Every child with congenital heart
disease deserves access to
quality pediatric heart care.
A new partnership with
Children’s HeartLink ensures
more children get equitable care
and have the opportunity to
survive and thrive.
A new partnership with Children’s HeartLink.
Photo: Children's Heartlink/India
GIVING WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST.
New COVID-19 funding for frontline health workers and critical local aid in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities.
New COVID-19 funding for health workers and BIPOC communities.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/UnitedStates
Global Innovation Fellows is one way Medtronic volunteers are contributing to health systems around the world to address disparities.
Global Innovation Fellows – leveraging skills to give back.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/India2019
In Teófilo Otoni, Brazil, community health workers like Creude Mendes de Souza play a vital role in connecting people to medical and social services.
In rural Brazil, advocates like Creude Mendes de Souza are indispensable.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/Brazil2018
HeartRescue India provides localized solutions to address cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Bangalore.
HeartRescue India provides solutions to address (CVD) in Bangalore.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/India2019
The Medtronic Foundation partners with organizations that support communities to rebuild and thrive after a disaster hits even after our volunteers return home.
Medtronic employees help rebuild an underserved region in Mexico.
Photo: Medtronic Foundation/Mexico2019
Keith Hebert
Minneapolis
USA
With the help of tools provided by the Medtronic Foundation, Keith Hebert began a meal-packing drive that's contributed 1.8 million meals to those in need.
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Dr. Glory Simon Joseph
Mwanza
Tanzania
Leads trainings for health workers in Tanzania to screen and treat Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD), a type of heart damage caused by strep throat bacteria.
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Dr. Sanele Madela
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Thanks to storytelling training, Dr. Madela is sharing his vision for healthcare for the underserved at the World Health Assembly and the U.S. Congress, among other places.
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Chie Kishimoto
Japan
Medtronic employee Chie Kishimoto and her colleagues leverage Medtronic Foundation resources to create towel caps for cancer patients during a P6 employee volunteer event.
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Hui Li
Binzhou City
China
From avid athlete to heart patient, Hui Li uses a grant he received from the Medtronic Foundation to fund the Bethune Charitable Foundation’s mental health support programs.
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Lewis Hine
Havant
United Kingdom
At 14, Lewis Hine founded Friend Finder to bring together children with long-term illnesses or disabilities. As a Bakken Invitation Honoree, his good work is going even further.
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Creude Mendes de Souza
Brazil
Community health workers like Creude help address barriers to care by making home visits and connecting patients to a wide range of resources to support their needs.
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Dr. Thomas Rea
Seattle
USA
Dr. Thomas Rea leads a pilot effort based out of Washington State to improve sudden cardiac arrest outcomes.
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