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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Four months into the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province, DRC, ALIMA’s integrated response — treatment centers, rapid diagnosis, community mobilization and clinical research — is delivering tangible, lifesaving results for patients.
Two months after Venezuela’s June earthquakes killed over 6,500 people, Project HOPE’s mobile clinics in La Guaira and Caracas are treating survivors’ lasting wounds — chronic disease, disrupted prenatal care, and trauma — while local staff rebuild their own communities.
In remote villages, family health houses offer life-saving care to mothers and children, from vaccinations to high-risk deliveries.
As county governments roll out inclusive healthcare programmes for people with disabilities, Community Health Promoters learn a new lexicon of care. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance/VaccinesWork
In Sudan’s Blue Nile State, UNFPA-trained midwives like Sa’aida and Safya deliver babies, refer complicated cases, and track pregnant women camp to camp amid displacement and flooding, offering safe births and reassurance where health facilities have collapsed and funding has fallen short.
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