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Responding to the Earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan
When a powerful quake struck at the end of August, International Medical Corps quickly provided critical supplies and support to devastated communities.
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Flooding in Central Texas: The Hidden Impact
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 …
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From War to Healing: Stories of Care and Survival in Chad
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. …
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Partnership in Action
On September 30, International Medical Corps’ Syria team welcomed representatives from the European Union (EU)—including Maciej Popowski, Director General of the European Commission, and Michelle Cicic, Head of Office for Syria at ECHO, the EU’s aid agency—to the mobile medical team (MMT) in Misraba, Rural Damascus, where they witnessed firsthand the strength and resilience of …
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International Medical Corps Receives $6.3 Million Grant from Takeda to Improve Health Delivery in Kenya and Somalia
As part of its Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has awarded International Medical Corps ¥906 million (roughly $6.3 million) over a four-year period to deploy its Pharmaceutical Information Management System (PIMS) across healthcare facilities in Kenya and Somalia, improving health services for millions of people there. Each year, Takeda’s Global …
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Leaving a Legacy of Trauma Preparedness
Preparedness isn’t just about prepositioning supplies or being ready to deploy when disaster strikes—it’s also about making sure that frontline and healthcare workers have the training and knowledge they need ahead of time. Our Emergency Response Unit (ERU) has been in the process of formalizing an emergency preparedness and response training program since we began …
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Saving Lives Starts Here
The Central African Republic (CAR), a landlocked country endowed with vast forests and mineral resources, lies at the heart of Africa and is home to nearly 6 million people. Despite recent improvements in security, the country continues to face severe challenges in its health delivery system, including ensuring access to maternal and newborn health (MNH) …
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Healing in Action: Photos from the Frontlines of Congo’s Health Crisis
Armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has disrupted the lives of millions who are now sheltering with host families and in camps around the country. The conflict has contributed to instability and poverty, decreasing access to healthcare, increasing malnutrition rates and causing widespread food insecurity. As part of our ongoing work in …
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North Kivu’s Medical Crisis: Answering the Call
Some of the residents of Kiliku village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), had never seen a car in person before International Medical Corps’ mobile medical unit (MMU) arrived in March. Isolated by decades of armed conflicts, villagers had gone months without access to quality healthcare. Like many people in Kirotshe health …
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Portable Tech, Powerful Impact: Yemen’s New Approach to Maternal and Neonatal Care
In 2021, a 30-year-old Yemeni woman delivered a healthy baby at the Obstetric Emergency Center in Al Tawahi district in Aden—some 380 kilometers from the country’s capital, Sana’a. This was her second pregnancy, and her family rejoiced at the birth. But their happiness was short-lived. The woman had a retained placenta that required urgent intervention. …
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