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Coronavirus facts: What is a pandemic?
Dr. Stacey Mearns and the IRC's team of health experts answer a few key questions about pandemics and how the coronavirus is impacting refugees and the IRC's work.
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- June 27, 2022
Five ways the fight against COVID-19 goes beyond health care
Refugees and people experiencing crisis have been hit especially hard by COVID-19. Go inside the IRC’s innovative, lifesaving responses to the global pandemic.
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- June 27, 2022
Refugee families face a cold winter
In places like Syria and Lebanon, displaced families are experiencing frigid winter weather on top of what they are already facing — war, hunger and COVID-19.
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Meet the mothers fighting malnutrition in Sudan
Sudan is facing one of the largest food crises today, but these mothers are determined to protect their children’s futures.
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- September 30, 2025
Momentum to prevent famine in Afghanistan must continue; IRC calls on the international community to work swifty to save Afghan lives
- Press Release
- March 4, 2022
Civilians and aid workers targeted, as global humanitarian needs reach unprecedented scale
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
6 facts and statistics about humanitarian aid you need to know
Aid cuts are rising as global crises grow. Here are 6 facts that show why humanitarian aid saves lives—and why we must act now.
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- May 16, 2025
These women’s rights activists in Uganda are demanding better
Whether it’s ensuring girls have access to school and aren’t forced to marry, preventing domestic violence or getting women into work, these activists are determined to build a better world.
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- September 24, 2020
Actor Zeeko Zaki speaks with Dina, an IRC essential worker responding to COVID-19
IRC spokesperson and actor Zeeko Zaki caught up with IRC staff member and fellow Egyptian, Dina Elshenawy, to learn more about her work in IRC's partnership with World Central Kitchen. She has been helping provide food to vulnerable people in New York City, including refugees and at-risk families, since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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- April 13, 2022
IRC experts warn Afghanistan, Myanmar and Yemen in the top crises to watch this year as US refugee admissions slashed
- Press Release
- June 27, 2022