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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In 2014, student Annie Liang stumbled on an empty side-event room for mycetoma at the World Health Assembly. Her team’s award-winning pitch sparked a reporting series that helped drive mycetoma onto WHO’s neglected disease list by 2016. From DNDi
Ukrainian-Israeli nonprofit FRIDA, with support from Direct Relief, is bringing specialty care through volunteer physicians to vulnerable patients in Ukraine.
A landmark study found no cervical cancer deaths among women aged 20 to 24 in England from 2020 to 2024, the first direct evidence that HPV vaccination saves lives, not just prevents infections. Researchers estimate it has already prevented roughly 200 deaths.
A battery-powered TB test is reaching primary care centers where diagnosis was once impossible amid power outages. The Global Fund, CIFF, and the Aurum Institute are delivering nearly 3 million devices across 13 countries, helping close the gap for millions of undiagnosed patients.
Abubaker fled violence and death in the DRC as a teen. Now he’s a tricycle ambulance driver in Uganda with Medical Teams International, saving lives.
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