Envirotainer partners with Mercy Ships to support lifesaving healthcare delivery

Envirotainer pledges cold chain solutions to enable vital access to medicines in developing countries

Envirotainer, the global leader in secure cold chain solutions for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, has announced a new partnership with Mercy Ships, the world's largest non-governmental hospital fleet. The partnership will support Mercy Ships’ mission of delivering free, lifesaving healthcare to underserved communities, where access to safe, affordable surgery is severely limited.

As part of the agreement, Envirotainer is donating the use of its cold chain solutions to help safeguard lifesaving medicines for patients receiving care on Mercy Ships’ hospital vessels. This includes the use of its ProofPak solution, a robust, reusable and easy-to-use packaging system that enables medicines to remain safe and effective even in the most challenging environments.

This partnership comes against the backdrop of a global healthcare crisis. Today, five billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgery. In sub-Saharan Africa, up to 69% of people live on less than £2 a day, putting healthcare out of reach for most. Mercy Ships operates two hospital vessels: the Global Mercy(TM) and the Africa Mercy(R). The ships dock at ports across Africa to provide vital medical procedures and training for local healthcare workers.

“Supporting Mercy Ships’ mission to provide essential medical care in underserved regions aligns closely with our own vision of enabling global access to medicines”, said Niklas Adamsson, Interim CEO and COO at Envirotainer. “We are proud to contribute our cold chain expertise to help ensure that critical medicines remain safe and effective for the patients who need them most”.

Since its founding in 1978, Mercy Ships has performed more than 122,000+ surgical procedures and trained over 55,500+ healthcare professionals, creating sustainable impact long after the ships depart. Mercy Ships’ volunteers come from more than 60 countries, including surgeons, nurses, mechanics, teachers and engineers, all donating their time and expertise to support the charity’s work.

 “Every day, our volunteer crews work to bring hope and healing to patients who would otherwise have no access to safe, affordable surgery”, said Simone Jones, Director of Global Corporate Partnerships at Mercy Ships. “Partnerships like this one with Envirotainer help make our work possible, ensuring that we can deliver the medicines and treatments needed to transform lives across the communities we serve.”

By partnering with Mercy Ships, Envirotainer is helping to make sure that lifesaving medicines can be delivered securely, enabling the charity’s medical volunteers to focus on what matters most: transforming lives through medicine.

About Mercy Ships

Mercy Ships operates hospital ships that deliver free surgeries and other healthcare services to those with little access to safe medical care. An international faith-based organization, Mercy Ships has focused entirely on partnering with African nations for the past three decades. Working with in-country partners, Mercy Ships also provides training to local healthcare professionals and supports the construction of in-country medical infrastructure to leave a lasting impact.    

Each year, more than 2,500 volunteer professionals from over 60 countries serve on board the world’s two largest non-governmental hospital ships, the Africa Mercy® and the Global Mercy™. Professionals such as surgeons, dentists, nurses, health trainers, cooks, and engineers dedicate their time and skills to accelerate access to safe surgical and anesthetic care. Mercy Ships was founded in 1978 and has offices in 16 countries as well as an Africa Service Center in Dakar, Senegal.

For more information, visit mercyships.org and follow @MercyShips on social media.