MedShare is a 501c(3) humanitarian aid organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people, communities and our planet by sourcing and directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need around the world.

MedShare helps increase health system capacity and drives sustainability by providing biomedical equipment training and service to healthcare organizations and medical professionals serving populations in need.

MedShare’s deliveries of vital medical supplies and equipment have decreased our nation’s carbon footprint and brought health, healing and the promise of better lives to 97 countries and countless patients.

What MedShare Does
Recovering Supplies   

• MedShare has collected over $100 million worth of life saving medical supplies and equipment.
• MedShare has diverted over 3 million cubic feet of reusable medical products from local landfills.
• MedShare has received medical supplies and equipment from hundreds of hospitals and corporations.

Matching Needs

• MedShare volunteers have sorted and repackaged over 6,000 tons of medical supplies and equipment.
• MedShare provides approximately 1,000 different boxes of various life saving medical supplies per shipment.
• MedShare has built a volunteer corps of 20,000 humanitarians annually.

Improving Healthcare & the Environment

• MedShare has strengthened local health systems and increased the capacity to treat millions of patients in medically underserved areas.
• MedShare has delivered over 1,300 40-foot tractor-trailer containers to 97 countries and territories worldwide.
• MedShare has provided biomedical training and support to over 1,500 healthcare professionals in 16 countries on over 2,500 pieces of equipment that have been delivered to healthcare facilities around the world.

The Problem
In the developing world, over 10 million children under the age of five die from inadequate medical care. (Source: World Health Organization)

At the same time, hospitals in the United States generate over two million tons of medical waste each year. Much of that waste is unused, unexpired medical supplies and equipment. (Source: Healthcare Without Harm) 

The Solution
MedShare works with hospitals, distributors and manufacturers to collect and redistribute medical products to qualified healthcare facilities in medically underserved communities.