In eastern Mauritania, population displacement, malnutrition, and lack of access to healthcare are putting communities at risk. In the Hodh El Chargui region, ALIMA is deploying mobile clinics and strengthening care for children suffering from malnutrition.
Fundación Santa en las Calles operates two mobile clinics serving people experiencing homelessness. Panabus provides comprehensive primary care, while its newer pink companion Panarosa offers full gynecological services to women on the streets.
A Kansas City nurse practitioner was honored with the inaugural Kauffman Uncommon Leader Award for a decade of bringing medical care directly to homeless residents, and treating them as people first.
Alabaster International, outfitted with Direct Relief field medic packs and emergency supplies, traveled to treat patients in the country’s battered north.
The Central African Republic can be a difficult and dangerous place to operate, but International Medical Corps is delivering hope and lifesaving care to communities in crisis.