Some members of International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team pose with local staff at our mobile field hospital northeast of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
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One-Month Update: Disaster in Myanmar

When a powerful earthquake devastated communities in Myanmar, International Medical Corps rushed in to provide medical services.

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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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Lab Services in War-torn Ukraine Save Lives

Before the Russian invasion in February 2022, the rural village of Oskil, in eastern Ukraine, was a peaceful community filled with multi-generational families who could easily access healthcare. Early in the war, Russian forces occupied the region, damaging or destroying homes, schools and healthcare facilities. Though the village has since been liberated, local health clinics …

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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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Celebrating 40 Years of Health and Hope: Our Top 10 Images from 2024

Over the past 40 years, International Medical Corps has responded to the world’s most pressing disasters, providing medical care and supplies, clean water and nutrition, mental health, protection and other services to families affected by conflict, disaster and disease. And true to our founding principle, we focus on training communities to become their own first …

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Using Art to Support Ukrainians’ Mental Health

“I’ve been having a hard time containing my anger and irritation lately,” says 18-year-old Olena. In addition to dealing with the typical challenges of teenagerhood—school anxieties, sibling conflicts and worries about her future—she’s also dealing with the stresses of daily life during a war. Olena lives in Odesa, Ukraine’s third-largest city. Over the past three …

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When Ukrainian Refugees in Poland Needed Help, We Were There

In February 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked Europe’s biggest refugee movement since the Second World War. Millions of Ukrainians—mostly women and children—escaped the conflict by fleeing to Poland and other European countries. “In those first few days of the war, nobody had much information about what was happening at the Polish–Ukrainian border, so I …

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