Medical Outreach Teams Save Lives in Haiti
Haiti
02/14/13
Since the dark days after the 2010 earthquake, AmeriCares Medical Outreach program has outfitted 582 medical teams with medicine to treat more than 900,000 people in Haiti — a value of $37 million*
Cholera: Controlling a Killer
Haiti
01/09/13
Since the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak, AmeriCares has delivered more than 325,000 cholera treatments, and supported the training of 140,000 people to help fight this deadly disease.
Immunizations Protect Women and Children in Rural Haiti
Haiti
01/09/13
In Haiti, a successful immunization initiative supported by AmeriCares is producing powerful results: the vaccination rate among women and children in one remote community has jumped from three percent to nearly 90 percent.
Diabetes Programs Improving Health Outcomes in Haiti
Haiti
11/14/12
On World Diabetes Day and throughout the year, AmeriCares Haiti is working hard to bring care to the neediest people with diabetes and other chronic illnesses. A recent AmeriCares grant will screen and educate thousands of patients, spread awareness and fund training for health care providers to save lives.
Pre-Positioned Aid Helps Flood Survivors Worldwide
Global
10/01/12
AmeriCares Global Pre-Positioning Initiative, launched in early 2012, has already helped crucial aid quickly reach flood survivors in Pakistan, the Philippines, Colombia, India and Indonesia – aid that is put in place before disaster strikes.
Isaac Update: Relief Workers Deployed; New Medical Aid Underway
United States
08/29/12
On August 29, while the Hurricane Isaac pounded New Orleans, AmeriCares first relief shipment arrived at the Salvation Army in Gulfport, MS. A new shipment of chronic care medicines is now underway. On August 30, our relief workers were deployed to Mississippi to mobilize more assistance for health care providers, aid organizations, and shelters serving people in crisis.
Storm Isaac Takes Aim at Gulf Coast - 7 Years after Katrina
08/27/12
As Tropical Storm Isaac now threatens to make landfall at hurricane strength, AmeriCares is preparing an emergency shipment to a partner organization with a wide base of operation on the Gulf Coast as emergency outreach efforts continue to support our clinic network in the region.
Healing Hearts in Jamaica
Medical Outreach Program
08/14/12
AmeriCares Medical Outreach program supports volunteer health professionals traveling overseas to help patients in need. One such patient, 11-year-old Raniel, received the open heart surgery he needed to fulfill his lifelong wish to run and play with his friends.
Prompt Treatment Saves Lives in Rural Haiti
Haiti
06/21/12
An emergency shipment of $300,000 in medicines and supplies helped AmeriCares partner, Real Hope for Haiti respond to a surge in the number of severely ill patients arriving at their cholera treatment center.
Cholera Treatment Shipment Arrives in Haiti
Haiti
05/11/12
A shipment of 100,000 liters of IV solutions – enough to treat 17,000 severe cholera patients —arrived in Haiti amid a worsening epidemic. The delivery ensures that the only treatment center in the densely populated, impoverished community of Cite Soleil has enough lifesaving rehydration supplies on hand to help the most seriously ill patients.
The New York Times: Saving Lives in a Time of Cholera
Haiti
04/07/12
With cholera, speed matters. It can kill very quickly — in a few hours if victims are already malnourished. And since the incubation period for the cholera bacteria can be as short as two hours, it spreads fast
AmeriCares Haiti Frontline Cholera Response Continues
Haiti
04/05/12
AmeriCares frontline cholera response continues in Haiti amid an alarming rise in cases reported in the northern and western regions of the country. Our Haiti team is working to save as many lives as possible, delivering aid to treat people in immediate need, and supporting programs to halt the spread of this deadly diarrheal disease.
Support for the Most Fragile
Haiti
01/12/12
As AmeriCares works to strengthen health care in Haiti, there is a special focus on the health of pregnant women, new mothers and babies. Much of the $54 million in aid that AmeriCares has delivered to Haiti since the earthquake goes to support mothers and children.
