“Illness never leaves my house.” That’s the first thing Asma told a health worker when she visited the International Medical Corps-supported Robad Aqlalaa health facility in Yemen’s Ibb governorate. As a mother to four children aged 1 to 8, Asma worried constantly about their health, because they were frequently sick. When the health worker asked …
Dr. Jean Marie Kashosi has been a doctor for 13 years, but for the past seven years he has been something of an Ebola specialist. When he joined International Medical Corps in 2019, the North Kivu and Ituri provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were in the middle of an Ebola outbreak. …
Reaching Families After the Devastating Floods in Nepal On August 26, a glacial collapse near the Nepal–China border sent a powerful wall of water, ice, mud and debris rushing down the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers. In a matter of minutes, the landscape changed forever. Homes, roads and bridges were swept away, leaving communities isolated …
As we often say at International Medical Corps, training underpins everything we do. That’s why our Emergency Response Unit (ERU) provides emergency preparedness and response training to healthcare workers around the world, in such countries as Chad, Egypt, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Ukraine. “For the ERU, training is not …
In the Kashebere health area of North Kivu, a province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), community leaders and men are joining International Medical Corps-led discussions about reducing risks and preventing violence against women and girls (VAWG), creating space for dialogue about household decisionmaking and how to prevent and respond to VAWG. At …
In Pakistan—where recurring emergencies such as seasonal flooding can strain and even overwhelm health systems—preparedness can save lives. To address this, International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and Pakistan country team recently led a series of training sessions for rescue teams and frontline workers. The teams conducted Basic Emergency Care (BEC) and Stop The …
On June 24, Northern Venezuela was hit by two devastating earthquakes in rapid succession. The earthquakes caused severe structural damage across Aragua, Carabobo, Caracas, Falcón, La Guaira and Miranda states, and left more than 6,500 dead, nearly 17,000 injured and 24,000 displaced. Our mission in Venezuela, which opened in 2019, sprang into action, conducting needs …
During an outbreak of disease, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services are paramount for everyone affected: patients, their family, members of the community and healthcare staff. This is true as the Ebola outbreak rages on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where our MHPSS officers, psychologists and psychosocial support staff are hard …
To find out more about our response, please visit our Nepal alert page. On the morning of August 26, a glacial collapse near the Nepal–China border sent powerful flash floods and mudslides along a 72-kilometre stretch of the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers in Nepal, devastating dozens of villages and sweeping away homes, roads, bridges …
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the fastest spreading and the second largest ever, with almost 6,200 confirmed cases and 3,000 confirmed deaths recorded so far. With such a quickly spreading and dangerous disease, education is vital. Healthcare staff and community health workers (CHWs) are doing their best …