Our Story

I founded Containers to Clinics after practicing emergency medicine as a Physician’s Assistant in US emergency rooms, training paramedics in the minefields of Cambodia, and teaching triage to nurses working in the overcrowded emergency rooms of Mozambique. Through these experiences, I developed a deep appreciation for access to healthcare as a universal human right. I witnessed how lack of access to primary healthcare not only drives mortality rates, but also how this unfulfilled human need fractures families and communities. Without access to trained medical personnel, operational health facilities and simple medicines, health in the developing world is constantly challenged; without these elements, staying healthy in resource poor settings is nearly impossible.

In the fall of 2008, I assembled a team of international health and development experts and formed a highly charged and knowledgeable board of directors and advisory committees. Together, we designed a sustainable model for health care delivery that can meet the health needs of poor women and children and their communities. C2C’s model is to supply ready-to-open primary healthcare clinics to underserved areas, where local medical personnel can diagnose and treat primary health care illnesses and supply the necessary medicines.

The first phase of this journey and the tremendous response to our efforts have reinforced our commitment to these guiding principles and our understanding of their universal appeal. C2C’s foundation is solid and our successes, to date, have been extraordinary.

And so, it is with tremendous gratitude that I recognize those people who believe in C2C’s guiding principles and our simple model and who have contributed countless hours to constantly support our efforts. From all of your efforts, we’re extremely well positioned to improve the access and quality of women and children’s health worldwide.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Sheehan
Founder and President