NMDP Receives Coveted Peach Award from the National Black Nurses Association

Atlanta -- July 25, 2007

The National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP) received the esteemed “Peach Award” at the 35th Annual Institute and Conference of The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA).

The award recognizes 10 or more years of outstanding service that directly impacts the African American community

NMDP — committed to serving all patients in need of transplant

Being recognized for our efforts to directly impact the African American community by the National Black Nurses Association is quite an honor,” states Jacqueline Lloyd Cunningham, the NMDP manager of recruitment and community development. “The NMDP remains committed to successfully serving all patients in need of a transplant. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the NBNA to help increase the number of African American donors on the Registry.”

NBNA's annual conference

Every year the NBNA holds this conference to:

• Identify technology and research-based health outcomes to improve the quality of life
• Address clinical nurse best practices resulting in decreased mortality and morbidity
• Report strategies and processes that bolster the value of health screening and detection
• Identify health policies that impact nursing practice
•  Share community improvement initiatives from the field

About the NBNA

The NBNA represents 150,000 African American nurses from the United States, Eastern Caribbean and Africa, with 79 chapters nationwide. The NBNA's mission is to provide a forum for collective action by African American nurses to “investigate, define and determine what the health care needs of African Americans are and to implement change to make available to African Americans and other minorities health care commensurate with that of the larger society.” Learn more at the NBNA's Web site: www.nbna.org.