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One-Month Update: Disaster in Myanmar
When a powerful earthquake devastated communities in Myanmar, International Medical Corps rushed in to provide medical services.
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One-Month Update: Disaster in Myanmar
When a powerful earthquake devastated communities in Myanmar, International Medical Corps rushed in to provide medical services.
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Mobile Medical Unit Supports Remote Communities in Donetsk Region
When Lidiya’s city was evacuated due to heavy shelling, she didn’t know where she’d get treatment for her life-threatening medical condition. Our EU-supported mobile medical unit was there for her.
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‘So Much More Than We Had Ever Planned For’
On the morning of September 27, 2024, North Carolinians were bracing for a hit. The National Hurricane Center had been tracking a storm—christened Helene on September 24—for more than a week. What started as a low-pressure weather system was headed for the US Gulf Coast as a life-threatening hurricane, and a state of emergency had …
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Celebrating 40 Years of Health and Hope: Our Top 10 Images from 2024
Over the past 40 years, International Medical Corps has responded to the world’s most pressing disasters, providing medical care and supplies, clean water and nutrition, mental health, protection and other services to families affected by conflict, disaster and disease. And true to our founding principle, we focus on training communities to become their own first …
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Flooding and Humanitarian Needs Surge in South Sudan
Since September, climate change-fueled flooding in South Sudan has affected approximately 1.4 million people and forcibly displaced more than 379,000. The escalating crisis has led to increased rates of malnutrition, diarrhoea and malaria among children and women. International Medical Corps, which has been providing vital services in South Sudan for nearly 30 years, quickly responded …
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You’re Pregnant in Gaza. What Happens Next?
Ala’a and her husband had been trying to become pregnant for eight years. They’d tried a variety of fertility treatments before turning to in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)—an often expensive and emotionally taxing method. Their first few cycles failed, and they considered giving up before 30-year-old Ala’a finally became pregnant. The couple were delighted. But they lived …
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Five Things to Know About Mpox
On August 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox outbreak that already is affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 12 other African countries “a public health emergency of international concern.” The rapid spread of COVID-19 four years ago made it clear that no country is isolated when it comes to health …
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You’re Busy Trying to Survive a War—and Now You’re Out of Anti-Depressants
Halima—a 43-year-old Gazan woman—is one of the 280 million people worldwide who live with depression. Before the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, she managed her mental health condition using anti-depressants. Life wasn’t easy, but the medication helped her care for her four children and make a living selling homemade cleaning products out …
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Illya’s story: Helping Patients with Rare Diseases in Ukraine
When the war in Ukraine meant Illya couldn’t access his medication anymore, our European Union-funded team was there to help.
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More Than Medicine: How We Care for Displaced People in the DRC
When violence and instability displace people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), our teams respond with medical care. In Minova, a town in the Kalehe Territory, the population has surged as people from neighbouring areas seek shelter from the fighting. These internally displaced persons (IDPs) come to our mobile medical units (MMUs) to …
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