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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Jay Patel returned to Kenya and built the AI behind PROMPTS, Jacaranda Health’s free text service that answers pregnant women’s questions and sends urgent cases to nurses. It now reaches millions of mothers in Kenya and other countries.
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
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