us. We went to hospitals but
sometimes they wouldn't have time to see us. Here at the
clinic, they have treated us very well. Even though we have no
insurance, I know now that my children will stay healthy."
With the help of approximately thirty volunteers, including
physicians and nurses, the clinic treats approximately 12,000
patients a year. The clinic is not designed to be lifelong,
but rather to help people to become self-sufficient. It is
this kind of unselfish and total commitment given by the
Zufalls that truly makes a
difference. |
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