Responding to the Cholera Outbreak in Ethiopia International Medical Corps works in Ethiopia to provide treatment for malnourished children as well as programs in food security, livelihoods, comprehensive healthcare, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Ethiopia is one of several countries experiencing recurrent cholera outbreaks. Cholera is a waterborne disease spread by eating food or …
Head of US Programs Erica Tavares talks to the FOX Weather team about conditions on the island following Hurricane Fiona, and the humanitarian assistance International Medical Corps is providing.
Providing Clean Water and Lifesaving Support in Yemen Tragically, 80% of people in Yemen rely on aid to survive. Our teams in Yemen are providing lifesaving medical assistance, equipment and access to clean water. At the Heratha camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), we’re working tirelessly to ensure that the community has access to clean …
Suzanne Jimenez-Sanchez, who leads our nutrition activities in Puerto Rico, talks about activities parents can pursue with their children to get them interested in growing and eating nutritious food.
In January 2020, Nutrition Coordinator Suzanne Jimenez-Sanchez and her team in Puerto Rico were faced with a dilemma. They had designed an in-person nutrition program to address the rising rate of childhood obesity that included activities in schools and hosting a community health fair. Then a series of earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone …
Throughout our 36-year history, International Medical Corps has faced some of the toughest challenges imaginable. We’ve worked in conflict zones, helped people who’ve lost everything in terrifying and deadly disasters, and helped to end deadly epidemics — including two Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year alone. Take a look back at the …
Puerto Rico, home to 3.4 million U.S. residents, was already struggling due to several natural disasters before COVID-19 arrived. In January 2020, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island, followed by a series of strong aftershocks that lasted weeks. International Medical Corps—already on the ground in Puerto Rico since the catastrophic Category 5 Hurricanes Irma …
As part of its global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, International Medical Corps is deploying emergency medical field units, personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical gear to Hospital Damas in Ponce, which serves the southern part of the island—still recovering from a series of earthquakes that occurred in January—and Hospital Universitario de Dr. Ramón Ruiz …
At 4:24 a.m. local time on January 7, Puerto Rico was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake along its southern coast—the strongest in a string of escalating seismic activity that started on December 28. The quake triggered safety mechanisms at power plants in the area, where the majority of the island’s power generation capacity is …