Health
Ebola outbreak further strains DRC’s underfunded health system, leaving health workers with limited critical supplies
Despite cautious progress by a severely underfunded response to the escalating Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it remains a race against time to reach women and girls already struggling to live in dignity amid an extreme crisis, while simultaneously supporting overstretched frontline health workers.
Read MoreUPI: “Response to Congo Ebola faces shortfall of aid support”
Dr. Amadou Bocoum, CARE'd Country Director in the DRC, spoke to UPI about the difficulty of managing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid severe funding shortages that have reduced the number of community outreach activities and distribution of personal protective equipment.
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Essence Magazine: Isan Elba and Beauty Forward partner with CARE to support maternal health initiatives
Essence Magazine featured CARE’s partnership with Isan Elba and highlighted the May 12, 2026 CARE PACKAGE® Salon in Atlanta, where Elba and CARE raised awareness about maternal health needs in the U.S. and invited guests to assemble CARE PACKAGE kits for women participating in CARE’s maternal health initiatives in Georgia.
Read MoreCARE celebrates 80 years by delivering the next generation of CARE PACKAGE® kits
Eight decades after creating and delivering the first CARE PACKAGE boxes, the humanitarian organization CARE is marking the anniversary by relaunching the CARE PACKAGE and hosting a series of community CARE PACKAGE events nationwide
Read MoreSouth Sudan: Global supply chain disruptions, a collapsed health system and conflict drive hunger and malnutrition
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis warns that 7.8 million people, nearly 55 per cent of South Sudan’s population are facing crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3+) between April and July 2026.
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