Partner Organizations
We have built a strong network of formal partnerships with government, academic, and nongovernmental institutions working in road safety to collaborate in patient care, research, prevention, and advocacy.
Noncommunicable Disease Control program, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
The NCDC works to reduce mortality and morbidity from noncommunicable diseases in Bangladesh through control of risk factors and improving health service delivery. In January 2020 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the NCDC program of the DGHS and TraumaLink to facilitate post-crash care for road traffic injury victims in Bangladesh. With support from the World Health Organization, we have worked in a formal partnership with the NCDC since early 2022 to expand post-crash services in Bangladesh. Together, the three organizations have developed operational protocols and the national training manual for the program, and in February 2023, we launched a pilot on a 10 km section of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Gazaria, Munshiganj that is still running successfully.
World Health Organization
Since 1972 the WHO has been a key partner of the Government of Bangladesh. They provide technical advice and support for the development and improvement of the health of the country’s population. The WHO has provided crucial financial and technical support partnering with NCDC, DGHS and TraumaLink in expanding post-crash services in Bangladesh. Through this collaboration, we have worked with a broad coalition of government and nongovernmental organizations to develop a post-crash response program in Bangladesh, with plans for a national expansion.
United States Agency for International Development
In 2015 we were awarded a United States Agency for International Development, Development Innovation Ventures grant. We used these funds to expand our operations by a total of 80 km on 3 highways, with 354 new volunteer first responders. TraumaLink was also among a select group of grantees chosen by USAID DIV to take part in the Growth Readiness Assessment and Coaching project. This year-long program in 2018-9 was headed up by the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University, in partnership with coaches from We Scale Impact.
SpaandanB
SpaandanB is a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to better the lives of the less advantaged people of Bangladesh, regardless of their religion, color, age, disability or sex. We began our partnership in January 2021 to expand post-crash services, and through the generous support of SpaandanB's donors we have already trained and equipped 329 volunteers, both men and women, who are now providing coverage along 84 km of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, the busiest and most dangerous road in Bangladesh.
Pierre Fabre Foundation
In 2016 the Pierre Fabre Foundation inaugurated the Global South eHealth Observatory, which has a mission of identifying, documenting, promoting, and helping to develop e-health initiatives that sustainably improve access to quality care and medicines for disadvantaged populations. In 2018 TraumaLink was chosen from a pool of 178 projects from all over the world as one of six Global South eHealth Observatory Award laureates. Through their support, we expanded our post-crash response services by 35 km and trained 109 volunteers on two national highways.
Rahim Family Foundation
The Rahim Family Foundation has been a strong and consistent advocate of TraumaLink’s work in post-crash response. They generously sponsored two 15 km service expansions, in 2020 and 2022, with 127 new volunteer first responders providing life-saving care on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway.