THE FUTURE'S HEALTH
STARTS IN THE COMMUNITY
Umane is an independent philanthropic association. We coordinate and foster initiatives to support the system’s development, improve health conditions, and foster healthfulness in a collaborative effort to improve the Brazilian population’s quality of life.
Based on the belief that health is a social value that must be integrated into our daily lives,
Umane’s work focuses on fighting against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that result from different social and conditioning factors and preventable risk factors, such as smoking, harmful consumption of alcohol, a sedentary lifestyle, and inadequate diet.
With a new name and a new brand created in 2020, Umane was born from a legacy.
Our work upholds the century-old ideal of excellence in health care at Hospital Samaritano — founded in the capital of São Paulo in 1894 — and the efforts of the Samaritano Association, a philanthropic entity maintained by an endowment created when the hospital was sold in 2016.
In 2021, Umane supported 13 health-fostering and disease prevention initiatives.
These projects were run with 38 of our partners: implementing and governmental partners and co-financiers.
OUR HISTORY
Foundation of Hospital Samaritano in São Paulo
Located in the Higienópolis neighborhood, the fruit of Jose Pereira Achao’s dream and immigrants who mobilized for a more democratic and religion-free health care service.
Leveled up.
We stopped being a “charity hospital” and became a modern, structured medical-hospital institution.
Established our Philanthropy Committee
The hospital formed the Philanthropy Commission, comprising directors and doctors. Partnerships emerged with other health care entities, such as the Disabled Children Assistance Association (AACD).
Created the Samaritano Association's Multi-Assistance Program (AMAS)
With a scheduled care set-up for patients with low and medium pathologies in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Gynecology.
We received the title of Hospital of Excellence and formed a partnership with the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS).
1st accreditation by the Joint Commission International as “1 of the 6 Hospitals of Excellence in São Paulo,” a title that identifies institutions recognized by the Ministry of Health for meeting the requirements for having projects that support the SUS.
Created the Samaritano Association
We have gone from a hospital to a philanthropic fund focused on health, from executors to enablers. We are no longer limited to São Paulo and serve the entire country as an assisting philanthropy within the hospital scope, practicing impactful philanthropy with results in the community.
Umane is born
The Samaritano Association gets a new name and brand, better representing its positioning and practices.
MISSION
VISION
Governance
We want to ensure that philanthropic activities in health and life sciences are impartial and transparent. We are exclusively committed to improving the health of Brazilians.
Marco Mattar
Guido Oliveira
Lorraine de Matos
Arthur Buzatto
Philanthropy Committee
Erik Cavalcante
George Osborn
Hiran Castello Branco
Januário Montone
Lorraine de Matos
Marco Mattar
Ricardo de Oliveira
Ricardo Leonardos
Rogério Rabelo
Vivien Rosso
Finance and Investment Committee
André Reginato
Geoffrey Cleaver
George Kerr
Gert Wunderlich
Guido Oliveira
Marco Mattar
Ricardo Leonardos
Nominations Committee
Arthur Buzatto
George Osborn
Gert Wunderlich
Jairo Loureiro
Marco Mattar
Renata Filippi Lindquist
William Bennett
Compliance, Governance, Audit, and Ethics Committee
Fernando Meira
Gustavo Mattedi
Hiran Castello Branco
Joice Toyota
Maria Helena Pettersson
Adrian Mackenzie
Alasdair Kerr
Alastair Howarth Hilary Steel
Alison Hilary Steel
Andrew John Pacey
André Reginato
Arthur Buzatto
Bettina Walker
Brian J. Busson
Carolina Dupont-Liot
Cristina Anne Betts
Derek T. Barnes
Derrick Isaac Marcus
Douglas Munro
Eduardo de Campos Queiroz
Farrer J.P. L. Pallin
Fernanda Hoefel
Fernando de Barros Barreto
Geoffrey David Cleaver
George Kerr
George Robert Osborn
Gert Wunderlich
Guilherme Prado
Hiran Castello Branco
Ian Henry Pacey
Ivan Ferraretto
Ivan Francis Noronha
Jairo Eduardo Loureiro
Jairo Loureiro Filho
Januário Montone
John Philip Lloyd
Joice Toyota Mendes
José Antonio de Lima
José Eduardo Krieger
Lorraine de Matos
Luiz Gustavo Mattedi
Luiz Peccioli
Marco Antonio Cattini Mattar
Maria Helena Pettersson
Marina Medley de Sá
Mark Moran
Matthew Govier
Maurício Ceschin
Philippe Krinker
Renata Filippi Lindquist
Ricardo Barbosa Leonardos
Robert Donald Filshill
Rogério Rabelo
Sean Patrick Hutchinson
Sergio Silva Freitas
Susan Pallin
Thomas Leon Goman
Timothy Altaffer
Vivien Rosso
William E. Bennett
William Bennett
Jairo Loureiro
André Reginato
Arthur Buzatto
Fernando Meira
Hiran Castello Branco
Marco Mattar
Ricardo Leonardos
Rogério Rabelo
Vivien Rosso
Joice Toyota Mendes
TEAM
Thais Junqueira
Camila Basile
Evelyn Santos
Fabiana Mussato
Alessandra Santos
Henrique Andrade
Erika Lopes
Monique Moura
Claudia Santos
Fabiana Ferraz
Ludmila Poletti
Viviane Quenzer
Carolina Kang Lee
Daniel Sato
PARTNERS
Implementing partners
Institutions supported by Umane in the development and implementation of initiatives.
Co-funding Partners
Institutions that invest in initiatives supported by Umane.
Technical Partners
Civil society organizations, government entities, academic institutions or international agencies that establish technical cooperation or institutional partnerships with initiatives supported by Umane
Government entities
Public agencies or entities at the federal, state, or municipal level that are partners of Umane or supported initiatives.
ANNUAL REPORTS
For more details on our activities and results, we release a report each year.
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