January 14, 2016
Camp Ray of Hope in Romania provides children living with hemophilia a rare opportunity to be ordinary kids in summer– to play, connect and grow. AmeriCares long-term partnership with Baxter International provides a donation of blood factor coagulants that helps to make the program possible.
AmeriCares is deploying medical teams to Tamil Nadu in India, providing medical aid and humanitarian relief to survivors of the worst flooding in 100 years.
December 23, 2015
Stamford, Conn. — Dec. 23, 2015 — AmeriCares has $1.1 million worth of medicine headed to Nepal to restock hospitals running critically low on essential supplies. The shipment, which is expected to arrive in early January, is in response to an urgent request from the World Health Organization. AmeriCares pharmaceutical partners, including AbbVie, Fresenius Kabi, and Pfizer, generously donated products for the emergency shipment.
AmeriCares Emergency Team on the ground mobilizes a response as Typhoon Hagupit, the strongest storm of 2014, slams the Philippines with cyclone-force winds, storm surges and drenching rain. Immediate aid efforts and relief shipments are underway.
December 17, 2015
AmeriCares is rushing an emergency delivery of two tons of essential medicines for hospitals in Nepal running critically low on supplies due to the nationi¢â‚¬â„¢s ongoing severe fuel shortages.
December 15, 2015
AmeriCares Philippines team continues to provide critical medical and humanitarian aid to communities heavily affected by…
Responding to a request from local authorities, AmeriCares Philippines team has distributed family emergency kits and conducted an immediate needs assessment in communities in the northern region of the country affected by Typhoon Koppu.
December 14, 2015
Stamford, Conn. — Dec. 14, 2015 — AmeriCares is pleased to announce Dr. Katy Close has been elected to the AmeriCares Board of Directors. A board-certified internist specializing in medical care for the underserved, Dr. Close practices at the AmeriCares Free Clinics in Connecticut, providing primary care services to low-income patients without health insurance.
December 04, 2015
Stamford, Conn. — Dec. 4, 2015 — AmeriCares is deploying medical teams to Tamil Nadu, where relentless flooding has closed schools and a major airport in Chennai and claimed at least 269 lives.
December 03, 2015
November 09, 2015
The stories of two frontline health workers represent the many doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and community outreach workers who directly provide health services as part of the global network of health care partners supported by AmeriCares.
November 03, 2015
Free and charitable clinics that serve over 2 million patients in the U.S. are adapting their operational model in innovative ways to accommodate declining resources under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new AmeriCares study.
October 28, 2015
Two years ago, Kla Williams’s lost his job when his hometown of Monrovia, Liberia, was…
Skilled health workers are critical to a full recovery from the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa. AmeriCares is working in Liberia and Sierra Leone to strengthen the workforce and health facilities and rebuild community trust in health services.
October 24, 2015
Stamford, Conn. – October 24, 2015 – AmeriCares emergency response experts have arrived in Mexico to assist with…
AmeriCares emergency response experts have arrived in Mexico to assist with the recovery efforts for Hurricane Patricia that made landfall on October 23 with 165mph winds and torrential rains.
October 23, 2015
Stamford, Conn. — October 23, 2015 — AmeriCares emergency response experts are closely monitoring Hurricane Patricia and are preparing to deploy a team to the region.
October 19, 2015
Stamford, Conn. — Oct. 19, 2015 — AmeriCares is preparing to deliver emergency medicines and relief supplies for families in the northern Philippines affected by this weekend’s typhoon.
October 15, 2015
Stamford, Conn. — Oct. 15, 2015 — Uninsured Americans in seven states will have the opportunity to receive flu shots at no cost this fall thanks to a new collaboration between AmeriCares and Walgreens.
October 08, 2015
AmeriCares is rushing emergency medicine and relief supplies to South Carolina for families affected by the historic flooding. The shipments are headed to three free clinics in the state serving uninsured and low-income families