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Essential Medications

Essential medications

Gift of Life has been developing several key programmes including procurement of essential medications unavailable in the CIS region and irreplaceable for the treatment of certain types of cancer. Often these medications are manufactured and exclusively stocked in Western European counties.

Initially Gift of Life was established for a practical reason. We tried to eliminate currency exchange fees and guarantee quick and reliable access to the stock, when purchasing vital medications for our patients. This approach paid off – Gift of Life has eventually become one of the key providers of such medications for children and young adults in the CIS region.

The major cost of all

Essential medications account for over 80% of our annual programme expenses. The list of medications being purchased for Gift of Life patients includes Defitelio, Foscavir, Cidofovir, Probenicid, Erwinase, Idarubicin, Noxafil, Mesna, Spectrila and others.

Gift of Life also covers other programmes, for instance, international specialists and bone marrow transplant. However, essential medications unavailable in the CIS region for various reasons definitely remain our main focus.

How much we need

While running ongoing appeals to fund foreign medications, Gift of Life works hard to reach its primary goal – to raise £800,000 in annual donations. This sum would cover completely the costs of essential drugs for our patients throughout the whole year.

To support our foreign medications programme, please Donate now.

Infographic by Oxana Kostromina