Gates grant for public-health hero
Prof. Zvi Bentwich has received a Grand Challenges in Global Health grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his project in Ethiopia to wipe out parasitic worm infections. Bentwich, 78,...
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Five years post-quake, Israel is still helping Haiti heal
IsraAID commemorates the fifth anniversary of the earthquake. Within 24 hours of the severe earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12, 2010, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a 220-person team...
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Israeli aid reaches Nepal; newborns evacuated
The IDF is sending a 260 strong team to help in Nepal. As the Nepal earthquake death count continues to climb above 3,300, an Israel Defense Forces relief delegation was finally able to take off from...
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Israeli innovations save lives in Nepal
ZAKA International Rescue Unit head Mati Goldstein was part of a three-man advance team that went to Nepal to assess the situation, begin work and prepare the necessary logistics for the rest of the...
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IDF field hospital chief: ‘We’re treating people pulled from the rubble’
The field hospital in Kathmandu is stocked with supplies and medicines brought over by the IDF. Photo courtesy of IDF Spokesman’s Office About 100 Nepalese patients arrived in the first few hours of...
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450 treated, 5 births at IDF hospital in Nepal
The IDF’s field hospital comprises a complex of tents offering trauma, pediatrics, OB/GYN, medical, surgical, orthopedic and intensive care. Photo by IDF Spokesperson via FLASH90 Even as some Israeli...
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IsraAID sets up new ER clinic in Nepal
IsraAID staffer treating a Nepalese child. Photo by Micky Noam Alon/IsraAID Israel-based humanitarian relief agency IsraAID announced on May 6 that its emergency medical team has opened a temporary...
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IDF leaves Nepal today; relief continues
As the Israel Defense Forces’ medical team in Nepal packs up to go home today, dismantling its multi-tent field hospital in Kathmandu, here are some figures to ponder: The IDF brought 260 people and 95...
View ArticleGaza child gets new leg in Israel
Three months after losing a leg when she got hit by a truck in Gaza City while playing near a main road, a little girl named Yara is walking again, thanks to a prosthesis fitted for her at Barzilai...
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Israelis on scene of latest Nepal trembler
IsraAID evacuates the wounded in Nepal. This morning, after at least 16 people were killed and more than 800 injured in a magnitude 7.4 aftershock earthquake near Mount Everest, Israeli humanitarian...
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