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Our global product donation partners are Direct Relief, Americares and Health Partners International of Canada. In 2020, we provided more than $20 million in medicine donations, including $12 million of medicines to Americares for use in their Free Clinic network in the US. This network improves the health of people living in or near poverty, by providing no- or low-cost care. We also donated $15 million of oncology, respiratory, metabolic and cardiovascular medicines to Direct Relief to facilitate a rapid response in times of crisis. These medicines were redistributed to Haiti, El Salvador and Myanmar as part of COVID-19 relief efforts.

In 2020, we also celebrated the twelfth year of our collaboration with Americares and the Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope (SHCH) for the Cambodia Breast Cancer Initiative. During the year, the programme administered more than 18,500 units of free AstraZeneca medicines to post-menopausal breast cancer patients in the SHCH’s treatment cohort.

No two humanitarian emergencies or disasters are alike in nature or impact. We assess each disaster to determine our ability to respond and will work with local countries or regions on our response. Our partners include: the British Red Cross, Americares, Direct Relief, Health Partners International of Canada and TULIPE.

The impact of COVID-19 has been a constant and significant theme across our community investment work. 

Charities often fill gaps in care for the most vulnerable in our communities – including patients and their families – but COVID has negatively impacted their ability to fundraise and deliver much needed programmes and services. We remain committed to our community partners and supporting them through this challenging time. 

Our COVID response in 2020 included more than $15 million in financial and non-financial support to 340 non-profits in 78 countries.  This included the donation of nine million face masks to 49 countries, distributed in collaboration with the World Economic Forum’s COVID Action Platform and, in the US, through Direct Relief with a focus on medically unserved communities.

As COVID continues to surge in countries around the world, we have pledged an additional $1 million towards relief efforts in India, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa and will work with our relief partners to reach those most in need.