Press Releases

Thrive Founder & CEO Arianna Huffington and CNN Anchor and National Correspondent Erica Hill will headline the third annual Americares Partner Summit on Wednesday, May 4, in New York City. 

Stamford, Conn. – April 28, 2022 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce the election of Walter Weil to its Board of Directors. Weil brings to the board wide-ranging experience in financial services, having held key senior management and advisory roles at several top investment management firms.

Stamford, Conn. – April 26, 2022 – Americares announced today it plans to have 100 tons of critically needed medicine and medical supplies delivered to Ukraine, or on the way, within the next 30 days.

Grateful news: Americares is pleased to announce an exciting new effort to improve #healthequity for U.S. patients on the frontlines of #climatechange!

Stamford, Conn. – April 12, 2022 – Americares is pleased to announce the election of renowned community organizer, social entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) Kennedy Odede to the Americares Board of Directors.

Stamford, Conn. – March 2, 2022 – Americares has an emergency response team on the way to…

Stamford, Conn. – Feb. 25, 2022 – Americares has awarded over $100,000 to six nonprofit health care providers in Texas to strengthen resilience in the face of severe weather events and other future emergencies.

Stamford, Conn. – Dec. 12, 2021– Americares is deploying an emergency response team and readying relief supplies to assist communities devastated by the tornadoes that tore through the middle of the country this weekend.

Stamford, Conn. – Dec. 9, 2021 – The global medical technology company, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), has committed $500,000 to improve quality of care and reduce health inequities for patients served by free and charitable clinics across the United States.

Stamford, Conn. – Oct. 4, 2021 – The Americares Airlift Benefit Livestream on Oct. 2 raised $2.1 million for the health-focused relief and development organization’s programs worldwide. Actors Adria Arjona and Tony Goldwyn co-hosted the special one-hour event.

Stamford, Conn. – Sept. 22, 2021 – Actors Adria Arjona and Tony Goldwyn will co-host the 2021 Americares Airlift Benefit on Saturday, Oct. 2.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 29, 2021– An Americares emergency response team has deployed to the Gulf Coast to respond to Hurricane Ida. The storm is expected to make landfall today— exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 26, 2021 – An Americares airlift carrying 12 tons of
critically needed medicines and relief items arrived in Haiti today to support local health providers treating earthquake survivors. The chartered plane landed in Port-au-Prince this afternoon carrying wound care supplies, personal protective equipment, cardiovascular medication and medical supplies valued at over $6 million.

Stamford, Conn. –Aug. 16, 2021 – Nearly $3 million worth of critically needed medicines and relief items are on the way to Haiti for survivors of Saturday’s devastating 7.2-magnitudue earthquake. Officials report nearly 1,300 people have died and thousands more are injured and in need of medical care.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 14, 2021 – Americares has medicines and relief supplies on the way to Haiti for survivors of this morning’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 12, 2021 – For the sixth consecutive year, Americares has earned a 4-star rating—the highest possible—from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator, for its strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency. Only 14 percent of the charities evaluated by Charity Navigator have received at least six consecutive 4-star evaluations.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 10, 2021 – Americares, a health-focused relief and development organization and Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics, are teaming up with Women’s Health to Wealth, Ghana’s Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service to deliver urgently needed medicines, medical supplies and infection-control supplies to hard-to-reach health facilities in Ghana.

Americares is pleased to announce renowned epidemiologist Michelle Williams, dean of faculty at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been elected to the Americares Board of Directors.

Stamford, Conn. –July 28, 2021 – Americares India has deployed medical teams to treat survivors in Maharashtra after heavy monsoon rains pummeled the region, triggering devastating landslides and flooding that have killed over 100 people and displaced thousands of others.

In her new role, Elana Lopez oversees global human resources for the health-focused relief and development organization. She is responsible for developing and implementing best in class human capital leadership as well as recruiting, training, development and performance management for all Americares employees worldwide.