Shipping container clinic

A shipping container clinic is a type of shipping container architecture using intermodal containers (shipping containers) as the structural element of a medical clinic that can be easily deployed to remote regions of the world. Shipping containers are ideal because of their inherent strength, wide availability and relatively low cost.

History

Several organizations have developed the concept of shipping container clinics:

• In 2005, Hospitals of Hope produced a "Clinic In A Can" in a 53 foot trailer that was sent to Les Cayes, Haiti to provide medical relief ^[1]

• In 2006, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Laurie Garrett, worked with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to create a prototype "Doc In A Box" based on Garrett's conceptual framework. ^{[2] [3]}

• In June 2010, Hospitals of Hope sent two "Clinic In A Cans" to Haiti in partnership with Heart to Heart International in response to the earthquake. ^[4]

• In November 2010, Containers 2 Clinics sent a prototype clinic to be used on site at Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ^{[5] [6]}

• In April 2011, a three-unit Clinic In A Can was shipped to Haiti in partnership with Aslan Youth Ministries ^[7]

• In August 2012, Clinics4All established its Global Clinic Donation Program (GCDP) to provide MEDICAL CLINICS free of charge to third-world Governments through their respective departments or Ministries of Health – as a means of assisting developing country Governments in improving access to healthcare in medically under-served and remote areas, particularly for children and women. ^[8]

• In March 2013, Clinic In A Can shipped a solar powered clinic to Mirebalais, Haiti in partnernship with Global Vision Citadelle Ministries, as well as a radiology Clinic In A Can to Freetown, Sierra Leone. ^{[9] [10]}

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