Nine years of conflict have devastated Syria's health system, which now faces the threat of COVID-19. Hear from a doctor working in a clinic run by the IRC in the region and how medical teams there are responding to the pandemic. 

Hudaifah has brought beekeeping to Jordan Valley, outside of Amman. "When I'm away from my bees, I miss them." Hudaifah was able to turn his hobby into a business with support from the International Rescue Committee’s Rescuing Futures programme, supported by the Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress initiative. https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/meet-hudaifah-businessman-bringing-be…

Tamara, an IRC pharmacist, is providing women at the Azraq refugee camp with access to medicine for reproductive health. Amid a national lockdown in Jordan due to COVID-19, IRC health programs continue to operate.

The world’s largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh saw its first confirmed case of COVID-19, exposing already extremely vulnerable Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis to the deadly virus.

Over 4 million Venezuelans seeking safety in other South American countries now face the added threat of COVID-19. IRC Voice and actor Morena Baccarin recently caught up with IRC country director Marianne Menjivar, who she met in 2019 during a visit to IRC programmes in Colombia.

In the battle against COVID-19 and beyond, refugees are essential to keeping communities safe, making society stronger and rebuilding our world. This World Refugee Day—and every day—we are proud to celebrate their contributions. Watch our video voiced by acclaimed actress Noma Dumezweni, a refugee herself.

Anxhela Gradeci is a twenty-five-year-old junior doctor and refugee from Albania working in a North London hospital. She’s currently on a respiratory ward treating patients with coronavirus. She never expected that her first year on the job would be during a global pandemic. "I want people to know how much refugees contribute towards society," Anxhela says.

Rubijan, Nur Kiyas and Hasina have been applying senahar paste, a traditional make-up, since they were little in Myanmar. Now having fled to Bangladesh, they're keeping the tradition alive whilst facing the challenges that come with living in the world's biggest refugee camp, Cox's Bazar.  This video was funded by the European Union.     

The first case of the coronavirus has reached the world's biggest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, home to nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees. The IRC's 24/7 clinic operates day and night and is ready to respond if the virus spreads.  This video was funded by the European Union. 

The IRC’s president and CEO David Miliband on the IRC’s emergency response, the challenges Syrian refugees in the country are facing, and the need for action from the global community. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.