September 11, 2014
September 03, 2014
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
September 02, 2014
August 22, 2014
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.
August 21, 2014
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.
August 20, 2014
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.
August 14, 2014
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.
July 23, 2014
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.
July 11, 2014
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.
July 09, 2014
After losing health insurance, Ohio couple finds quality health care through an AmeriCares safety net clinic partner– one of more than 1400 across the US.
July 04, 2014
As Hurricane Arthur moves up the East Coast, AmeriCares emergency response experts are closely monitoring the storm– the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season– and preparing to respond if needed.
June 28, 2014
To stem an outbreak of cholera in South Sudan, AmeriCares has sent an emergency shipment with enough medicine for 5,000 people suffering from the highly infectious disease– our latest response in an escalating conflict and humanitarian crisis.
June 23, 2014
With support from AmeriCares and GlaxoSmithKline, the staff of Ganta Hospital in Liberia will soon have 600 pairs…
AmeriCares has responded to an emergency in Honduras with an air shipment of laboratory supplies, helping to ensure that pensioners and working families throughout the country have continued access to health care services.
With support from AmeriCares, the staff of Ganta Hospital in Liberia will soon have 600 pairs of gloves, 3,000 gowns, 600 pairs of goggles and other critical equipment they need to help stop the spread of the highly infectious, deadly Ebola virus.
June 17, 2014
AmeriCares Haiti team has been busy in advance of another active Atlantic Hurricane Season (June 1 to November 30) predicted by the National Weather Service. The team has prepositioned cholera medicines and supplies and family preparedness kits to help families in flood-prone communities.
June 16, 2014
When deadly floods forced more than 300 families from their homes in western Sri Lanka in early June, emergency workers used supplies provided by AmeriCares to help survivors.
June 12, 2014
AmeriCares works closely with Project Medishare to help provide critical medical supplies and equipment to help Hospital Bernard Mevs in Haiti meet the needs of the many people who rely on its services.
June 02, 2014
Syrian refugees fleeing to Lebanon face challenges managing chronic and sometimes life-threatening diseases. Each year, AmeriCares sends shipments of lifesaving medicines and supplies to ANERA Lebanon to reach underserved Lebanese and the refugee population, including the growing number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria.