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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

Mercy Ships is not the only medical NGO that offers medical care by boat, but it is one the largest. And Doctors Without Borders “brings medical care to people affected by conflict, disasters, epidemics, and social exclusion.” A medical simulation manikin sits atop a hospital bed in the Global Mercy’s simulation room.

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Bloomberg Gives $600 Million to Four HBCU Medical Schools' Endowments

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The donations will more than double the size of three of the medical schools' endowments. Bickel/AP Michael Bloomberg’s gifts are going to Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science.

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Why Bloomberg’s $1 Billion Gift to Johns Hopkins Medical School Matters

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The move continues a pattern of donations that seek to increase accessibility to medical school. By Amir Pasic AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Most medical students at the university will no longer pay tuition. The move continues a pattern of donations that seek to increase accessibility to medical school.

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$400 Million to Columbia U. in Boom Year of Medical School Megagifts

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Roy and Diana Vagelos's latest donation expands the medical school's mission to advance treatment for diseases. Roy and Diana Vagelo's latest donation expands the medical school's mission to advance treatment for diseases.

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MacKenzie Scott Gives Rare Third Gift to Medical Debt Relief Group

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The billionaire philanthropist has donated a total of $130 million to Undue Medical Debt as anger swells over high health care costs. By Stephanie Beasley Getty Images The billionaire philanthropist has donated a total of $130 million to Undue Medical Debt as anger swells over high health-care costs.

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Shortage of Black Doctors Is Rooted in Racist History — a $600 Million Gift Will Help Historically Black Medical Schools Address the Gap

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Benjamin Chrisinger Marcus Ingram, Getty Images The Morehouse School of Medicine is one of four historically Black medical schools that is set to receive a large gift from Michael Bloomberg. Research shows that a lack of Black doctors helps explain why Black people tend to die younger than their white peers.

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David and Diana Sun Give Hoag Hospital Another $50 Million

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Kingston Technology founder and his wife gave the medical center $50 million in 2022 for the same expansion project.

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