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A woman’s life is saved when a volunteer medical team on an annual visit to El Salvador performs emergency surgery using supplies and medicine donated by AmeriCares– one of over 1,200 medical teams supported through our Medical Outreach last year.

A rare condition and a rare surgery by a volunteer medical team supported with medicine and supplies from AmeriCares Medical Outreach gave a baby in Peru a real smile for the first time in her life.

AmeriCares and long-term partner FUSAL conducted a grassroots education and prevention campaign in El Salvador that reached 25,000 inhabitants in coastal communities suffering from a high incidence of the mosquito-borne viruses of dengue and chikungunya.

This fate of a husband and wife in a Liberian village is the story of Ebola: the cruel reality and courageous survival that people in Liberia and the other countries of West Africa are facing every day in the many long months of the Ebola outbreak.

Two uninsured patients with cardiovascular disease find relief from serious health worries at safety net clinics providing free medicine, including medications donated by AmeriCares.

To save an 18-month-old Ebola patient, the medical team at the Ebola treatment unit in Sinje, Liberia turned to one thing that is usually avoided with this deadly disease: human contact. AmeriCares provides all medicine and supplies at the treatment unit, which is managed by the International Organization for Migration.

The Uganda Spine Surgery Mission, one of 1,200 volunteer medical teams supported by AmeriCares, performed life-changing surgery on a 13-year-old boy in Uganda. The team handles complex surgeries that would otherwise be unavailable, while providing training for local health care professionals.

One of the generators donated by the GE Foundation and installed by AmeriCares at health clinics affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines meant that during the recent Typhoon Hagupit, 16 women could give birth safely at a clinic that lost power – demonstrating the critical impact of our disaster preparedness program.

A 37-year-old woman faces a life-threatening situation and finds a pathway to a new, healthy life with the help of the Greenville Free Medical Clinic and AmeriCares.

Joenne* was playing with her cousin and two older siblings on January 12, 2010, when…

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.