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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Thirty years ago, Dr. Jim Withers began walking Pittsburgh’s alleys and bridges at night to treat people who would never make it to a clinic. His street medicine model has since spread to over 200 cities on six continents.
A quarter century in, John Muir Health’s Mobile Health Clinic keeps bringing free primary care, mental health support, and vaccinations straight to Contra Costa County’s uninsured and underserved, wherever they are.
Ascension Wisconsin and Outreach Community Health Centers have launched a mobile health clinic bringing preventive and acute care directly to underserved Milwaukee neighborhoods, including the homeless, building on both organizations’ decades-long commitment to serving the city’s most vulnerable residents.
From a homeless shelter to founding a nonprofit serving thousands: Jean de Dieu Mukunzi built Ebenezer Healthcare Access to help fellow immigrants navigate the healthcare system he once struggled to access himself.
Health teams supported by UNICEF use two wheels to verify alerts, trace contacts and conduct investigations in villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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