A Mid-Year Check-In at Medical Teams 6 min Read It’s no secret that it hasn’t been an easy year — again — for our hurting world. From Gaza to Sudan, there has been no shortage of suffering. But as we did our mid-year check-in here at Medical Teams, we…
Reaching Out to Refugees 8 min Read This year, the world reached a grim milestone: the highest number of displaced people ever recorded has been topped again. At the end of 2023, more than 117 million people around the world were forced to leave home, an 8…
World Refugee Day: 3 Refugees Give Back 5 min Read On World Refugee Day, we’re celebrating the people we serve alongside who are refugees themselves and still give back. Our community-led health care model is propelled by people like Semira, Kiffa, and Mohammad — those who know the experiences of…
Happy Father’s Day 5 min Read At Medical Teams, we think a lot about maternal health care — in complex humanitarian environments, it’s often women and children who face the greatest risk of mortality from disease or lack of access to health care. But today, we’re…
Putting the “Medical” in Medical Teams 6 min Read At Medical Teams, we talk a lot about “providing life-saving medical care.” But we also know that can be hard to picture, especially thousands of miles away from where care is happening. No matter what country our programs are in,…
Meet Eva and Meshake: A Mother and Son Heal 3 min Read When Eva gave birth to her son Meshake, she was delirious with happiness. For the first few months of his life, he was a sweet, smiling boy. But when her son was just six months old, Eva began having difficulties…
Understanding Psychological First Aid 5 min Read Whenever the topic of mental health comes up, there’s a term used over again and again: psychological first aid. And yet, it’s not always clear exactly what that means. “First aid” might conjure images of a kit with band-aids and…
What’s Happening in the Darién Gap? 10 min Read Maybe you’ve seen a news report about people crossing the world’s deadliest jungle, or maybe you read our Colombia Country Director’s moving reflection on the courage of the people he’s seen as they prepare to cross the Darién Gap. However…
Happy Mother’s Day 5 min Read Truthfully, every day at Medical Teams is Mother’s Day. Our maternal and child health programs are a cornerstone of our work. We believe every woman deserves the dignity of health care. And the reality is that women are the foundation…
Celebrating Zero Maternal Deaths in 4 Years in Tanzania 5 min Read Justine’s children are the light of her life. Her greatest prayer is for them to be happy and successful. When she learned she was pregnant again, she was overjoyed. But then the pain began. About a month before she became…
The Quiet Crisis: Caring for the Mental Health of Displaced People 5 min Read Each May, Medical Teams celebrates Mental Health Month alongside humanitarian organizations and mental health advocates all over the world. Mental Health Month is a time set aside to bring awareness to the importance of mental health care. At Medical Teams,…
Dr. Salim and Obedi: The Power of Mental Health Care 8 min Read At Medical Teams, we care for the whole person — spiritually, socially, emotionally, and physically. As a part of that commitment, we believe strongly in mental health care! Just take it from Dr. Salim, one of our psychiatrists in Uganda….