MedEquity

Stichting MedEquity

Medical equipment where it is needed.

We connect hospitals that have surplus medical equipment with healthcare institutions that lack it. Every transfer starts with a validated request, and comes with testing, logistics and training.

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The problem

Too much donated equipment ends up unused.

Donations usually start with what a hospital has to spare, not with what another hospital needs. The equipment arrives, and then it isn’t needed, breaks down, or no one has been trained to run it.

of donated medical equipment falls out of use shortly after arrival
40–70%
of equipment in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries is out of service
38%

Sources: estimates cited in Compton et al. (2018) and McDonald et al. (2019); Perry & Malkin (2011), inventories of 112,040 devices in 16 countries.

Our approach

We start with the request, not the surplus.

Equipment only moves once a recipient institution has asked for it and the need has been confirmed. Then we take care of everything that makes it work in practice.

  1. Request

    A healthcare institution tells us what it needs. Our partners on the ground validate the request before anything else happens.

  2. Match

    We find a hospital or supplier with that equipment to spare, and agree the terms of the transfer.

  3. Check

    Every item is assessed, tested and, where needed, refurbished, so only working equipment is sent.

  4. Deliver

    We coordinate transport, export documents and customs clearance, all the way to the receiving institution.

  5. Train & support

    Local staff learn to use and maintain the equipment, and we stay involved to solve problems afterwards.

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Win, win, win

Good for everyone involved.

Recipient institutions

Receive the equipment they actually asked for, in working order, with the training to keep it running.

Donor hospitals

Give surplus equipment a second life through a documented, responsible channel that supports their sustainability goals.

Global health

Fewer “equipment graveyards”, and more working devices where care is hardest to reach.

Get involved

Work with us.

Hospitals with surplus equipment

Have equipment you no longer use? We find an institution that needs it, check it and handle the transfer.

Offer equipment

Institutions in need

Tell us what your institution needs. We work with local partners to validate requests and find a match.

Request equipment

Supporters and funders

Funding pays for testing, transport, customs and training: the parts that make a donation last.

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MedEquity is founded

Stichting MedEquity is officially incorporated in the Netherlands, with a simple premise — medical equipment should be sent because it is needed, not because it is spare.