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-kilometer stretch of the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers in Nepal, devastating dozens of villages and sweeping away homes, roads, bridges …
Bringing Healthcare Closer to Flood-Affected Communities in the Philippines In Bulacan province, northwest of Manila, weeks of flooding have submerged homes, roads and health facilities. Thousands of people have now been displaced and access to critical healthcare has been made even more difficult. But flooding doesn’t just damage infrastructure—it can create serious health risks due …
International Medical Corps is coordinating closely with government authorities and local partners following devastating flooding and landslides that occurred when a section of a Himalayan glacier broke free and descended through a valley in Nepal’s Langtang national park, about 35 miles north of the capital city of Kathmandu. Hundreds have been reported dead and many …
Experts provide updates on our responses to the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to the June 2026 earthquakes in Venezuela.
Prolonged flooding in Bulacan province, northwest of the Philippines’ capital city of Manila, continues to damage critical infrastructure and displace thousands of people. Calumpit and Hagonoy municipalities have been especially hard-hit, leaving homes, roads and health facilities submerged—some for days and others for weeks—while disrupting access to healthcare. “The impacts of flooding extend far beyond …
Medical Coordinator Dr. Ahmed Shafter is a dedicated physician who is now also serving as Acting Country Director of the Libya mission he joined nearly 10 years ago—but despite his dual roles, he is never too busy for the patients who inspire his work every day. Ahmed joined International Medical Corps in 2017 as a …
Partnering with the US Government to Stop the Spread of Ebola in Central Africa When an outbreak of infectious disease happens, communities are often unprepared. After an outbreak of Ebola was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in mid-May, many health facilities had to be adapted to screen and treat patients—and some …
Volunteer Ana Wilkinson, nurse with our Emergency Medical Team in Venezuela, talks with anchor Max Goldwasser about helping people affected by the quakes through her work in our field hospital.
Volunteer Ana Wilkinson, nurse with our Emergency Medical Team in Venezuela, talks with anchor Max Goldwasser about helping people affected by the quakes through her work in our field hospital.
There were warnings for days, but no one really predicted the devastation that would tear through Central Texas over the 4th of July weekend in 2025. “We did have some rain alerts,” says Rosanna Robero, a Development Officer at Frontera Healthcare Network. “But we get so many alerts like that, we just kind of blew …