President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines has honored CMMB with the ‘Kaanib ng Bayan' Award. It is given to foreign organizations that have made exceptional contributions to the Philippines. In the past decade, CMMB has distributed over $89 million worth of life-saving medicines and medical supplies to Filipino communities in need.
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Meet CMMB People
Meet Susan Tang, PA, a CMMB medical volunteer. Susan lives and works at the Policlinico San Pablo on the outskirts of the Peruvian city of Arequipa, which has a population of about 31,000 people. Susan and her colleagues see patients in their outpatient clinic, visit the elderly and disabled at home, and conduct physical therapy class for the disabled.
CMMB is a proud part of AIDSRelief, a consortium funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). We are working to deliver antiretroviral therapies to more HIV-infected persons in Africa and the Caribbean. In March 2008, AIDSRelief passed two life-saving milestones: over 100,000 people are on antiretrovirals, and over 250,000 HIV-positive patients receive care and support.
Catholic Medical
Mission Board is a non-profit, religious, 501 (c) (3) organization
that provides services and deliver aid without regard to creed, race,
sex, or national or political circumstance. Catholic Medical Mission
Board is a non-governmental organization in consultative status with
the Economic and Social Council (ESOSOC) of the United Nations.
