Even before Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the island’s mental health was fragile, and available services were not enough to meet the island’s…
In an effort to improve the treatment and management of high blood pressure in free clinic patients, Americares collaborated with the University…
While there are many other factors that also need to be addressed for delivering at a facility to be a feasible option, encouraging communities…
Part 3 of the Liberian Journey and the work to rebuild a health system.
Our first glimpse of Buchanan is the next morning when we set out on the drive to our clinic in Zondo Town, which is a district in rural Grand…
The countdown is on for our trip to Liberia to capture in-depth stories of Americares work there. What began as a response to the Ebola crisis…
Kate Dischino, AmeriCares Director of Emergency Response, just returned from the greater Baton Rouge area where she assessed needs following…
Dr. Varughese brings us up to date on our current understanding of the Zika virus and AmeriCares continued efforts to help underserved populations…
A shipment of critical relief supplies, including water purifiers, arrived for survivors of the 7.8 magnitude Ecuador Earthquake. Fernando Bendek,…
In one morning alone, 107 men living outside St. Mary’s Dining Room (a full health and social services agency near San Francisco) had come to…
On Thursday, April 28, in the midst of destruction, AmeriCares partnered with the Canoa Ministry of Health to provide a warm, safe environment…
Our Emergency Response Director shares her personal view from ground level in Ecuador in the first days after the worst earthquake in decades…
Tarzana Treatment Centers in Southern California, serves as an example of successful integration between primary care and mental health…
This month, Lindsay O’Brien paid a visit to the University of Miami’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic (UMPMC)
To best serve women and children in crisis zones, we need to ask them what’s really happening. As responders, we need to listen, then act.
One specific area of human health which goes largely unnoticed is the lack of affordable high quality dental care for those people who do not…
The events of Hurricane Katrina inspired my career in nonprofit emergency management. My experiences on the Gulf Coast following the storm, and…
Greetings from Japan! Over the last few weeks, I have met with over 20 different local partners to see the status of past and present projects…
How many of us have given a quick “no” at the end of an appointment when asked, “Do you have any questions for me?” Whether it’s because we’re…
An AmeriCares team arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, just 48 hours after the April 25 earthquake. AmeriCares teams have been holding mobile health…
An AmeriCares team arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, just 48 hours after the April 25 earthquake. AmeriCares teams have been holding mobile health…
The monsoons are coming, and everyone is trying to get tents to protect people, clinic spaces and medical supplies. Tents are coming from the…
Despite the difficult circumstances, we were welcomed warmly: AmeriCares was the first aid organization to reach this village in the six days…
As AmeriCares teams travel to earthquake-affected communities in Nepal, the general mood among survivors is one of uncertainty. The occasional…
Seven or more health care workers, including two workers whose sole responsibility is spraying 0.5% chlorine to maintain control of infectious…
We had three more lives lost overnight and two more since early morning. The more stable patients or those in the recovery phase sit outside,…
Liberians were already struggling with the everyday grind of poverty and the devastation of the recent civil war when the Ebola epidemic struck….
The news that the lead doctor treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone was the latest casualty of the crisis brought me to tears.
Can a simple change in the delivery of care impact patients’ health? As I opened the door to the Martin Luther King (MLK) Health Center in Shreveport,…
A journey that begins at birth and with a mother having the access to the health services needed to take him home healthy after delivery. That…
AmeriCares comprehensive response to Typhoon Haiyan began before the storm with deliveries of emergency medical kits. Throughout the response,…
On November 12, four days after Typhoon Haiyan, I was on a plane to the Philippines. Our emergency response team had tracked the typhoon for…
After some time at the Mactan Air Base, Americares Staff flew to Tacloban then drove about 10 miles south to Tanauan, Leyte, where we met up…
January 12, 2014 marked the fourth anniversary of a day that will forever be etched in the memory of Haitians — the devastating earthquake that…
In El Salvador, TOMS Giving Partner AmeriCares distributes new TOMS Shoes to children to add value to their work, particularly in promoting good…
AmeriCares has been donating medicines to Uzbekistan since 1997. On my last visit, I met a patient who was memorable for his gratitude…
Before Hurricane Sandy struck, I went to my house one last time to check that I hadn’t left anything behind. Suddenly my friend Sarah yelled,…
A gray-haired 72-year old woman from Barangay Tabok, Pontevedra in her bermuda shorts, blue T-shirt and blue hat slowly makes her way into the…
The suffering continues for countless families in the aftermath of a massive flood disaster in Uttarakhand, India. Garrett Ingoglia, AmeriCares…
On Monday, May 20, I was preparing a shipment of tetanus vaccine for an Oklahoma town struck by a tornado a day earlier when our team received…
Less than 24 hours after a monstrous EF-5 tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs, our relief team arrived in the hard-hit…
On March 7, 2013, six residents of the Group Home Momiji and their family members gathered to celebrate the opening of their new Ofunato home,…
After Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast, AmeriCares relief teams were in the field assessing the needs of clinics and aid distribution centers…
2012 marked the third consecutive year that Pakistan has been inundated by crisis-level flooding. Since the floods struck in 2010, AmeriCares…
Still, three years after the earthquake, Haiti’s health infrastructure requires profound rebuilding — and strengthening so that it comes back…
Dmitriy Popov and Madeleine Rowan were part of the AmeriCares relief team working in Staten Island in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy. Below,…
My colleague Alex and I visited a group of doctors in Coney Island who have been bringing water and medicines in backpacks up the stairwells…
When Sandy hit the Rockaways, sea water converged from both sides of the peninsula, surging into basements and living rooms in this beachside…
AmeriCares deployed teams of Hurricane Sandy relief workers throughout the tri-state area to assess needs and deliver medical aid, water, relief…
AmeriCares has deployed Hurricane Sandy relief teams to hard-hit communities throughout the tri-state area to fill urgent needs for medical aid…
AmeriCares is marshalling all of our resources to support survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Since the storm hit on October 29, we have been working…
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, with the height of storm activity typically occurring in August and September….
In April, 2011 a series of deadly tornadoes struck the South, Midwest, and Eastern U.S., claiming hundreds of lives and destroying thousands…
Part 2: The worst damage from violent March 2012 tornadoes in Kentucky was centered in the eastern Appalachian foothills. AmeriCares focused…
Part 1: The worst damage from violent March 2012 tornadoes in Kentucky was centered in the eastern Appalachian foothills. AmeriCares focused…
When AmeriCares launched its 2011 U.S. Disaster Recovery Grants initiative, emergency response director, Garrett Ingoglia, conducted site visits…
On a recent trip to our office in Japan, AmeriCares Communications Director, Leslie Gianelli, visited Ogatsu, a once-thriving coastal town transformed…
In August, 2011, AmeriCares opened an office in Sendai to oversee the distribution of long-term aid focusing on restoring access to health services,…
Every community in coastal Japan has its own stories – stories of loss, of survival, of hope. On a recent visit to Japan, Leslie Gianelli, AmeriCares…
Tens of thousands of families in remote villages of Pakistan lost everything in the devastating July 2010 floods, and more than one year later,…
More than 5 million people are struggling to survive in the wake of a new wave of severe flooding in southern Pakistan, including many families…
Ramona’s reflections after visiting the radiation-affected communities of Shinchi-machi and Soma City on the second, third and fourth day of…
In January, 2012, Ramona Bajema and Kyoko Sakurai traveled to the coastline of Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures – Yamamoto-cho, Shinchi-machi,…
AmeriCares Communications Manager Donna Porstner was recently in Haiti visiting some of the 100-plus hospitals and clinics AmeriCares has supported…
