Harry Goldhagen 
Alabaster International, outfitted with Direct Relief field medic packs and emergency supplies, traveled to treat patients in the country’s battered north.
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières are seeing an increasing number of people in need of care for violence-related injuries. Many civilians, including injured people, are trapped by gunfire and drone strikes in their neighbourhoods, making it difficult to reach medical care.
Grassroots efforts are turning the tide against vaccine hesitancy in rural Lilongwe, Malawi. From UNICEF Malawi and VaccinesWork/Gavi.
William Foege, who died at 89, developed the ring vaccination strategy that helped eliminate one of history’s deadliest diseases, a triumph that has prevented hundreds of millions of deaths.
Penn-led medical missions have performed complex surgeries, extended training to local doctors in attempt to preserve limbs and quality of life. From Direct Relief.