Tanzania Health Worker’s Quick Alert Contained Deadly Marburg Virus
Vedastina Shumbusho received the Women in Global Health Africa Award for her 3 am digital report that helped contain a deadly Marburg outbreak in rural Tanzania.
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Fall 2025 Update from Amazon Promise
Amazon Promise delivered comprehensive healthcare and infrastructure support to Peru’s remote Amazon communities, serving over 950 people through medical outreach while completing clean water systems in Betsaida and Puerto Prado.
Providing Wheeled Support for Ukraine’s First Responders
Donated ambulances and other first response vehicles are finding new life in Ukraine, connecting patients to care. From Direct Relief.
After Turkey’s Cataclysmic Earthquake, Women’s Health Programs Offer a Model for Long-Term Disaster Response
Funded by Direct Relief grants, the Turkish organizations HASUDER and TAPV have responded to a vast range of women’s health needs in earthquake-damaged areas, from a lack of sanitation to gender-based violence.
Ukraine’s Front-Line Medics Find Support Through Mental Health Programs
Repower, a Ukranian mental health charity, provides crucial psychological support to battlefield medics facing exhaustion and trauma from grueling front-line service.
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