Health & Poverty Alleviation Project Against Ankylosing Spondylitis
Targeted population
AS patients in 832 poverty-stricken counties in China
Launch year
2019
Partners
·National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China
·State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development
·Central Committee of Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party
·China Poverty Alleviation Promotion of Volunteer Service
·Social Participation in Poverty Alleviation and Development of China
·China Foundation for Disabled Persons
Public welfare influence
Plan to donate 180 million yuan, which will benefit more than 20,000 poverty-stricken patients with moderate and severe ankylosing spondylitis;
Effectively improving the health of the poverty-stricken people, and supporting the national strategy to provide targeted poverty alleviation in healthcare.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis
Launch year
2015
Partner
Beijing Bethune Charitable Foundation
Public welfare influence
Benefitting more than 20,000 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. It is estimated that the total value of donated medicine was approx. 510 million yuan by the end of 2020.
