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Medical travel pack for relief work

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 155: 436

Physicians on humanitarian medical missions will be able to treat the primary health needs of 700 people with the contents of the new Canadian Physician Travel Pack. The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada (PMAC) and MAP International have assembled a 30-kg assortment of medications that includes antibiotics, antiparasitic products and analgesics for use in relief efforts and international medical work.

The Travel Pack, which contains thousands of dollars worth of high-quality medicines donated by PMAC members, will ease the problems of physicians who otherwise might have to struggle with no supplies or approach pharmaceutical companies for donations. All applications must bear a physician's signature and be approved by MAP International. A service fee of $525 covers shipping charges in Canada; for information call 800 627-1787.

| CMAJ August 15, 1996 (vol 155, no 4) |