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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UNFPA trains and supports midwives around the globe and, when necessary, dispatches them to emergencies. Rahna was one of eight midwives that UNFPA sent to Herat as part of a contingent of five mobile health teams, which have been offering medical care, psychosocial support, and sexual and reproductive health services to those affected by the quake.
In remote rural villages, difficulties in reaching health services and trained health staff are life-threatening for mothers and their infants. A two-year diploma programme supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is helping to change that.
The grisly parasitic disease has been reduced by 99.99% since eradication efforts began and is poised to become the second human disease and the first parasitic disease eradicated in history.
Direct Relief and La Fondita de Jesús collaborated to bring primary healthcare services to an underserved metropolitan area in Puerto Rico vulnerable to flooding.
When an earthquake recently rocked remote regions of Nepal, Mountain Heart Nepal raced to the rescue. Teaming up with Direct Relief and FedEx, their mobile medical units brought free healthcare to over 700 patients in devastated communities, providing critical care from wound treatment to diabetes medication.
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