The recent escalation in violence in Darfur, Sudan has shaken the global community with its brutality, relentlessness, and disregard for the inherent value of human life.   As an organization, we are deeply grieved and disturbed by this violence in a country where we…

We’ve all seen the meme, right? We all have memories or thoughts that haunt us. For us here at Medical Teams, it’s the reality that there are millions of people worldwide without access to life-saving medical care. Our health care…

From the moment Ramsey’s life began, his life was at risk. After losing his mother shortly after birth, his grandmother, Betty, took him in — but she had nothing to feed the fragile newborn. Just when she feared she would…

As a follow-up to our first interview with Doctor Justin Okello (our area program manager in southwestern Uganda) we wanted to share his insights about how he and his teams are coping with the increasing needs and decreasing resources they’re…

Doctor Justin Okello is our area program manager in southwestern Uganda. He oversees two refugee settlements and two transit centers where we provide medical care and run community healthcare programs. I sat down with him to hear about the most…

Last week, the United States announced that it was cutting all funding to Gavi, the global vaccine alliance that provides most immunizations in low-income or developing countries.    It is estimated that global immunization efforts have saved 154 million lives over the…