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From Fear to Strength: How Mental Health Care Changes Lives
War in Ukraine shattered Nina’s peaceful life. International Medical Corps’ Alina Pypina helped her to piece it back together.
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‘So Much More Than We Had Ever Planned For’
Storms like Hurricane Helene can wreak unanticipated destruction. That’s when outside support from an experienced global first responder can make all the difference.
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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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Mobile Clinic Provides Healthcare and Hope in Banikane, Mali
International Medical Corps has been operating in Mali since 2013, following political instability and a coup that led to mass displacement and disruption of many public systems, including health. Violence and insecurity have worsened fragile health and nutrition conditions. To support those affected by the conflict, International Medical Corps is providing life-saving assistance to meet …
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Maskaneh Primary Healthcare Center Gets New Life with Critical Renovations
Health needs in Syria continue to be severe. In 2024, more than 16 million people needed lifesaving and life-sustaining health services—the largest number since the beginning of the crisis. The country’s health system, which was already heavily disrupted by years of civil war, has been further affected by factors such as decreasing humanitarian support, outbreaks …
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Saving Baby Adam
Thirteen years on from the outbreak of civil war in Syria, the country continues to suffer a severe humanitarian crisis. An estimated 16.7 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance. Mass displacement, widespread food insecurity and the destruction of infrastructure have left many people without access to the essential goods and services they need. The conflict …
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Powering Cold Storage for Medications at a Mykolaiv Clinic
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine that started on February 24, 2022, has resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe for Ukrainians. In mid-2024, 14.6 million people in Ukraine were in need of humanitarian assistance. Meanwhile, healthcare facilities and infrastructure have buckled under Russian attacks. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health,1,642 medical facilities have been damaged, …
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Mobile Medical Unit Brings Care to Mykolaivska Villages
Mykolaivska oblast, in the south of Ukraine, has suffered significant damage and attacks since the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022. Russian forces briefly occupied some parts of the oblast, and many of the urban areas have been battered by shelling. Although Russian forces have subsequently been pushed back, the damage remains and creates challenges …
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Furniture Delivered to Damaged Mykolaivska Health Facilities
War has left healthcare facilities across Ukraine damaged. Supported by the European Union, we’re getting everything from medical supplies to furniture to facilities in need.
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Basic Life Support Training for Frontline Health Workers
The war in Ukraine has left health workers with few opportunities to train and improve their skills. With support from the European Union, we’re fixing that.
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Four Decades of Delivering Health and Hope
International Medical Corps was founded 40 years ago in Afghanistan by Dr. Robert Simon and other volunteer doctors and nurses who had one lifesaving mission in mind: deliver vital care, training and supplies to people who need it most, no matter where they are located or how challenging it may be to reach them. During …
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