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Portable Tech, Powerful Impact: Yemen’s New Approach to Maternal and Neonatal Care

A collaborative training initiative combines innovation, skills and technology to advance maternal and newborn health in the country.

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Rehabilitation Services Help Ukrainian Youth Walk Again

It’s been three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war—which has left thousands dead or injured and millions displaced—has caused severe shortages of basic necessities like food, drinking water, electricity and medical supplies. Attacks targeting healthcare facilities and infrastructure have increased the challenges of providing timely and effective care to the population. Children are …

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Battling Child Malnutrition: One Home at a Time

Families in communities across South Sudan are facing the threat of malnutrition, with an estimated 7.7 million people—57% of the population—at risk for acute food insecurity, according to UNICEF. Ongoing conflict, extreme weather, rising food prices and lack of access to healthcare create a challenging environment in which to raise a family. In the face …

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May Snapshots 2025

Bringing Clean Water and Warmth to Afghan Children Decades of conflict in Afghanistan has left many children without parents. At the Azad Children Transitional Center, having clean, safe water is essential for the health and well-being of the orphaned children who live there. That’s why International Medical Corps repaired the centre’s water supply system, ensuring …

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How We Continually Improve Through Community Feedback

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 …

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Midwives Are Critical in a Crisis

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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April Snapshots 2025

From Myanmar to Zimbabwe, see the impact you’ve had as a supporter of our work.

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Promoting Sustainability in Somalia

Somalia is prone to intense and frequent droughts, storms, floods and heat waves, which cause food, water and livelihoods insecurity, create a rise in water- and vector-borne illnesses and worsen the overall health and well-being of communities. Chronic insecurity and a lack of infrastructure make it hard to overcome these challenges. Our Water, Sanitation and …

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Providing Healing and Hope in Malakal

In the youngest country in the world, people are resourceful, resilient and full of compassion, despite ongoing challenges—including conflict that is threatening to once again plunge the country into civil war. Since declaring independence in 2011, South Sudan has been subject to fighting, outbreaks of infectious disease and extreme weather events, such as recent flooding …

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When You’re Forced to Leave It All Behind

Around the world, people continue to be displaced by conflict and natural disasters. Whether they are fleeing conflict in Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria or Ukraine, or natural disaster right here in the United States, International Medical Corps is there to help them recover and rebuild when they’ve left everything behind. Jordan “Without these facilities, they would …

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