For 25 years, IMA World Health has strengthened health systems in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through long-term partnership, reform and national impact.
IMA World Health is deeply saddened to report the brutal killing of a colleague who was a nurse and health care worker affiliated with the JESI Plus Project, during an armed att...
Mobile and digital solutions are key to strengthening health systems, especially in countries where health care facilities and workers can be inaccessible, overstretched or disr...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or Kala-Azar, is one of the world’s deadliest neglected tropical diseases. In South Sudan, years of conflict have devastated health infrastructure, ...
Corus organization IMA World Health is meeting the urgent needs of trauma victims and vulnerable community members in partnership with HEAL Africa hospital, Panzi Foundation, an...
The escalating conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has triggered a massive humanitarian crisis, with over 5 million people displaced across North and South Ki...
Discover the inspiring story of Mado, a 2-year-old girl in the DRC whose life was saved by the power of simple but effective solutions. In February 2016, Mado’s critical conditi...
Across DRC, approximately six million children suffer from chronic malnutrition. Assistant Nurse Tangiza Tangiza, who works in Kasai province, has seen hundreds of children repe...
In DRC, where approximately six million children suffer from chronic malnutrition. This contributes to the prevalence of stunting in the country, which often has devastating con...
Corus organization IMA World Health has been working for decades to improve water, hygiene and sanitation in almost every province in the DRC.
For over a decade, Corus organization IMA World Health has been committed to fighting trachoma in Tanzania. We partnered with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and various stakeh...
Noshaba Zafar presented a poster on "Tackling Twin Epidemics—HIV and Gender-Based Violence (GBV)" at the International AIDS Conference in Munich. The two crises of HIV and GBV, ...
Despite considerable progress, maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) remains a pressing public health issue in Nepal. Lutheran World Relief partnered with fellow Corus Inte...
Corus International celebrates IMA World Health's more than twenty years of vaccine programming this World Immunization Week.
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by Corus organization IMA World Health, supports the DRC'...
The Corus International family of organizations is committed to addressing water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) crises around the world.
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, funded by the United States Agency for International Development and led by Corus organization IMA World Health, is increasing food availa...
By investing in women, we can foster economic growth and pave the way for a better future for all. Meet the Corus changemakers who are transforming their communities.
We unite with the global community to call for investment and action to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Corus organization IMA World Health has worked to address NTDs fo...
Corus organization IMA World Health leads our integrated primary health care approach by working through health care facilities and community-based health care providers to adva...
Corus organization IMA World Health has built and supported integrated, holistic and sustainable health systems that increase access to quality health care in low-income countri...
IMA World Health (IMA) is poised to leverage its long-standing partnerships in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to increase access to safe drinking water and improve sanit...
Corus International has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) to support agricultural livelihood recovery in Ukraine.
With seven representatives from Corus in attendance, the WILD Forum was a catalyst for thought-provoking discussions, exchange of actionable insights and collaboration with impa...
Mahmoud Bah joins Corus International on May 1.
The USAID-funded MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience project, led by Corus organization IMA World Health, works in fragile settings, where health services are inconsistent or ...
Supported by the Corus International family of organizations, mobile health clinics provide emergency health assistance for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Yemen.
The Corus International family of organizations is committed to addressing water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) crises around the world.
For nearly 20 years, Corus organization IMA World Health has built and supported integrated, holistic and sustainable health systems that increase access to quality health care ...
On January 30th, IMA World Health (IMA), in collaboration with regional and district health authorities and the Tanzanian NTD Control Program, is conducting a surgery camp in Ma...
IMA World Health (IMA) has been working to address NTDs for more than 20 years in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
As IMA World Health recognizes World Sight Day, we honor our critical partnerships that are advancing efforts to control and eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease (NT...
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IMA World Health has been a data leader through our long-standing work to implement a National Health Information System through the i...
IMA World Health has won a grant from the Osprey Foundation to fund faith-based approaches to ensuring COVID-19 vaccine equity in Africa that will result in more shots in arms t...
IMA World Health and our Corus International family of organizations stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
In honor of World NTD Day, IMA World Health is pausing to acknowledge the hard work and partnership that has helped to bring the global goals for controlling and eliminating neg...
IMA World Health was awarded a $573,000 grant by the END Fund to support the continuation of urgent Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) services in South Sudan.
IMA World Health and our Corus International family of organizations applaud the U.S. Government’s leadership in addressing climate change through the President’s Emergency Plan...
As IMA World Health recognizes World Sight Day, we honor our critical partnerships that are advancing efforts to control and eliminate trachoma, the world's leading infectious c...
IMA World Health supports Haiti's health system at the national, departmental and communal levels, providing tailored assistance and capacity strengthening that boosts engagemen...
Staff from IMA World Health and Lutheran World Relief are mobilizing to respond to the Aug. 14 Haiti earthquake.
