Nwambe Sydoline, a 34-year-old woman from the village of Akwaja, was expecting twins. Her village is in Cameroon’s Northwest region, where families have endured years of conflict and have limited access to essential care like safe childbirth. Ramatou, a 22-month-old child whose family has limited access to nutritious food in the Northwest’s Wumfi village, is …
Experts discuss how International Medical Corps’ training programs provide local governments, health workers and partners with the skills needed to quickly respond to emergencies and build long‑term resilience.
For more than 40 years, from our first humanitarian response in Afghanistan in 1984 through conflicts in Sudan, Gaza and Ukraine and wildfires in Los Angeles in 2025, together we’ve helped communities devastated by war, disaster and disease go from relief to self-reliance, bringing health and hope to millions of people.
The Central African Republic (CAR) is not an easy place for humanitarians to work. A long history of conflict and political instability has meant that CAR can be one of the most difficult and dangerous countries to provide humanitarian aid. Despite these challenges, International Medical Corps has delivered lifesaving services to internally displaced persons (IDPs), …
In late October, a group of International Medical Corps trainers convened in the sweltering heat of Maiduguri, Nigeria, to train frontline government healthcare workers from Borno and Katsina states—two states with enormous humanitarian needs stemming from armed conflict, widespread hunger and displacement. To maximize the improvement to local health outcomes, our Emergency Response Unit (ERU) …
Noujoud was only 15 when she fled the conflict in Syria and arrived in Lebanon in 2016, searching for safety. Now 24, she lives with her husband and three children in Karm el Zaytoun, a densely populated neighborhood in Mount Lebanon governorate, and does her best to care for her family under challenging conditions. Since …
On July 13, when a nurse from International Medical Corps’ health center in Dougui refugee camp notified our Field Site Coordinator, Dr. Cimanuka Germain, of a patient presenting cholera-like symptoms, Dr. Germain already was prepared to sound the alarm and start the outbreak response. As more than 20,000 refugees each month were fleeing historic violence …
Logistics and supply-chain experts explain the complexities of humanitarian responses, as well as the benefits of partnerships in providing effective, efficient aid.
When Social Worker Stephanie Barnard learned that one of her high school classmates died in the central Texas flooding, she felt compelled to find a way to help her fellow Texans. “That’s how it was for many of us,” Stephanie says. “Even if we didn’t live in the Hill Country, this state is still our …
Since the outbreak of civil war in April 2023, tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees have arrived in Chad each month, with more than 878,000 seeking shelter in Chad as of late September 2025. They shelter in refugee camps—including Dougui, where our teams provide integrated healthcare and nutrition services to refugees, returnees and host communities. …