AdvaMed Resources for Ukraine Humanitarian Needs

In response to the growing humanitarian and refugee crisis in Ukraine, AdvaMed has compiled the following resources to share with members who are eager to provide large scale in-kind donations or financial support. We will continue to update this list as more information and resources become available. For any questions, please reach out to Abby Pratt ([email protected]).
AdvaMed Member Response
AdvaMed member companies are taking strong actions to help Ukraine. A sample of their responses:
- Abbott statement
- Amgen statement
- Baxter statement
- Bayer statement
- BD statement
- Boston Scientific statement
- Bound Tree Medical statement
- Edwards message from CEO
- GE statement
- Illumina statement
- Johnson & Johnson statement
- LivaNova statement
- MedSource Labs statement
- Medtronic statement
- Olympus statement
- Philips statement
- Sekisui Diagnostics statement
- Smith & Nephew statement
- Stryker statement
- Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company statement
- Zimmer Biomet statement
Medical Supply Donations
AdvaMed is collaborating with the U.S. and Ukrainian governments to facilitate corporate or manufacturer-scale donations of urgently needed medical supplies. Currently, Ukraine is overwhelmed with donations and our Ukrainian government counterparts are only looking for the items in the following list:
- Medical Supplies (pdf)
In addition, the Ukrainian government seeks large shipments from companies that either have a presence in Romania or Poland or could get the items there themselves, where they can be picked up by Ukrainian authorities and brought across the border. If you would like to lend your support, please reach out to Abby Pratt ([email protected]) who will provide further details.
Cash Donations
Members looking for local partners to support financially should consider the following third-party organizations, all of which have robust public health and humanitarian operations:
- American Red Cross
- Americares
- Airlink
- Good360
- International Medical Corps
- Project Hope
- Save the Children
- UNHCR
- UNICEF USA
Other Resources (Courtesy of the U.S. Chamber and NAM)
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation – Support for Ukraine
- U.S. Agency for International Development resources page for Ukraine
- Save the Children, which is providing food, blankets and other necessities for children in Ukraine
- International Committee of the Red Cross, which is providing food, water and essential items, as well as supporting health care facilities
- International humanitarian organization Care.org, where funding is going toward food, water and hygiene kits to those in Ukraine
- Domestic refugee resettlement agencies involved in refugee services in the United States and Europe, such as the International Rescue Committee and others working with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
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