Welcome to Angels in Medicine, the site that highlights the work of medical humanitarians: individuals and organizations who alleviate suffering for vulnerable populations.
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Getting over the cervical cancer elimination line means both vaccinating girls and screening women. Rwanda’s corps of volunteer health workers are going door to door to get it done. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Vaccinators Harrison Moore and Jerry Karn ford rivers, navigate potholed, mud-slick roads, and do it all without pay. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Egypt has eliminated trachoma, an infectious eye disease, as a public health problem, the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to do so, with the support of many regional and international partners.
Build Health International’s new training center in Kigali, Rwanda, is teaching biomedical engineers and technicians how to keep oxygen systems and life-saving medical equipment running in hospitals across East Africa.
MSF opened a specialized fistula repair unit in Baidoa, Somalia, providing surgery and comprehensive care for women suffering obstetric fistula. The service addresses a critical gap, offering hope and dignity to women previously forced to travel to Mogadishu.
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