Donations to Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand

Dear Friends,

We are two Brown University Master of Public Health students who have been accepted to go spend a summer at Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand. The clinic is located in Mae Sot, on the western border between Thailand and Burma. We will be working with the clinic’s 5 physicians, 100 health workers and 40 support staff to provide free and much needed medical care to an estimated 150,000 refugees, immigrants, landmine victims, and abandoned children, all of whom have been displaced by socio-political oppression, civil war and poverty.

We are writing to let you know about Project Mae Tao, a medical supply drive we are organizing in an effort to bring items that are either too expensive or not available for purchase to the clinic this summer. Mae Tao has provided us with a list, and we are inviting local and affiliated hospitals/clinics to donate specific medical items that require clinical supervision and items that are needed in bulk.

How can YOU help? The clinic is also in need of items that could easily be purchased in a drug store or wholesale stores, or things that might be sitting in your basement not being used. Here are some of them:

- Powder/tablet oral rehydration therapy (HydraLife, Gatorade, etc.)
- Over-the-counter supplements (multivitamins, iron, zinc, calcium, etc.)
- Sterile gauze, bandages, gloves, masks
- Stethoscope (Littman)
- Clinical methods books (History taking and Physical exams)
- Obstetric picture books
- Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
- Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine
- Pharmacology and Medicines books
- The Merck Manual
- Physician’s desktop reference books
- Medical dictionaries (English, English-Thai)

If you are unsure of what to donate, or have any questions about the drive, please feel free to contact either one of us. We will be sending out more information in the next couple weeks with dates, times, and locations for drop-offs. For more information about the clinic, please visit: www.maetaoclinic.org

Thank you in advance for your support. Please help us bring hope to the Mae Tao Clinic.

Peace,

Annie Thacker RN, MPH candidate (Anne_Thacker@brown.edu)
Yumi Aikawa MPH candidate (Yumi_Aikawa@brown.edu)