[3][4][5][6][7][8] International Medical Relief was founded in 2002 by Shauna Vollmer King on the belief that healthcare should not be the prerogative of select nations and regions, or classes.

[13][14] IMR provides free health care services, and supplies to communities who are poor, ill and sick, and have any kind of disease.

[15][16][17][18] Mission IMR offers medical services and sustainable health education to all vulnerable and underserved communities around the globe.

[19][20][21][22][23] Operations International Medical Relief helps in the well-being of communities that are underdeveloped through needed services provided by doing a collaboration with partners.

Other disaster response efforts include 2004 Banda Aceh Tsunami, 2008 Cyclone Nargis Myanmar, 2011 Libya Civil conflict, 2013 Typhoon Haiyan Philippines, the 2016 Congo Famine, the 2015 Ethiopia droughts, the 2016 Syrian refugee crisis in Greece, 2018 Volcano Fuego eruption in Guatemala and COVID-19 virus pandemic.