Hope. For a refugee forced to leave all that he or she knows, it’s hard to have any sense of hope and even harder to hold onto it. Living in makeshift settlements, unsanitary conditions and poverty for long periods of…
Over five million children under five die each year from preventable causes. Nearly half of those deaths are babies in their first month of life. The top health threats to children are from causes we know how to prevent and…
Samira Youssef is a Program Manager with Medical Teams International in Lebanon. Samira spends her days training and overseeing staff and volunteers who serve Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley. With no formal refugee camps in Lebanon, Syrians here live…
When you see Dr. Eddah Ndabila, the medical coordinator for Medical Teams in Tanzania, dashing across Nyarugusu Health Centre with a sense of urgency as she skillfully attends to patients, it is hard to imagine she came from adversity. As…
Medical Teams has a long history of supporting the surrounding regions of Ukraine — namely Moldova, Romania and Ukraine itself — which uniquely positions us to respond to the massive Ukraine refugee crisis. The following is a brief account of…
UPDATE: As of mid-July 2022, more than total 79,000 refugees — 55,000 from DRC and 24,000 from South Sudan — have entered Uganda since January 1, 2022. They need your support now more than ever as transit and reception centers…
As global ambassador for Medical Teams, I have the distinct privilege of championing our Christian values both inside and outside the organization. In October 2021, I spoke at a symposium aimed at encouraging and equipping churches in Uganda to respond…
Medical Teams International has been partnering with Kaiser Permanente to break down barriers to COVID-19 vaccine access across the Pacific Northwest. By integrating COVID-19 vaccinations and dental services, we’re reducing vaccine hesitancy and bridging the gap in communities who have…
Andrew Hoskins, Medical Teams International’s Country Director for Uganda, hadn’t even eaten breakfast when he received an urgent call from the UN’s refugee agency…
Almost everyone can relate to what it’s like to have serious dental pain. The throbbing and aching can be intense. Fortunately, most of us don’t have to live with it very long before we call the dentist and are soon…
As I reflect on the meaning of Christmas, I remember a few months ago I stepped into a Medical Teams operating theatre at Kyangwali Health Centre in Uganda. Dr. Miriam and her team had spent the whole night doing surgeries…
It’s that time of the year again — time to share our top 10 photos from the last year. For most of us, it’s been almost two years since the start of the pandemic. COVID seems to have a weird…