As of this writing, the death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador has risen to 350. That number is expected to go even higher. More than 2,000 are estimated to have been injured. (UPDATE 21Apr16: The death toll has risen to near 600, with nearly 7,000 injured). The quake struck Saturday, April 16th,...
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story by INDRA SORIA Communications & Fundraising Officer Sometimes a helping hand reaches out at just the right moment. In southeast Haiti, a young woman and her baby girl fell ill. Both needed to be seen by a doctor, but 18 year old Mélianne was struggling to find help for herself and Robancia, her seven...
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As part of our continuing response to the Zika virus outbreak in the Americas, HHI has convened a Zika in Haiti Advisory Committee to help guide our actions to keep people healthy in Haiti and beyond. Our medical teams in Haiti, along with...
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At the 5th anniversary of the Syrian War, HHI has joined with more than 100 humanitarian agencies calling for immediate and sustained humanitarian access in Syria...
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Each year, Ingram's Magazine, a Kansas City-based business publication, features outstanding health providers in its Heroes in Healthcare series. HHI's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rick Randolph made the list for 2016.
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Heart to Heart International travaille en Haïti depuis près de six ans afin d'aider les communautés les plus vulnérables et les plus isolées à avoir un meilleur accès aux services de santé. Le travail effectué par nos médecins et infirmières haïtiens ont déjà habilité HHI à déployer des réponses efficaces contre le virus Zika. L'un des membres du staff haïtien fournit plus de détails ci-dessous ...
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Heart to Heart International has been working in Haiti for six years to increasingly expand health care access to remote and vulnerable people. The work our Haitian doctors and nurses are already doing has prepared HHI to respond to the Zika virus. One of our Haiti staff members provides more details...
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Once contained to the Eastern Hemisphere, the Zika virus within the past year has spread at an alarming rate into the Americas, primarily in South America and the Caribbean.
The virus has typically caused a minor illness, yet Zika is increasingly being linked to a spike in severe birth defects in Brazil, prompting travel warnings for pregnant women and causing alarm across the global medical community.
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More than 120 humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies issued a joint appeal on January 21, 2016 urging the world to raise their voices and call for an end to the Syria crisis and to the suffering endured by millions of civilians. The appeal also outlines a series of immediate, practical steps that can improve humanitarian access and the delivery of aid to those in need inside Syria.
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A shipment of medicine and supplies are in Cuba, ready to be used by medical staff at a children's hospital in Havana. An HHI team just returned from Cuba, seeing the supplies in-country and visiting the hospital where the items will be used to help treat sick children.
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