July 26, 2023
Stamford, Conn. – July 26, 2023 – The Americares team in the Philippines is preparing to provide medical care to survivors of Typhoon Doksuri. A mobile medical team will soon depart Manila to provide essential primary health care services in Isabela province where flooding has left roads impassable.
July 13, 2023
Stamford, Conn. – July 13, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Provash Budden as deputy senior vice president of emergency programs. In his new role, Budden oversees Americares readiness, response and recovery programs in the U.S. and around the world.
June 22, 2023
Americares is preparing to dispatch a mobile medical team to western Haiti to provide care in communities isolated by the recent flooding and earthquakes. The health-focused relief and development organization plans to have a team of nurses and a physician providing primary care services to children and adults in the Grand’Anse department starting next week. Americares is launching the operation at the request of Haiti’s Ministry of Health and Population.
June 21, 2023
Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce the election of award-winning writer, director and producer Marti Noxon to its Board of Directors. Her three-year term began in May.
June 13, 2023
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May 10, 2023
Stamford, Conn. – May 10, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce the promotion of Shripad Desai to deputy senior vice president and country team liaison. In this elevated role, Desai is responsible for working directly with Americares country team leaders in Colombia, El Salvador, India, Liberia, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Tanzania, to build and sustain the organization’s local/global operating model. Desai supports country teams managing programs at the local level, as well as ensures country directors provide input into decisions made by Americares global leadership team.
May 01, 2023
Stamford, Conn. – May 1, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has earned yet another 4-star rating—the highest possible—from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This rating designates Americares as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that the organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria.
April 19, 2023
Stamford, Conn. – April 19, 2023 – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, has welcomed Meenakshi Batra as director of Americares India. In her new role, Batra is responsible for designing, implementing and directing innovative health programs that strengthen health systems and expand access to care for people affected by poverty or disaster across 23 states in India.
March 23, 2023
Americares has awarded $300,000 to Samaritan Health and Wellness in Cape Coral, Fla., to support the charitable clinic in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. The funds will be used to help offset salary costs of health care providers at the clinic to ensure that low-income, uninsured and underinsured patients in southwest Florida continue to have access to health services.