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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Battling Child Malnutrition: One Home at a Time

Families in communities across South Sudan are facing the threat of malnutrition, with an estimated 7.7 million people—57% of the population—at risk for acute food insecurity, according to UNICEF. Ongoing conflict, extreme weather, rising food prices and lack of access to healthcare create a challenging environment in which to raise a family. In the face …

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May Snapshots 2025

Bringing Clean Water and Warmth to Afghan Children Decades of conflict in Afghanistan has left many children without parents. At the Azad Children Transitional Center, having clean, safe water is essential for the health and well-being of the orphaned children who live there. That’s why International Medical Corps repaired the center’s water supply system, ensuring …

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How We Continually Improve Through Community Feedback

Part of being a humanitarian organization means putting people at the center of our work. To ensure that we are effectively helping the people we serve, International Medical Corps has community-based feedback and response mechanisms (CBFRM) in place in every country where we operate. CBFRM offer communities safe, accessible and preferred communication channels where they …

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Midwives Are Critical in a Crisis

The theme for this year’s International Day of the Midwife—held every year on May 5—is “Midwives: Critical in Every Crisis.” International Medical Corps’ Zipporah Onyancha is helping to make sure that our midwives are ready, and that the countries where we work have an adequate number of skilled birth attendants, when those crises inevitably arrive. …

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April Snapshots 2025

Responding to the Myanmar Earthquake A massive 7.7 earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, killing more than 3,700 people and injuring thousands more. As recovery efforts continue, some 130 people are still confirmed missing. All these numbers are expected to rise as search teams are better able to reach remote areas affected by the quake. …

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Promoting Sustainability in Somalia

Somalia is prone to intense and frequent droughts, storms, floods and heat waves, which cause food, water and livelihoods insecurity, create a rise in water- and vector-borne illnesses and worsen the overall health and well-being of communities. Chronic insecurity and a lack of infrastructure make it hard to overcome these challenges. Our Water, Sanitation and …

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Providing Healing and Hope in Malakal

In the youngest country in the world, people are resourceful, resilient and full of compassion, despite ongoing challenges—including conflict that is threatening to once again plunge the country into civil war. Since declaring independence in 2011, South Sudan has been subject to fighting, outbreaks of infectious disease and extreme weather events, such as recent flooding …

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Emergency Delivery Saves Two Lives in Remote Somalia

Abshiro Said Hilowle had been in labor for more than 24 hours with minimal progress and no medical professionals to help her. She had been married for just over a year, and this was her first child. Abshiro and her husband live in Ceel Sharifow, a remote village in the Middle Shabelle region of Somalia. …

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Illuminating the Refugee Experience Through Photography

March 2025 marks 14 years since civil war broke out in Syria—a violent conflict that has displaced more than 14 million people. Roughly 6.3 million of them still live as refugees scattered across the world. Mohammad Younis, 24, is one of them. He was 10 years old when civil war broke out in his Syrian …

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