MedPLUS Connect Information

The mission of MedPLUS Connect is to connect underserved health systems in developing countries with recovered and donated medical supplies from U.S. hospitals and manufacturers. MedPLUS Connect empowers health personnel in developing countries to select medical supplies that are compatible with local resources and needs, and to fund shipments of these supplies in a sustainable, predictable and reliable manner. Our current focus is northern Ghana, West Africa. Before sending medical supplies, the MedPLUS Connect team conducts one or more site visits at each hospital or health center to meet with physicians and administrators, tour the facilities, and discuss the specific needs of the facility. We work directly with hospitals officials to develop a prioritized request list that details the specific equipment and supplies that the hospitals needs most. This ensures that our shipments of medical supplies are compatible with the needs, resources and technologies of our partner hospitals in Ghana. By partnering with MedPLUS Connect, our Ghanaian partner hospitals are able to save a large portion of their budgets that they would otherwise spend on non-drug consumables. Hospitals are able to divert these saved funds toward child and maternal health programs, outreach initiatives, and hospital expansion. In addition, MedPLUS Connect ships high-value items such as vitals monitors, suction machines, EKGs and hospital beds, giving hospitals unique access to expensive, high-quality items that they could not ordinarily afford. The MedPLUS Connect team is dedicated to partnering with local health and government officials to improve the provision of quality health care in the most impoverished and underserved areas of Ghana.