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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Repower, a Ukranian mental health charity, provides crucial psychological support to battlefield medics facing exhaustion and trauma from grueling front-line service.
A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women.
Families and health leaders say community health workers deserve much of the credit for rising uptake. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
A chance encounter between an American economist and a Brazilian medical student in 1987 sparked a humanitarian mission that has delivered over $1 billion in medical supplies to underserved communities worldwide.
Medical teams race to contain the deadly virus in hard-to-reach Kasaï province as healthcare workers fall victim to disease that has claimed 16 lives among more than 20 confirmed cases.
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