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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Direct Relief-supported flights are moving doctors, blood units, medicines and specialists across a disaster zone spanning major cities and remote communities.
The work of the International Medical Corps includes mobile clinics reaching flood-hit communities in the Philippines, a busy primary health center serving displaced families in Sudan, first-responder training in Pakistan, and rehabilitated water systems in flood-affected Zimbabwe.
One of roughly 1,200 Black midwives practicing in the U.S., Nadia Gramby drives hundreds of miles across Alabama to bring prenatal, birth, and postpartum care directly to families in underserved communities, continuing a tradition of Black midwifery in the South.
At the Zabout camp, in Sila Province, Chad, ALIMA and Alerte Santé led a large-scale response to a measles outbreak within the Sudanese refugee community, from early February to mid-March. Dr. Ayambi Evariste, a physician and clinical activities supervisor, looks back on the different stages of the response.
Medical supplies depart for local group Mountain Heart Nepal, and include aid to treat waterborne illnesses, dehydration, chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma, and more. Other groups receiving emergency funds include Shanti Foundation and One Heart Worldwide.
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