AmeriCares Field Hospitals Making a Difference in China 
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A proud father holds his newborn child, the second baby born at the AmeriCares field hospital in Qingchuan.
Two months after China’s devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake, residents of Sichuan Province are doing their best to recover in the face of challenging obstacles. The need for health care services is particularly critical at this time, and AmeriCares continues to provide assistance to meet the survivors’ medical needs.
“Since the field hospital opened a few weeks ago, an increasing number of people are coming to the clinic every day as the news spreads,” said Brian Hoyer, an AmeriCares response team member working in China. “One of the most common reasons people in Qingchuan are coming to the hospital is because of construction-related injuries during the rebuilding process. In addition, there are women seeking maternal health care and many elderly people with heat-related illnesses during this hot, humid summer.”
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AmeriCares Meeting Health Care Needs in Myanmar
Additional shipments of medicines and medical supplies arrived in Myanmar this week, as part of AmeriCares sustained relief effort in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
In response to the continued medical needs of the people of the devastated Irrawaddy Delta Region, AmeriCares delivered an 8,400-pound shipment of antibiotics, IV solutions, analgesics, pain relievers and other essential medicines and supplies valued at $825,000.
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 AmeriCares relief worker Tharanga Godallage is in Myanmar this month, coordinating the arrival of additional shipments of medicines and medical supplies from AmeriCares as part of the sustained relief effort in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. More >> |
 AmeriCares photographer Christopher Rowan was in China last month to document construction of the AmeriCares field hospital in Qingchuan. The hospital has since opened and a second field hospital is planned for Xuankou Township in Wenchuan County. More >> |
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AmeriCares Delivers New Aid to West Darfur
With the help of many generous supporters, AmeriCares has just delivered our 10th emergency shipment to Darfur since 2004. The delivery contains more than 15 tons of critical medicines and medical supplies to West Darfur and brings the total aid delivered to Darfur since 2004 to more than 167 tons, valued at nearly $5 million. Our staff is working hard to secure additional aid for North and South Darfur, and two more shipments are planned in the coming months.
AmeriCares is one of the few international relief organizations allowed to fly directly into Darfur. Flying into West Darfur, one of Sudan’s most dangerous and hard-to-reach regions, eliminates the risk of delays common to shipments delivered over land.
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AmeriCares Responding to Needs in Battered Midwest
In response to needs expressed by state and local authorities and our partners on the ground, AmeriCares continues to address and monitor the needs of people in the Midwest suffering in the aftermath of flooding and tornadoes. We have already shipped more than 245,000 bottles of water to aid in flood relief and tornado relief in Iowa and Indiana, and we continue to stay in contact with our local partners throughout the country to supply any additional aid that may be needed during this unusually active storm season.
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Responding to Food Crisis around the World
When soaring food prices triggered rioting and demonstrations around the world this spring, the media began issuing reports of a global food crisis. But in many parts of the world, food insecurity and malnutrition are recurring crises which require ongoing attention. Providing nutritional supplements is one way AmeriCares is responding to this need.
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