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QUALCOMM Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, has provided a cash donation and high speed wireless service and devices for the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with Palomar Pomerado Health, which has established a “sister” hospital relationship between the Mutombo hospital and its Pomerado hospital in Escondido, Calif. Read more about QUALCOMM’s generous support in VIDEO and PRESS.
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PPH Forms Partnership to Help Support Hospital of The Future in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) has teamed up with basketball star Dikembe Mutombo to heal, comfort, and promote health in his native country. Following the death of Mutombo’s mother Biamba Marie, because of a lack of hospital facilities, Mutombo began a mission to build a state-of-the-art hospital named after his mom in Kinshasa, the capital city of the DRC. PPH is helping support that mission by establishing a “sister hospital” relationship between the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Pomerado Hospital in Poway, CA.
Qualcomm, the Classroom of the Future Foundation, the City of Poway, and Rotary International are also a part of this powerful partnership bringing together the finest technology and health care from San Diego County to the DRC. “It’s very exciting for us to be on the ground floor, exploring ways to bring cutting-edge wireless technologies to support the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” said Tom O’Neill, vice president for business development for Qualcomm.
Mutombo has already invested $15- million of his own money to build the $29- million 300- bed facility. When completed in June of 2007, it will be fully equipped with an emergency room, surgery suites, a women’s center and a teaching hospital, built on 52- acres. Mutombo also has a vision of establishing satellite health clinics around the DRC.
The partnership between PPH and the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation is timely, as PPH is also in the stages of planning and building the hospital of the future in North San Diego County. “Health care in the Democratic Republic of Congo is limited and not accessible. With education and some medical supplies, hundreds of children could be saved. We have an opportunity to give these people hope, and a chance to have access to basic medical services we sometimes take for granted. It’s an honor and a privilege to be able to help them,” says Jim Flinn, chief administrative officer for Pomerado Hospital.
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The NBA is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people and has created and implemented programs that address important social issues, with a special emphasis on reading and on-line literacy initiatives for children. Each year the league, its players and its teams donate millions of dollars and thousands of hours to charities and community outreach programs. The NBA has generously teamed up with Dikembe Mutombo and DMF to support numerous philanthropic projects. Programs have included: Basketball Without Borders, NBA Read to Achieve, the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation Dormitories at Ithuteng Trust, a school for troubled and underprivileged youth in Pimville, South Africa, AIDS prevention, Polio immunizations and many more.
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The Lenovo computer company has committed to providing IT infrastructure and consulting services for the Mutombo hospital. In addition to providing Lenovo ThinkPad notebook computers with Microsoft Office, integrated fingerprint readers and wireless LAN capabilities, Lenovo is also helping the hospital evaluate and implement state-of-the-art biometric identification capabilities for security and patient identification.
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Lenovo has created and funded the Lenovo Fellowship, which enables residents from the University of North Carolina Hospital to work alongside physicians in the Mutombo Hospital.
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The mission of The Africa Channel is to open up a daily window into modern African life and, in the process, help demystify Africa for American viewers. It is a showcase for the African continent’s most outstanding English language television series, specials, documentaries, feature films, music, event specials, biographies, soap operas, current business analysis, cultural and historical programs….shows that reflect the people of Africa, their incredible stories, their daily lives, their music and art, their successes, celebrations and challenges.
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The Stop TB Partnership was established in 2000 to eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem and ultimately to realize a world free of TB. It comprises a network of more than 500 international organizations, countries, donors from the public and private sectors, and nongovernmental and governmental organizations that have expressed an interest in working together to achieve this goal.
www.operationsmile.org
Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together, we create smiles, change lives, heal humanity.
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Our mission is to “Transfer medical knowledge from those who have it to those who need it using the latest in communications technology.” New discoveries and scientific breakthroughs are occurring more rapidly than ever, and many experts are forecasting that medical knowledge will effectively double over the next five years. MMC is constantly working to develop new and innovative ways to transfer this information from its point of origin to the front lines of medicine. By facilitating this transfer of medical knowledge, we expect to improve the medical outcomes of millions of people each year.
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Founded in 1982, Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global volunteers are dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults. Since its founding, Operation Smile volunteers have treated more than 120,000 children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities and the organization has a presence in 51 countries. In addition to contributing free medical treatment, Operation Smile trains local medical professionals in its partner countries and leaves behind crucial equipment to lay the groundwork for long-term self-sufficiency. | 
