Our History in India
AmeriCares has been delivering life-saving medicines and medical supplies to health care providers in India for over 17 years. In that time, we’ve delivered more than $47 million worth of aid through established partnerships with local nongovernmental organizations to ensure our medicines reach the people most in need. We have deepened our commitment to the region in order to help more people live longer, healthier lives through a new initiative: AmeriCares India.
In India, AmeriCares has developed a platform based on strategic partnerships, high-efficiency and tight auditing procedures. AmeriCares works with international and local charitable organizations in India, including nongovernmental agencies, hospitals, the Ministry of Health and other organizations to asses humanitarian needs and respond to those that are most critical.
Learn more about our work in India:
Regional Operations in Mumbai
With the establishment of our primary office in Mumbai, AmeriCares is building upon a long and successful history in the country. Establishing a local base enables us to:
- Accept and distribute donations of high quality medicines from India’s burgeoning pharmaceutical industry.
- Provide medical assistance to under-resourced hospitals, clinics and community health programs in India and neighboring Africa and Asia.
We are achieving our objective to reach more people around the world, in addition to helping more people within India itself. To improve the availability of medicines to indigent communities and disaster prone areas in the region, AmeriCares is replicating its medical assistance and emergency response programs through our Mumbai office.
Medical Assistance Program
Ongoing Support for the Work of Health Care Professionals
AmeriCares provides ongoing support for the work of health care professionals through our Medical Assistance Program. To equip doctors and nurses with the tools they need to deliver quality care, AmeriCares India has provided medicines and supplies on an ongoing basis to hospitals, clinics and public health programs. We have worked with 35 partners in 13 Indian states:
Current In-Country Partners
Historic In-Country Partners
- Exiled Tibetan Administration of the Dalai Lama based in Dharamsala
- Hemophilia Federation in Delhi
- Diocese of Alleppey in Kerela
- Lions Club of Bhubaneshwor in Orissa
- Missionaries of Charity throughout India
- A Leg to Stand On in Gujarat
AmeriCares India Program Initiatives
- Disaster/emergency response
- Disaster relief
- Disaster preparedness
- Medical Commodity Assistance
- Supplement charity hospital access to critical care medicines and supplies
- Expand community medical programs supply of primary care medicines
- Health Care Service Expansion
- Operate medical camps in slums and tribal area. Read Story >
- Run school based health promotion programs (education, screening, treatment.) Read Story >
- AmeriCares Global Regional Hub
- Serve as regional platform supporting AmeriCares Global Programs and Emergency Response (medicine sourcing, logistics hub) Read Story >
Emergency Response Program
History of AmeriCares Emergency Response Efforts in India
When natural disasters and manmade crises strike, local transportation systems collapse and supply chains are disrupted, AmeriCares India is there to help. Our experienced staff members are experts in navigating the challenging logistics of delivering aid to the epicenter of a calamity. Our promise is simple: when people are in crisis, they will get the help they need — whenever they need it, and wherever they are.
Many regions of India are prone to natural disasters and AmeriCares has provided immediate medical relief for many of them over the years including:
- Earthquakes (Maharashtra in 1993, Gujarat in 2001 and Kashmir in 2005)
- Cyclones (Orissa in 1999, 2009, West Bengal in 2009)
- The Asian Tsunami (Tamil Nadu in 2004)
- Floods (Gujarat and Mumbai in 2005, Bihar in 2007 and 2008, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh 2009)
Disaster Preparedness Training with Rabindranath Tagore Medical Institute in Kolkota
AmeriCares India will be partnering with RTMI for a Disaster Preparedness Training Program for hospital administrators, doctors and volunteers on October 24, 25 and 26. Stay tuned for more information on the program.
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