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Joenne is an 8-year-old miracle girl who survived two deadly crises in Haiti – an earthquake and cholera. A face of hope for Haiti, she is one of the stories of survival that has inspired AmeriCares response and recovery work to help heal the island nation five years after the disaster.

AmeriCares India emergency medical teams, facing extremely challenging conditions on the ground, have treated over 15,000…

AmeriCares India Emergency Medical Teams are providing medical care and humanitarian aid to thousands of survivors of record flooding in Jammu and Kashmir. More aid shipments, support for damaged health facilities and longer term recovery efforts are also underway.

AmeriCares is recruiting medical professional to fight the Ebola epidemic in Liberia. The recruitment effort is part of a new partnership between AmeriCares and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and funded by USAID to provide qualified medical personnel and adequate medical supplies for an Ebola Treatment Unit.

AmeriCares collaboration with Kansas Air National Guard and our partner in Armenia airlifted a shipment of critical medicines to help health care providers in the country reach more patients in need of treatment in areas with limited resources.

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Dr. Richard Sacra, Dr. Richard Sacra,a volunteer doctor working with SIM-USA, using medicines and supplies donated by Medical Outreach program, travelled to Liberia in the midst of the Ebola outbreak to perform critical surgeries. He saved lives and then, becoming ill, survived Ebola.

AmeriCares emergency response manager in Pakistan is working with local partner organizations to distribute much-needed relief supplies to remote villages devastated by September monsoon flooding.

AmeriCares is sending $1 million worth of medicines and medical supplies for health centers in Gaza as thousands affected by the 50-day Israel-Palestinian conflict begin the recovery process.

Thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing to Jordan will receive enhanced health care as the result of a new partnership between AmeriCares and Medtronic, Inc. announced at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City.

AmeriCares and Baxter International support Camp Ray of Hope in Romania with blood-clotting medicines that offer camp attendees with hemophilia the unique opportunity to engage in physical activity.

AmeriCares India team has mobilized emergency aid to help survivors of widespread flooding in northern Bihar state gain access to basic health care along with water purification, nutritional and other humanitarian supplies

Working with a local partner on the Texas border, AmeriCares has provided a new, air-conditioned tent to ensure that migrant families fleeing violence in Central America have a safe place to sleep and receive care before they continue on their journey.

In Bangladesh, it’s not hard to find a pharmacy. But trained pharmacists are in short supply…

To improve health care in Bangladesh, AmeriCares is training hospital pharmacy staff in a successful pilot program benefitting staff and patients. This cost-effective program is ready for expansion.

AmeriCares emergency medical aid, generators and other humanitarian support are reaching health facilities in the Philippines damaged by Typhoon Rammasun, a Category 3 storm that displaced hundreds of thousands of families.

A surgical team from New Orleans Medical Mission Services (NOMMS) traveled to Nicaragua, performing more than 30 successful surgeries with the support of AmeriCares and corporate donor, Cardinal Health.

AmeriCares and Nestlé© Waters North America delivered three truckloads of bottled water to the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank after toxins found in the city’s water supply led to a weekend-long water ban that affected 500,000 Ohio and Michigan residents.

A Florida man discovers he doesn’t have to lose his health care during hard economic times – one of 5 million Americans who benefit from AmeriCares support for more than 600 U.S. safety net providers.

AmeriCares partners with RKLS to provide quality health care services to approximately 50,000 people in rural areas of Western Haiti. The support includes medicines and supplies as well as construction funding for the clinic and its sanitation facilities.