The CCIH 2021 Conference will be a series of virtual events held on May 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, and 27 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. U.S. EDT each day. The sessions will focus on hearing f...
Corus International is working with longstanding local partners to respond to the COVID-19 surge in India, providing support to overwhelmed hospitals and helping rural communiti...
The care and effort you poured into our 75,000 More Face Mask Challenge has arrived just in time to help survivors of back-to-back hurricanes in Honduras and Guatemala, people l...
Ford-Livene is an executive with Intel Capital, and Dr. Cathy A. Petti, is the founder and CEO of MoDx, a medical knowledge domain platform.
Muna Bhanji, a former global pharmaceutical executive, and Dr. Kurt Newman, president and CEO of Children’s National Hospital, have been elected to the Corus International board...
Charlie Goldsmith Associates, part of the Corus International family of international development organizations, has changed its name to CGA Technologies.
IMA World Health has supported neglected tropical disease control programs for more than two decades, and our current work focuses in Haiti and Tanzania. In honor of World NTD D...
This year, as a part of Corus International's ongoing commitment to fighting racism, we will participate in the 2021 National Day of Racial Healing on Tuesday, January 19.
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Corus International has released its annual Top 10 list of regions it is monitoring for potential or worsening humanitarian crises over the coming year.
The IDP Emergency Medical Care Response Project provided vital primary health care services to IDP and returnee populations through nine mobile clinics and outreach sites in the...
We are an ensemble of non-profits and for-profits working in concert to end extreme poverty once and for all.
Shalufa Josephine spends her days in constant vigilance. She lives in one of a cluster of small tin shacks by the side of the road in Goma, the largest city in Eastern Congo. Th...
The staff and partners of IMA World Health are excited to join colleagues at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020 Annual Meeting.
This year, IMA World Health is marking its 60th anniversary of serving the world through its vision of health, healing and well-being for all.
USAID Afya Jijini has supported the Ministry of Health in developing kangaroo mother care guidelines and policy review — so more mothers across Nairobi County can celebrate happ...
IMA World Health offers its congratulations to longtime partner Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) on receiving a three-year, $15 million award from the U.S....
When Abdu Haruna's wife died, he was sure their newborn son Athumani would follow soon after. Fortunately, one of the DFID ASTUTE project’s key components was to engage and equi...
The peer-reviewed journal Archives of Public Health has published the research article, “An interpersonal nutrition campaign and maternal knowledge and childhood feeding practic...
As the longest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in the DRC ends, IMA's Dr. Bill Clemmer reflects on the challenges and successes of the international response.
COVID-19 has changed the world as we know it. And while these times may be unprecedented, Corus International’s prioritization of staff care is not. As a family of faith-based g...
Right now, the coronavirus is spreading in developing nations, and the worst is yet to come. Let’s not wait until then to act. There are things you can do right now, from your h...
To commemorate 75 years of helping those who have the very least, and to reflect our expanding work around the world, Lutheran World Relief has a dynamic new logo.
IMA World Health and Lutheran World Relief have jointly launched Corus International, a model of the international NGO of the future and the new parent of a family of faith-base...
Contact tracing has been a highly effective tool for containing the Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now we’re applying the same principles to help s...
IMA World Health is committed to climate justice in our relationships, our programs, and our operations. We will seek to continuously improve our efforts in all these areas.
Just as physicians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have edged closer to ending a record outbreak of Ebola, COVID-19 presents a new threat. While much of the work Lut...
IMA World Health is partnering with the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) in launching a response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in seven countries in wes...
When their teammate lost his grandparents in Italy to COVID-19, the Grace College men’s soccer team decided to use their abilities to fight the coronavirus. Their idea: they wou...
Thanks to existing funding and cooperation from UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), IMA World Health has been able to work quickly with Tanzania's Ministry of ...
IMA World Health is working with long-time partner HEAL Africa and the DRC Ministry of Health to help set up a COVID-19 isolation and treatment facility. Workers are racing to t...
Daniel Speckhard, president & CEO of Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health, writes in this CNN opinion article about lessons we learned in responding to the Ebola outbreak ...
Right now, we’re all staying in our homes, doing our part to flatten the curve of the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. During this uncertain time, I recognize how diff...
The rapidly spreading outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the UN body coordinating the global heal...
International NGOs Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health, building on their experience responding to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are assisting local health n...
After Ebola infected more than 3,400 people and claimed more than 2,000 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, health workers are hopeful, even as they remain vigilant, that...
In this U.S. News & World Report commentary, Allyson Bear, M.P.H, vice president for Corus International, a new organization formed by the merger of international NGOs Lutheran ...
Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health are saddened by the loss of our colleague Wendy Rothenberger, who passed away Saturday, February 1 after a lengthy illness.
Deteriorating security in the Sahel has created tremendous suffering and narrowed the humanitarian space available to respond. This has made operating in the region more complic...
