STAMFORD, Conn. – March 8, 2016 – AmeriCares is pleased to announce the election of Sarah…

Stamford, Conn.– March 7, 2016– AmeriCares has a series of emergency shipments headed to Fiji to assist the recovery from Cyclone Winston.

Stamford, Conn.– February 21, 2016– AmeriCares has an emergency response team en route to Fiji to help with the recovery from Cyclone Winston. The Category 5 storm– the strongest on record in the Southern Hemisphere– made landfall Saturday evening local time, leaving a path of destruction including flattened homes and downed power lines.

Stamford, Conn.– February 20, 2016– AmeriCares has relief workers on stand-by ready to assist the recovery from Cyclone Winston in Fiji. The storm, the most powerful storm to ever to hit Fiji, made landfall on the archipelago nationi¢â‚¬â„¢s most populous island Saturday evening local time, knocking out electricity and damaging homes. The government has declared a state of natural disaster for 30 days in the nation home to about 900,000 people.

AmeriCares is delivering more than $3 million in medicine to help children and families in war-torn Syria. The shipments include antibiotics, cardiovascular medicine, intravenous fluids and diabetes medication.

Stamford, Conn.– February 19, 2016– AmeriCares has more than $3 million in medicine on the way to help children and families in war-torn Syria. AmeriCares, an emergency response and global health organization, has shipments of antibiotics, cardiovascular medicine, intravenous fluids and diabetes medication in transit.

Stamford, Conn.– Jan. 28, 2016– AmeriCares and Nestlé© Waters North America are delivering bottled water to Flint, Michigan, where the tap water is tainted with lead.

Stamford, Conn.– Jan. 25, 2016– AmeriCares is helping thousands of Americans with thyroid disease thanks to a major medication donation in recognition of Thyroid Awareness Month.

AmeriCares is deploying medical teams to Tamil Nadu in India, providing medical aid and humanitarian relief to survivors of the worst flooding in 100 years.

Camp Ray of Hope in Romania provides children living with hemophilia a rare opportunity to be ordinary kids in summer– to play, connect and grow. AmeriCares long-term partnership with Baxter International provides a donation of blood factor coagulants that helps to make the program possible.

AmeriCares Emergency Team on the ground mobilizes a response as Typhoon Hagupit, the strongest storm of 2014, slams the Philippines with cyclone-force winds, storm surges and drenching rain. Immediate aid efforts and relief shipments are underway.

Stamford, Conn. — Dec. 23, 2015 — AmeriCares has $1.1 million worth of medicine headed to Nepal to restock hospitals running critically low on essential supplies. The shipment, which is expected to arrive in early January, is in response to an urgent request from the World Health Organization. AmeriCares pharmaceutical partners, including AbbVie, Fresenius Kabi, and Pfizer, generously donated products for the emergency shipment.

AmeriCares is rushing an emergency delivery of two tons of essential medicines for hospitals in Nepal running critically low on supplies due to the nationi¢â‚¬â„¢s ongoing severe fuel shortages.

AmeriCares Philippines team continues to provide critical medical and humanitarian aid to communities heavily affected by…

Responding to a request from local authorities, AmeriCares Philippines team has distributed family emergency kits and conducted an immediate needs assessment in communities in the northern region of the country affected by Typhoon Koppu.

Stamford, Conn. — Dec. 14, 2015 — AmeriCares is pleased to announce Dr. Katy Close has been elected to the AmeriCares Board of Directors. A board-certified internist specializing in medical care for the underserved, Dr. Close practices at the AmeriCares Free Clinics in Connecticut, providing primary care services to low-income patients without health insurance.

Stamford, Conn. — Dec. 4, 2015 — AmeriCares is deploying medical teams to Tamil Nadu, where relentless flooding has closed schools and a major airport in Chennai and claimed at least 269 lives.

The stories of two frontline health workers represent the many doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and community outreach workers who directly provide health services as part of the global network of health care partners supported by AmeriCares.