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Yemen’s Dire Humanitarian Crisis Threatened by Deadly Cholera Outbreak

May 16, 2017

SANA’A, Yemen (May 15, 2017) —The global poverty-fighting organization CARE is alarmed by the increase in reported cases and deaths resulting from a cholera and an acute watery diarrhea, or AWD outbreak in Yemen. According to the World Health Organization, 51 people are estimated to have died from over 2,500 suspected cholera cases in the

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CARE Denounces State Department Decision to Defund UNFPA

April 4, 2017

WASHINGTON (April 4, 2017) – CARE today denounced the U.S. State Department’s decision to immediately cut off funding to the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA), a critical development organization that provides life-saving health care to women and families around the globe, including voluntary family planning, midwife training, prenatal care and safe delivery services.“Promoting global health

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World Toilet Day: Water and sanitation crucial in long-term crises

November 17, 2016

Women and girls face greatest risks / Additional funding needed to meet refugees’ needs in DadaabNAIROBI (November 17, 2016) - To mark this year’s World Toilet Day CARE is calling for increased global funding to ensure access to clean and safe water and sanitation facilities for over 275,000 people in Dadaab, Kenya. Since the announcement of the

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Congressional Staffers Visit Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire with CARE to See Lifesaving Health Programs

June 3, 2016

A delegation of Congressional staffers travels with CARE to see how U.S. investments are paying off with better health outcomes for women and their families.WASHINGTON (June 3, 2016) – A group of Congressional staffers from Kansas, Missouri, Washington and West Virginia traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE to Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire to see

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Ecuador quake: Displaced earthquake survivors at risk of Zika Virus; CARE providing clean water and shelter

April 21, 2016

QUITO (April 21, 2016) — After a powerful earthquake hit Ecuador on Saturday, CARE International is supporting affected survivors with water, emergency shelter and disease prevention. With thousands now in temporary shelters during the strongest El Niño on record, there is an increasing risk of water and mosquito borne disease outbreaks, like Zika Virus and Dengue Fever.“Several days

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Bipartisan Delegation Travels with CARE to visit Women’s Health Programs in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa

February 22, 2016

Bipartisan delegation travels with CARE to see how U.S. development investments are paying off in better health outcomes for women and girls in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).WASHINGTON (Feb. 22, 2016) – A bipartisan group of Arizona delegates, including Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE to rural

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Nepal Earthquake: Pregnant Women in Urgent Need of Assistance, CARE Warns

May 11, 2015

Many health clinics have been destroyed; CARE starts distributing safe birthing kits to remote villagesKATHMANDU, Nepal (May 11, 2015) — An estimated 126,000 pregnant women affected by the devastating earthquake in Nepal are in urgent need of health services, warns the international humanitarian organisation CARE. “More than 15 percent of these pregnant women will experience

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Republican Congressional Representatives Travel with CARE to Visit Maternal Health Programs in Guatemala

February 17, 2015

Members of Congress see how U.S. development investments are resulting in healthier moms and familiesWASHINGTON (Feb. 19, 2015) – Reps. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) and Diane Black (R-TN), both members of the Republican Women's Policy Committee, traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE to some of the poorest areas of Guatemala to see how U.S. investments in

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CARE Calls For Health System to be at Heart of Humanitarian Response in South Sudan

December 12, 2014

JUBA (December 12, 2014) – CARE, one of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations, released a new report examining South Sudan’s health system, marking the one-year anniversary of the conflict that has ravaged the world’s newest country.

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Ebola: CARE responds to prevent spread across borders in West Africa

November 25, 2014

ATLANTA (Nov. 25, 2014) - As efforts continue to contain the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, CARE is escalating its response to help prevent the spread of the virus across borders into Ivory Coast and Mali.With new cases being reported in Mali, CARE is working with the government and other agencies to halt the spread of Ebola

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Yemen’s Dire Humanitarian Crisis Threatened by Deadly Cholera Outbreak

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CARE Denounces State Department Decision to Defund UNFPA

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World Toilet Day: Water and sanitation crucial in long-term crises

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Congressional Staffers Visit Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire with CARE to See Lifesaving Health Programs

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Ecuador quake: Displaced earthquake survivors at risk of Zika Virus; CARE providing clean water and shelter

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Bipartisan Delegation Travels with CARE to visit Women’s Health Programs in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa

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Nepal Earthquake: Pregnant Women in Urgent Need of Assistance, CARE Warns

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Republican Congressional Representatives Travel with CARE to Visit Maternal Health Programs in Guatemala

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CARE Calls For Health System to be at Heart of Humanitarian Response in South Sudan

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Ebola: CARE responds to prevent spread across borders in West Africa

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