Stamford, Conn. – Nov. 20, 2024 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development
organization, is pleased to announce the election of former Transportation Security Administration leader and retired U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger to its Board of Directors. Neffenger, who will serve a three-year term, brings to the board a wealth of experience in global logistics and supply chain experience, national security, crisis leadership and organizational transformation, having held senior roles in both the public and private sectors.

Stamford, Conn. – Nov. 11, 2024 – Americares, a health-focused relief and development organization, welcomes Joy Gustafson Weintz to its Board of Directors for a three-year term. Weintz brings extensive experience in philanthropy and community engagement, along with a strong dedication to Americares’ mission of saving lives and enhancing health for those impacted by poverty and disasters.

Stamford, Conn. – Nov. 1, 2024 – Americares has awarded more than $1 million in emergency funding to restore access to care for Hurricane Helene survivors in five states.

Most people in and around Asheville, N.C., had no safe water: Hurricane Helene dumped as much as 30 inches of rain, rivers overflowed their banks and rushing brown torrents washed away cars, homes and even roads.

Stamford, Conn. – Oct. 15, 2024 – Americares has dispatched a mobile clinic to western North Carolina, bringing medical care to communities still reeling from Hurricane Helene. More than two weeks after the storm brought record flooding and landslides, thousands of households are still without power and in need of clean drinking water.

Stamford, Conn. – Oct. 8, 2024 – Americares is ready to respond to Hurricane Milton—the second major hurricane headed toward Florida’s West Coast in less than two weeks. As the storm approaches, Americares Emergency Response Team is reaching out to 110 partner clinics in Florida in the path of the storm to offer assistance.

New resources for caregivers and health care providers to protect health amid hurricanes, floods, wildfires,…

Stamford, Conn. – Sept. 29, 2024 – Americares is deploying a response team to North Carolina to assist the relief efforts for Hurricane Helene. The emergency response experts are expected to be in Asheville by Tuesday assessing the health needs in flood-ravaged communities, before making their way toward Tennessee.

Stamford, Conn. – Sept. 26, 2024 – Americares is deploying a response team to Florida as Hurricane Helene barrels toward the state’s northwest coast, bringing life-threatening flooding, dangerous storm surge and intense winds.

This mobile clinic is a respite during heat waves in Tucson, Arizona. Here, Dr. Kyle Meehan, the prenatal provider for the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine Mobile Health Program, discusses the risks to patients with April Hunter, Americares Senior Director of U.S. Programs for Medicine Security and Systems.

Stamford, Conn. – Aug. 7, 2024 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, marked…

In Liberia, only very young children do not recall the Ebola virus disease outbreak that…

By the first day of summer, 135 million people in the United States and Canada are expected to face a life-threatening heat wave that will blanket the region from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the U.S.; last year the Department of Health and Human Services estimated more than 2,300 people died due to heat-related illness.

Stamford, Conn. – July 15, 2024 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce the election of Vladimir Makatsaria to its Board of Directors. Makatsaria, whose three-year term began July 1, brings to the board nearly 30 years of experience in the global pharmaceutical and medical device industry.

“We are thrilled to welcome Vladimir to our Board of Directors,” said

Stamford, Conn. – July 2, 2024 –Americares is preparing to deploy a response team from the United States to Jamaica as Hurricane Beryl heads toward the island nation as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds up to 155 mph.

Stamford, Conn. – June 27, 2024 – Americares has awarded emergency funding to increase access to mental health and psychosocial support for over 8,000 people affected by the mounting humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

By the first day of summer, 135 million people in the United States and Canada are expected to face a life-threatening heat wave that will blanket the region from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the U.S.; last year the Department of Health and Human Services estimated more than 2,300 people died due to heat-related illness.

Stamford, Conn. – June 10, 2024 – Americares, in partnership with the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), presented its annual Power of Partnership Award to biopharmaceutical company AbbVie in recognition of its outstanding commitment to increasing health care access.

Stamford, Conn. – June 6, 2024 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Chandrashekar V.S. as director of Americares India.

To help with the stress and trauma of war and cancer, Americares has also provided Tabletochki and 24 other regional partners with mental health training and support for health workers and patients.