Despite international commitment to end hunger once and for all, hundreds of millions of people still lack sufficient access to proper nutrition. The situation is particularly challenging in developing nations, where more than 13 percent of a countries’ total population go hungry. Food insecurity is driven by various causes; conflict, climate change and slow economies …
International Medical Corps is on standby to deploy disaster response experts to provide lifesaving assistance in hard-hit areas as Hurricane Irma—now the most powerful Atlantic Ocean storm in history—makes its way across the northern Caribbean. Teams have already been established to assess needs and provide lifesaving relief in Haiti and the Dominican Republic should it …
The emergency response to Hurricane Matthew is not Christine’s first stint with International Medical Corps. Following the earthquake in 2010, Christine applied ten years of nursing experience to help International Medical Corps mobile medical teams treat earthquake victims and cholera patients. “I was especially shocked at the number of child victims,” she said, describing how …
More than 30 tons of critical aid is on the ground and in the hands of relief workers in Haiti. FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) delivered the emergency supplies on board two charter flights this week in an effort to provide assistance to the people and communities affected by Hurricane Matthew. FedEx supported these disaster relief …
With travel by road restricted by damage from Hurricane Matthew, International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team arrived by helicopter in Les Cayes, a city in the area of southwestern Haiti that bore the brunt of the storm. The Category 4 storm made direct landfall with sustained winds of 145 mph on October 4, causing widespread …
International Medical Corps is monitoring Hurricane Matthew—currently a Category 4 storm—and has put an emergency response team on standby to respond if needed. The storm is currently packing winds of 140 miles per hour off the coast of Colombia. It is expected to move northwest toward Jamaica over the next 48 hours. The Government of …
A Stanford doctor who’s worked in Nepal and Haiti explains what leaders should know before the next natural disaster strikes.
Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer death for women, causing more than 270,000 deaths globally each year. More than four of every five of these deaths occur in developing countries. The tragedy of this statistic is that it is one of the most easily preventable forms of cancer that affect women and training …
Five-year-old Monley was pulled from the rubble of the Haiti earthquake after being trapped for an astonishing 8 days. As most of the world was losing those final glimmers of hope that survivors of the earthquake in Haiti could still be rescued, Monley’s uncle, Garry, uncovered him from under the collapsed home that had killed …