Mothers, Malaria and Malnutrition 5 min Read For many mothers around the globe, the threat of this deadly disease harming their children is not something new — it’s something additional. On a normal day, contaminated drinking water could lead to diarrhea that results in severe dehydration in their child. On a normal night, a mosquito could bite their baby and inject life-threatening malaria. In a normal week, a mother might only be able to scrape together enough food to provide her children with one meager meal per day.
Praying During a Pandemic 3 min Read Today is the National Day of Prayer. For many of us, it is also the seventh or eighth straight week of staying home to avoid COVID-19. Even though we may be separated from our families, friends, and co-workers, we can…
In This Together: Field of Dreams Corporate Sponsors Mobilize During COVID-19 4 min Read If there is one bright spot during the COVID-19 global pandemic, it’s the way we’ve seen the world come together. Individuals, governments, non-profits and corporations are working toward a singular goal: stopping the spread of this deadly disease.
Refugees’ Main Defense Against COVID-19 4 min Read Across the world in a refugee settlement, COVID-19 takes on a different meaning. In a small refugee home where families often have 10 people living in one room, social distancing is a luxury many cannot afford. Self-isolation is not an…
To Our Volunteers – Thank You for Your Time 5 min Read Over the past 40 years, volunteers have given of their time and talents, touching millions of lives. Whether a hurricane, a famine, a refugee crisis or a pandemic, they’ve shown up. Read about just a few of the ways volunteers have answered the call to serve in the last few months.
Hope for a Guatemalan Hospital 3 min Read At Medical Teams International, we provide life-saving medical care for vulnerable individuals around the world. Now that COVID-19 has entered every country where we work, access to critical medical supplies for our health care workers is more important than ever.
3 Ways to Help Fight COVID-19 4 min Read In this global fight against COVID-19, every bit of help matters. From the scientists working to develop vaccines to the people sewing masks to restaurant owners sending meals to exhausted doctors and nurses — we’re all in this together. At…
Love in Action in the Time of Coronavirus 5 min Read It’s hard to believe that an animal-borne disease from the other side of the world has, over the course of four months, spread to more than 200,000 people in 156 countries across the globe. For those of us in the…
9 Years of War and No End in Sight 3 min Read On March 15, 2011, a war erupted within Syria. It began when civil protests, born out of discontent with the Syrian government, were violently suppressed. The protests turned into an armed conflict that has continued for nine years — spread…
Two Women. Two Windows. 4 min Read Kashindi sits silently on a bench, her gaze fixed on the floor, a stoic expression revealing the resiliency within. Her third pregnancy has been much more difficult than the others. Rapid breathing, dizziness, weakness, a lack of appetite — these…
If You Build It, Will They Come? 7 min Read While more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees came through our clinic doors for consultation and treatment last year alone, far too many women remain hesitant to make the short journey from their homes to receive medical care. It’s because of the unknown.
Reflections on Venezuela From a Mobile Dental Van 3 min Read What would it take to leave everything you know behind? To have a well-established job as a medical professional in your home country, and to watch as food and medicine prices in your local store skyrocket to entirely unaffordable amounts? What would it be like to decide that it would be better – and safer – to leave it all behind than to stay?