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International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide.
IMC's international network of approximately 4,000 doctors, nurses and other professionals, in partnership with national ministries of health, international agencies, and local non-profits and community groups, implements a wide variety of programming aimed at restoring crisis-affected communities to self-reliance. IMC focuses on:
IMC's international network of approximately 4,000 doctors, nurses and other professionals, in partnership with national ministries of health, international agencies, and local non-profits and community groups, implements a wide variety of programming aimed at restoring crisis-affected communities to self-reliance. IMC focuses on:
IMC works globally to provide lifesaving care for vulnerable populations in areas ravaged by war and disaster. IMC starts delivering care before most organizations arrive and stays through the duration of a crisis—the critical “transitional” period that is the bridge between emergency and recovery. To this end, IMC is now working in Sudan (in Darfur, along the Darfur-Chad border, and in South Sudan), Somalia, Central African Republic, and Uganda.
When disaster strikes, the time to reach out is not measured in weeks or days. The most critical period for saving lives is during the hours immediately after the event. IMC is one of the world’s fastest and most effective response agencies because our teams are highly flexible, experienced, and skilled in emergency medicine. IMC works closely with local communities to get to where help is needed the most, as quickly as possible.
Women in the world’s poorest countries are doubly constrained by their family obligations and a lack of economic opportunity, yet they often bear the brunt of disaster, famine, and conflict. IMC provides health care that reduces maternal and child mortality and heals traumatic injuries caused by childbirth and sexual abuse; microfinance programs that give women the opportunity to earn their own income; the delivery of nutritious meals for women and their families; and, critically, education and training.
IMC works to ensure that local communities are able to care for themselves long after programming has ended. How? By making education and training an integral part of its work in primary health care, HIV/AIDS and infectious disease, nutrition and agriculture, water and sanitation, and livelihoods and microcredit/microfinance. By passing our knowledge and skills on, stricken communities can become self-reliant.
Mental illness is the most common non-communicable disease in the world, affecting more than 450 million people. Despite its prevalence, only a small percentage of the global population has access to even the most basic treatment. IMC was one of the very first international relief and development organizations to recognize that untreated mental illness can be a serious setback to individuals, and even communities, struggling to make a fresh start. IMC now makes sustainable and accessible mental health care a cornerstone of its comprehensive relief and development programming.
From the Field
IMC staff members working in the field share their experiences in this online journal.Marathoning Across the Middle East
14 Mar 2008
“I Have Lost Everything”
7 Nov 2007
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