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IRC staff support Community Health Worker efforts

Staff at the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City now serve in an additional capacity: community health workers for the Office of Health Disparities helping underserved communities affected by the pandemic access services.

AnnouncementSeptember 22, 2020

Ebola’s lingering legacy: New research shows epidemic’s emotional and social toll on frontline health workers

Press ReleaseJune 9, 2016

"Sadness, we are full of sadness": Ebola's psychosocial toll on frontline health workers

Health care workers were at high risk of infection during the Ebola epidemic. They suffered physically, but also socially and emotionally. For many, these consequences remain unaddressed.

ReportJune 30, 2016
Dr. Edna Patricia Gomez stands in scrubs with her arms crossed. She has mask at her chin and there is an IRC logo behind her.

What front-line health workers learned after a year fighting COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has put the unflagging dedication of health workers around the globe in the spotlight.

ArticleApril 5, 2021
Dr. Hazem at the IRC's clinic in Zaatari refugee camp.

What gives hope to health workers who are battling the coronavirus?

Hear from IRC health workers around the world about their response to the coronavirus pandemic—and what gives them hope.

ArticleApril 7, 2020

Refugee leaders help community navigate COVID-19

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, refugee community leaders have helped provide masks, language accessible documents and videos, and put their lives on the line for their community.

AnnouncementJuly 21, 2020

Mobile clinics restore health for rural Syrians

A health system broken by war leaves Syrians desperate for care. IRC mobile health teams are providing lifesaving care and medication twice a month to remote villages and tent cities across Syria.
SlideshowJune 16, 2017
A girl washes clothes as families stand outside a school used as a shelter for Internally Displaced People (IDP) from northern Burkina Faso on June 13, 2019 in Ouagadougou.

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is experiencing one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises.
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Three women and two children from CAR sit around a fireplace in a camp for displaced people.

Central African Republic

In Central African Republic (CAR), 1 million people have been displaced by ongoing conflict. The International Rescue Committee has assisted CAR throughout its current crisis despite the high risk to aid workers. We provide medical care, water and sanitation services, and protection for vulnerable women and girls.
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A Rohingya refugee woman holds her malnourished baby in an IRC-supported health center in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

Nearly 1 million Rohingya have fled violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State to Cox’s Bazar, a district in Bangladesh. The IRC is responding with health care, protection for vulnerable women and children, and emergency support for the refugees.
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