Health
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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CARE named as host of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition
The Frontline Health Workers Coalition, a global alliance dedicated to strengthening and supporting the health workforce around the world, has a new home. Effective January 1, 2026, CARE, a global leader in the fight to end poverty, has assumed the role of host organization for the Coalition.
Read MoreCholera outbreak worsens amid conflict in Sudan
Sudan is facing a worsening cholera outbreak as conflict, displacement, and heavy rains create conditions for the rapid spread of waterborne diseases. The situation is growing increasingly dire as the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “concerning case fatality rate” of 2.8%, nearly three times the emergency threshold.
Read MoreWashington Post: CARE’s Beckie Ryan interviewed about hunger in Gaza
On August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) released a report that confirmed famine in Gaza City. Becky Ryan, CARE Response Director in Gaza, spoke to the Washington Post about the health conditions of women and children she met while in Gaza.
Read MoreCARE launches global partnership with iDE and IDinsight to expand sanitation in rural areas
Globally, more than 3.6 billion people lack access to facilities and infrastructure to safely dispose of human waste, with dire consequences for public health as well as privacy concerns. To accelerate progress on this front, CARE is partnering with two mission-driven global organizations to test and scale innovative market-based models that promote sanitation.
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