What We Do
Merlin is the UK’s leading international health charity, sending medical experts to the frontline of global emergencies.
When disaster strikes, our doctors and nurses work around the clock to save lives fast. Working together with tireless health workers on the ground, we take countries shattered by war, earthquake or floods from emergency to recovery – staying for as long as it takes.
All around the world, natural disasters and political unrest threaten people’s livelihoods and destroy their communities, with consequences that last long after the TV cameras have packed up and gone home.
From Haiti to Pakistan, thousands of Merlin health workers are spread across the globe. They are providing these countries – among the poorest on earth – with the vital medical care they need to survive, and the services they need to thrive.
Every minute, thirteen people are treated by a Merlin health worker.
 When emergency strikes, Merlin make sure we're on hand as soon as possible to provide life saving medical treatment, from primary health care to surgery.
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 Every minute, at least one woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. We hope to banish that statistic by providing expectant women with the care they need.
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 Each year vaccinations prevent millions of needless deaths, and we're helping to save many more lives with our immunisation programmes around the world.
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 Malnutrition and hunger related diseases kill millions of children worldwide each year. Merlin combats starvation by providing emergency nutrition to the most vulnerable.
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 Merlin helps tackle and prevent disease in some of the toughest places in the world – the burden of disease on the health infrastructures in these countries is enormous.
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 In many of the countries we work in, limited health care resources often mean mental health care is overlooked - Merlin aims to change that by putting it back in the spotlight.
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