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When Systems Fail, Humanity Prevails
When International Medical Corps responded to the 2025 Texas floods, it found—and was able to help—communities facing significant mental health challenges.
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Being a Repeat Ebola Responder: “I Have to Give the Best of Myself”
Dr. Jean Marie Kashosi has been on the frontlines of multiple Ebola outbreaks in the DRC since 2019. Despite the stress of working with such a deadly disease, he says that being a repeat responder has been worth it to help people.
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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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After Helene, Health Workers Are a Lifeline for the Displaced
If you’re a volunteer nurse providing healthcare to people who have lost their homes after a disaster, your work is difficult enough already. But if electricity is unreliable and the local water system is no longer functional—the tap water is undrinkable, toilets can’t flush and showers are off the table—then you probably start to feel …
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Fighting Cholera in 2024: What You Should Know
In 2024, nobody needs to die because of cholera. We have already eradicated it in many countries. After major outbreaks in the 19th century, Europe and North America have eliminated cholera by improving water and sanitation infrastructure. We can easily treat cholera. Drinking an oral rehydration solution (water with added sugar and salts) helps most …
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November Snapshots 2023
Fighting Period Poverty, Climate Change and Water-borne Disease in Zimbabwe Amid a decade of economic decline in Zimbabwe due to ongoing drought and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic, we have delivered quality health and nutrition services to vulnerable people in food-insecure rural areas, contributed to improved nutrition and helped reduce the spread of waterborne diseases …
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Logistics and Procurement Team Fights Climate Emergencies
As climate-related catastrophes devastate the communities where we work, International Medical Corps is working hard to adapt. And there is perhaps no part of our organisation that can make a bigger impact on lowering our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases than the Global Logistics & Supply Chain team, which oversees our …
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