International Medical Corps
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Headquarters Location: Santa Monica, CA
Founded: 1984
Mission: Our mission is to save lives and relieve suffering through the provision of health care and training. With headquarters in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively, we collaborate to maximize resources for the delivery of appropriate relief and development activities.
Tags:
emergency response, humanitarian assistance, relief, disaster response, health care, health care training, doctors and nurses, self-reliance, 2011
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Leadership
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Leadership
Nancy Aossey.
Nancy A. Aossey is President & CEO of International Medical Corps, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through medical relief, health care training, and development programs that build self-reliance. She joined International Medical Corps to head up its efforts in 1986, shortly after its founding in 1984. She went on to establish the organization as…
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Financial Data
Overhead Ratio:
7.91%
Total Revenue:
$131,132,443
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Contact Info
E-Mail:
inquiry AT internationalmedicalcorps.org
Phone:
310-826-7800
Facebook:
Address:
1919 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
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Story:
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.
Expert Reviews of International Medical Corps
Evidence of Impact Summary:
Multiple experts noted International Medical Corps ability to mobilize quickly and rapidly respond to sudden onset emergencies. They have also done excellent work in building up primary & secondary health care systems and mental health systems in disaster affected countries.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
Experts praise International Medical Corps's internationally renowned staff, strong, well-informed operations, and effective systems approach.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
While International Medical Corp's staff is top-notch, they could do a better job of increasing stability in high performing staff. Experts also suggest that IMC become less reliant on USAID funding, and more effectivly monitor and evaluate results.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Evidence of Impact
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Their rapid intervention in Libya was carried out prior to all others. Their work providing mental health assistance in Gaza is also notable. | ||
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They employ a rapid and comprehensive approach according to local needs. | ||
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They mobilize quite quickly to get medical services up and running in emergencies. | ||
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They do excellent work in building up primary & secondary health care systems and mental health systems in disaster affected countries. They have a strong logistics and staffing base to support operations, and are used to large scale and complex operations in difficult operating environments (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya). They are able to respond very rapidly to sudden onset emergencies. | ||
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High Quality Operations, Effective Approach, Great Staff |
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They are strengthened by individual staff contributions - a network of health professionals with a commitment to making an impact, who stick to the core mandate. | ||
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They have a strong base of humanitarian operations and knowledge across multiple contexts, and they employ strong intellectual/academic connections to inform operations in complex situations. | ||
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They have strong operations, and a desire to pursue best practices and develop new tools to help with the development of the health sector. They are strongly engaged with governments to help create a systems approach in emergency affected countries. They have an internationally renowned and respected staff, and are good at sharing their work in international conferences. | ||
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They have a highly motivated and specialized medical personnel who are closely linked to beneficiary communities during a crisis. | ||
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They are consistently strong and have a professional contribution. They have selected areas of technical expertise and collaborate well with other professional humanitarian agencies. | ||
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They have a motivated staff, have gained local trust and confidence, and are good at capacity building. | ||
Effective Approach |
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They mobilize quickly to set up medical services and are able to leverage donations of medicine. They seem to have a wide pool of people to draw on to mobilize quickly, and appeal to medical professionals who want to work in emergencies. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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They could do even better at attracting good quality staff. | ||
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They should increase stability in high-performing staff. | ||
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They should spread their donor base so they are not so reliant upon USAID funding. This will also prevent them from becoming a 'soft' arm of US foreign policy and enhance their independence as an INGO. | ||
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They need to find diversified resources bases to meet the expanding humanitarian needs. They also need to continue to seek innovation and be nimble to organizationally adapt to the increased uncertainty and vulnerability. | ||
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They should more effectively monitor and evaluate results. | ||
Leadership
Nancy Aossey
President & CEO
President & CEO
Elected by her peers three consecutive years, Nancy served as Chair of the Board of InterAction, the United States’ largest coalition of more than 190 private and voluntary organizations working in international development, refugee assistance, and disaster relief. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah’s Jordan River Foundation/USA, and the Advisory Board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. Nancy is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Aossey has testified on several occasions before the U.S. Congress and has frequently briefed the White House on humanitarian issues. Her expertise in emergency medical relief and global health is frequently solicited by major media. In recognition of her humanitarian contributions, she was awarded the UCSF Medal in 2010 as well as several other honorary doctorate degrees and accepted the UC Berkeley Public Health Organizational Hero Award in 2008. A resident of Santa Monica, California, Nancy was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and holds a BA, an MBA, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Northern Iowa.
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