Welcome to Angels in Medicine, the site that highlights the work of medical humanitarians: individuals and organizations who alleviate suffering for vulnerable populations.
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Agnes Nambozo, a Ugandan nurse, climbs treacherous mountain ladders to provide vaccines to remote communities, exemplifying how healthcare workers overcome extraordinary geographic barriers to reduce childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rita Zabo lost her son to bilharzia (schistosomiasis). She’s determined to persuade her neighbours of the value of the government’s mass drug campaigns against the parasite. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
In Sokoto State, Nigeria, a group of polio survivors is turning personal pain into powerful advocacy. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Six mental health program leaders at Partners In Health pioneer community-based care across Haiti, Peru, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda, and Mexico. They transform stigmatized, inaccessible treatment into integrated primary health services.
Before International Medical Corps’ mobile clinics arrived in Kirotshe, affordable healthcare was out of reach. Today, these teams deliver lifesaving care where no one else goes—navigating washed-out roads to reach rural communities.
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