Thank you for your interest in donating medical supplies to VIDA. Here is a list of our most needed supplies that will have the greatest impact at saving lives in Latin America. Private-home donors please drop off items at the address below (we can pick up beds) during normal business hours. VIDA is in need of non-expired 12 month Life Span supplies used in the provision of basic primary health care, including:

• Bandages, gauze, cotton
• Blood pressure equipment
• Dental or ophthalmology chairs
• Disinfectants
• Disabled and elderly equipment: wheelchairs, walkers (foldable), crutches and canes
• Exam & physical therapy tables, operating tables
• First aid kits
• Gloves
• Hospital or surgical masks
• Hospital beds & gurneys, stretchers, cots
• Iodine
• IV Fluids (particularly Dextrose 0.9%)
• Medical equipment (small/portable: pulse oxymeters, defibrillators, incubators, endoscopy, ultrasound, anesthesia, ECG & dialysis machines, etc.)
• Orthopedic supplies (braces, prosthetics)
• Skin treatments, including:
  • anti-fungal or antibacterial cremes
  • powders, lotions and cremes
• Soap, shampoo
• Stethoscopes
• Surgical supplies (including sutures)
• Syringes & needles
• Tongue depressors
• Thermometers
• Vitamins (adult and child)
• Water purification tablets

We cannot accept:

• Commodes
• Shower chairs
• Gerri chairs (clinical recliners)