AmeriCares honors Cardinal Health with Power of Partnership award

STAMFORD, Conn. A nonprofit international disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization awarded its annual Power of Partnership Award to one of the largest healthcare products and services companies in the world.

AmeriCares president & CEO Curt Welling presented the award, co-created by Healthcare Distribution Management Association, at HDMA’s Annual Leadership Forum in Orlando, Fla., to Cardinal Health for its committment to expanding access to medicines and health care for disadvantaged populations.

Since 1996, Cardinal Health has donated more than $20 million worth of medical and surgical supplies to AmeriCares for people recovering from devastating natural disasters, facing civil conflict and suffering from extreme poverty.

Over the years, AmeriCares has delivered Cardinal Health products to people in need in 83 countries through its emergency response work, Medical Outreach Program and ongoing shipments to hospitals and clinics in the developing world.

“We are pleased to partner with AmeriCares to honor the Cardinal Health team for its extraordinary commitment to delivering lifesaving medicines, products and services to those in need,” said HDMA president and CEO John M. Gray. “Our recent economic climate underscores the value of efforts of HDMA members like Cardinal Health, whose humanitarian leadership strengthens partnerships across the entire health care supply chain.”