CHARLESTON, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation program, Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM, today announced a grant of more than $185,000 to the West Virginia Health Right, Inc. in Charleston in support of the Pathways to Cardiovascular Health program.
Pathways to Cardiovascular Health is designed to improve the health of 500 impoverished uninsured patients through clinical intervention. The majority of the clinic's impoverished, uninsured patients have one or more cardiovascular high risk factors.
“We are honored that the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation shares our mission and has chosen to support our efforts to improve the cardiovascular health of our patients,” said Patricia H. White, Executive Director of WV Health Right. “We witness the debilitating effects of cardiovascular disease on a daily basis and have long recognized that this chronic illness requires a combination of coaching, health education, self-management and family involvement as well as medication therapies. Further, we applaud the Foundation’s commitment to funding programs that seek to prevent cardiovascular disease in a vulnerable and medically underserved population: the impoverished uninsured.”
Pathways to Cardiovascular Health is designed to improve the health status of low-income uninsured adults through participation in health education classes, screenings and disease self-management. Existing successful smoking cessation, weight loss, and diabetes management programs will be expanded to accommodate additional patients.
“We must work to decrease the risk of and prevent cardiovascular disease in the United States, by providing resources to those in need,” said Emily Denney, Trustee, AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation. “West Virginia Health Right is providing an innovative program to improve cardiovascular health in communities across West Virginia.”
Connections for Cardiovascular Health was launched in 2010 through a charitable contribution of $25 million from AstraZeneca. The program awards grants of $150,000 and up to US-based non-profit organizations that are doing innovative work in the field of cardiovascular health. The grants will be used to focus on screening initiatives that will identify patients with or at-risk of cardiovascular disease. Those individuals who do not have health insurance or are underinsured will be given the option of establishing a medical home with the free health clinic.
Organizations can learn more and apply online for a Foundation grant at www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation. Applications must be submitted online no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on March 15.
About West Virginia Health Right, Inc.
WV Health Right, Inc., established in 1982, is West Virginia’s oldest and largest free clinic. WV Health Right provides comprehensive medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and health education services to nearly 22,000 impoverished uninsured adults, ages 18-64, who make more than 90,000 clinic visits per year. More than 450 volunteer physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses, and others enable the clinic’s small paid staff to provide care and treatment to the ever growing numbers of patients seeking services. To learn more about WV Health Right, visit www.wvhealthright.org.
About the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation
Established in 1993, the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation and a 501(c)(3) entity organized for charitable purposes including to promote public awareness of healthcare issues, to promote public education of medical knowledge and to support or contribute to charitable and qualified exempt organizations consistent with its charitable purpose.
CONTACT:
AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation
Thomas Hushen, 302-885-2677
or
TSG Consulting
Tom Susman, 304-345-1161
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