When disaster strikes, International Medical Corps often relies on a roster of skilled volunteers to get on the ground quickly and help us to begin meeting the medical needs of those affected. Our emergency roster has about 120 people who are skilled in a variety of areas and come to us from a variety of …
Part of being a humanitarian organisation means putting people at the centre of our work. To ensure that we are effectively helping the people we serve, International Medical Corps has community-based feedback and response mechanisms (CBFRM) in place in every country where we operate. CBFRM offer communities safe, accessible and preferred communication channels where they …
Zaina Masoka’s three-year-old boy Musafiri was suffering from a common set of ailments. Like many in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zaina and her family were seeking safety with minimal access to healthcare. So, when Musafiri stopped eating due to a lack of appetite, his mother was alarmed but had no immediate way …
Though International Medical Corps initially started working in Chad during the 2004 crisis in the Darfur region of neighbouring Sudan, we paused our work there in 2020. After civil war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, we realised we would need to return to Chad, both to supply our operations in Sudan and to …
Five years ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the world shut down—businesses closed, people who could started working remotely and social events were canceled. Though we have mostly recovered from those dark days, communities are now grappling with new outbreaks of infectious diseases—including cholera, dengue, Ebola and mpox—that pose significant threats to public health. As …
Zipporah, a registered nurse-midwife for 25 years, has a master’s in public health and 15 years of experience working in the humanitarian world, in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, Eswatini, Iraq and Sudan. She initially joined International Medical Corps for six months in 2016 as a nurse-midwife specialist supporting midwives and nurses working in health …
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On Friday, March 28, a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar. The epicentre was about 11 miles (17 kilometres) west of Mandalay—Myanmar’s second-largest city, with a population of more than 1.2 million—and shock waves were felt as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, more than 700 miles to the south. Thousands of people were killed or …
International Medical Corps is helping health clinics in Oskil provide accurate diagnoses and effective treatment to villagers in remote areas.
It’s flu season again—or is it? Actually, it depends on where you are. In the Northern Hemisphere, flu season is October to May, while in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s June to October. No matter where you catch it, the flu is caused by a virus—unlike some other respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, which can be …