CF Bridge of Hope: Meds & CF care abroad

I recently learned about a fantastic organization that I want all CFers in the U.S. to know about: CF Bridge of Hope. Their mission is to "to improve the health of individuals with cystic fibrosis, and extend the same treatments that are available in the United States to those who live in resource-limited areas of the world." CF Bridge fully funds a 10 day trip to the U.S. for the patient and parent to get all necessary tests and to learn about CF care. They then go home with 1 year of all the meds they need! CF Bridge currently serves 60 patients from Pakistan, Ecuador, Tunisia, Algeria, Columbia, Libya, etc.

I feel so privileged to live in a place where quality CF care and medications are accessible to me, but there are many CFers who live in places where this is not the case. For those of us in the Global North, I think it's very important to share resources and be in solidarity with others in the Global South without access to these life-saving treatments and medications.

You can mail unused medications to a U.S. address which will get the meds to CFers in need abroad. I'm doing that this week because I have some extra CF meds I won't be using and I don't want them to go to waste! You can also donate money. Visit https://www.cfbridgeofhope.org/ to learn more.

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