CeraVe is strengthening its partnership with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC), expanding access to free dermatological care to uninsured and underinsured communities in the US.
The L’Oréal-owned drugstore skin care brand’s expanded initiative will see volunteer dermatologists work with free and charitable clinics across America to provide free skin checks in underserved communities.
As well as provide dermatology education resources and training opportunities to the frontline health care workers.
The initiative has been expanded to tie in with World Skin Health Day on 8 July – an awareness day focused on improving access to skin health education and dermatological care worldwide.
But the partnership with NAFC is not temporary, it is an ongoing pillar of CeraVe’s ‘Care For All’ philanthropic programme, which is dedicated to dismantling barriers to dermatological care in underserved communities.
“While one third of the global population is affected by skin disease, there is less than one dermatologist per million people in some countries, creating a coverage gap that leaves over one billion people worldwide without access to care,” Gene Colón, CeraVe’s Global SVP, Medical Affairs & Communications, told Cosmetics Business.
“Our ultimate goal is to spark a global movement that drives widespread awareness about the critical importance of skin health, while actively expanding access to dermatological care where it is needed most.
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