Together for people in crisis areas - How can physicians help?

esanum provides an overview of how you as a medical professional can help and proactively support humanitarian and medical aid projects.

These organisations provide medical aid and need support

Humanitarian aid organisations depend on the personal commitment of physicians and volunteers. In order to be able to provide medical emergency and disaster relief in crisis areas, not only numerous donation and sponsorship campaigns are needed, but also the regular commitment of medical professionals in all areas. esanum provides an overview of how you as a medical professional can help and proactively support humanitarian and medical aid projects.

Helping with donations in kind & relief supplies

In order to be able to ensure medical care in crisis areas, humanitarian aid organisations depend on monetary donations. In addition, organisations such as humedica, CARE and German Doctors, among others, offer the possibility of making donations in kind or gifts to cover the medical and surgical hospital and material needs for hygiene articles in the area of operation.

Gift donations also offer an attractive alternative to private gift giving. With a German Doctors medical kit, physicians and patients are directly supported with urgently needed medical supplies. In the CARE donation shop, versatile basic care and education packages can be put together individually.

Helping abroad as an outreach worker

In addition to material support, there is always the possibility of working abroad as a medical worker. In addition to many other aid organisations, the following offer targeted short-term or long-term assignments abroad:

• German Doctors enable licensed physicians to work abroad for a short or long period of time. They offer training and preparatory seminars as well as voluntary project work in Germany. Further information can be found at german-doctors.de
• Doctors Without Borders offers project assignments abroad for medical professionals as well as opportunities to work in Germany for non-medical professionals. For more information, please visit: doctorswithoutborders.org
• Ärzte der Welt regularly offers vacancies for medical and non-medical professionals to work at home, abroad or as volunteers. For more information, visit: aerztederwelt.org
• Cap Anamur facilitates proactive project work abroad for licensed medical specialists and non-medical health workers. For more information, please visit: cap-anamur.org
• humedica enables physicians, medical students and non-medical health workers to work abroad after completing an assignment training. In addition, humedica trains medical professionals for short-term emergency and disaster relief missions. For more information, please visit humedica.org

Become a supporter and emergency rescue worker

Medical professionals who are unable to go on a mission abroad or to donate medical supplies are always free to support the medical supply and relief projects in the form of a sponsorship programme. By making a regular donation, fast and sustainable help in emergency situations is made possible. The following aid organisations offer the possibility of a permanent donation or an emergency rescue/support programme:

• German Doctors: "Help regularly: Become a permanent donor". You can find more information at: german-doctors.de
• Doctors Without Borders: "Your regular donation makes our work possible!" For more information, see: doctorswithoutborders.org
• Ärzte der Welt: "Become an emergency rescuer and help!" For more information, see: aerztederwelt.org
• Cap Anamur: "Sustaining membership: with the desire to do even more". For more information, see: cap-anamur.org
• humedica: "Become a humedica supporter!". For more information, see: humedica.org

Become a multiplier in Germany

Numerous aid organisations depend on multipliers to draw attention to the aid projects located around the world. There are many ways to do this. Whether as information material in the form of flyers and posters for your own practice or informative contributions on the website or social media, every voice supports helping people in crisis areas together with aid organisations.