Our Vision

We envision a world made of resilient communities, in which individuals and institutions are inspired and empowered to work together to create supplies that address local challenges and crises.

Image: PUC Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Marcelo Balisteri

What We Do

We inform and empower makers, engineers, manufacturers, local organizers, experts, and institutions around the world solving inequities in healthcare access, whether from chronic issues or sudden global crises.

We identify strategic partners to develop a diverse support ecosystem focused on collaboration, coordination, and best practices.

We prioritize and encourage documentation and quality-assurance tools that demonstrate safe, effective approaches to problem-solving across manufacturing, logistics, and global disaster-response mobilization.

We provide high-quality information, collaborative platforms, and strategic support to globally distributed local groups to facilitate rapid and effective mobilization.

Our Story

Launched in March 2020, Open Source Medical Supplies (OSMS) coordinated a global network of over makers, fabricators, community organizers, and medical professionals meeting the unprecedented medical supply challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who We Are

The OSMS team includes engineers, medical professionals, scientists, researchers, makers, fabricators, designers, software developers, organizers, activists, international development professionals, and translators. Spread across 5 time zones, our professional team works with hundreds of dedicated volunteers to provide high-quality information and guidance to communities all over the world.

Open Source Medical Supplies is a project of RESOLVE.

Our Fiscal Sponsor

RESOLVE is our fiscal sponsor, and provides a platform for collaboration with others. You can read more about our partnership here.

Our Partners

Open Source Medical Supplies would like to thank our many partners for their generous support.

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Support Us

Our work has been made possible through your generous support. You can help ensure that communities everywhere have affordable access to the health supplies they need by donating today. Thank you!

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