Saluting the Immunisation Workforce
Images captured by workers on the vaccination frontlines tell a complex, kaleidoscopic story. From VaccinesWork and the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Welcome to Angels in Medicine, the site that highlights the work of medical humanitarians. These individuals and organizations provide healthcare and alleviate suffering for vulnerable populations: the poor, victims of natural disasters and conflicts, and those unable to access quality care.
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Images captured by workers on the vaccination frontlines tell a complex, kaleidoscopic story. From VaccinesWork and the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Cecilia Gálvez, a dedicated nurse with Partners in Health/Compañeros En Salud, continues to serve her community in Chiapas, Mexico, despite the escalating violence and instability threatening the region.
Driver Vincent Ndi delivers needed medications and helps evacuate people from dangerous areas in northwest Cameroon—even during the rainy season when roads are nearly impassable.
In Cameroon, a youth-led nonprofit is combating period poverty and reproductive health ignorance by providing education and affordable menstrual products to vulnerable girls in rural communities.
Patty Webster and her volunteer colleagues share their recent work, providing medical and dental care to people in the remote communities of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve in Peru, their first trip back since 2019.
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