Press Releases

Americares has launched a new digital diabetes prevention program to improve the health of low-income patients in hurricane-impacted communities. The organization is partnering with digital medicine company Omada Health to enroll Texas patients from free clinics in a year-long diabetes prevention program.

Americares is responding to the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that generated a deadly tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The earthquake toppled buildings and destroyed roads while a 20-foot wave washed over coastal communities, killing more than 1400 people.

The AmerisourceBergen Foundation, an independent not-for-profit charitable giving organization and the philanthropic arm of AmerisourceBergen, has joined the Americares Emergency Response Partner Program.

In the year since Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico and Dominica, Americares has provided more than $40 million in aid to support the recovery.

Spirit of Humanity, an initiative by Americares India has recognized and rewarded six NGOs within various categories in its finale held recently in Mumbai.

Stamford, Conn.— Sept. 15, 2018— Americares emergency teams are responding to major storms in the United States and the Philippines.

Americares Free Clinics and Walgreens are offering no-cost flu shots in October to help keep the uninsured and underinsured healthy this flu season.

Americares is deploying a response team to North Carolina as Hurricane Florence intensifies. The storm poses a major threat to the southern U.S. Coast with potentially catastrophic flooding.

Americares and the New York Giants are teaming up for a new national disaster preparedness campaign to help families stay safe and recover faster this hurricane season.

One year after a series of catastrophic hurricanes battered the southern United States and the Caribbean, Americares is launching a national disaster preparedness campaign to raise awareness and critical funding to help communities stay safe and recover faster.

Americares is responding to Hurricane Lane as Hawaii braces for one of the most powerful storms in decades.

In the year since Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas, Americares has provided more than $13 million in aid to support the recovery.

Americares is responding to the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday evening, toppling buildings, destroying roads and sending powerful aftershocks throughout the island.

Volunteers from Nestli© Waters North America assembled 1,000 first aid kits at the company’s Stamford, Conn., headquarters on August 2 in recognition of Nestli© Cares Day

Americares is preparing an emergency shipment of relief supplies for families displaced by the catastrophic Carr Fire in California, one of the ten worst fires on record in the state.

Americares, in partnership with Colombian health authorities, has opened a medical clinic in La Guajira, Colombia, to provide essential primary care services and access to medicines for migrants fleeing the mounting economic and political crisis in Venezuela.

Americares is delivering $2 million in critical medicine and medical supplies to help children and families in war-torn Syria.

Americares announced three new additions to its Emergency Programs team to support the nonprofit’s growing disaster preparedness, response and recovery portfolio. Kristin Stevens joins Americares as Director of Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction, Brian Scheel joins as Director of Emergency Response and Adam Keehn joins as Director of Complex Humanitarian Emergencies.

Americares is preparing an emergency shipment of medicine and relief supplies for families displaced by the volcanic eruption in Guatemala. Dozens have died, and 1.7 million people have been affected since the Fuego volcano 25 miles southwest of Guatemala City began erupting on June 3.

Americares, in partnership with the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), has presented its annual Power of Partnership Award to Mylan, in recognition of its outstanding commitment to increasing access to health care around the world.