2009 found more than 300,000 Sri Lankans displaced from their homes. The civil war that has plagued their country for over two decades brought about the last surge of infighting that sent people in...
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Medical Teams International improves health care in Sri Lanka
Medical Teams International recently increased the capacity of local health care facilities by developing emergency departments in five district hospitals. Medical Teams International provided...
Sri Lanka: Mercy flights gives global help
Portland, Ore. June 24, 2009-Medford-based Mercy Flights Air and Ground Ambulance did what it always does when a call for help comes in. It jumped to respond. Only this time, the call came from Sri...
Medical Team International intensifies response to assist civilians in fighting in Sri Lanka
Portland, Ore., May 5, 2009 - The World Health Organization awarded $250,000 to Medical Teams International yesterday to help increase care to 80,000 people displaced by fighting in Sri Lanka. The...
Portland agency rushes aid to war survivors in Sri Lanka
Portland, Ore., April 27, 2009 -- Medical Teams International has rushed eight emergency health kits, valued at $3.3 million, to care for 80,000 people displaced by fighting. The Office of Foreign...
Medical Teams International meeting needs of hurting people in Sri Lanka
(Colombo, Sri Lanka - April 1, 2009) Medical Teams International is responding to meet the needs of the internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka by utilizing donated medicines and medical...
Medical Teams International expands emergency services, care inside Sri Lanka
Jaffna, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2009 Medical Teams International, together with representatives of the Sri Lankan government, the deputy Ambassador of the U.S. and other dignitaries, has launched an...
Medical Teams International continues expansion of emergency services inside Sri Lanka
(Jaffna, Sri Lanka - February 17, 2009) Representatives of the Sri Lankan government, the deputy Ambassador of the U.S. and other dignitaries gathered here last week to witness the launching of an...
Grassroots health and hygiene in Sri Lanka
by Tracey Goldner Sri Lanka - As a volunteer health promoter in her hometown, Lalitha Ranjini cares for the families she knows most about-her own and those in her village. "Working with Medical Teams...
Indonesia + 1 more
Northwest Medical Teams helps tsunami survivors become heroes
(PORTLAND, ORE - Dec. 22, 2006) Two years ago, one of the worst tsunamis in history devastated the lives of millions of people in Southeast Asia. Immediately after this terrible disaster, Northwest...
Indiana paramedic brings emergency medical services to Sri Lanka
(Portland, Ore.-Dec. 15, 2006) Donnie Woodyard is working to bring pre-hospital emergency medicine to Sri Lanka-one EMT class at a time. When the tsunami hit Sri Lanka's shores nearly two years ago,...
Puppets, volunteer take trauma seriously in Sri Lanka
(PORTLAND, ORE - Jan. 12, 2006) With colorful puppets tucked in her luggage, a local volunteer with Northwest Medical Teams heads to Sri Lanka this Saturday to help thousands of children still...
Indonesia + 4 more
South Asia: How donor contributions have helped tsunami recovery
Donors gave a record $12.4 million for tsunami relief efforts, which helped accomplish the initiatives listed below. During the last 12 months, the organization has sent $27 million in medical...
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South Asia: Hope and healing after the tsunami
(PORTLAND, ORE. -- June 22, 2005) Six months after the horrific tsunami in South Asia, Northwest Medical Teams is helping thousands of families in the region regain their livelihoods, rebuild their...
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South Asia: 'New life' for tsunami survivors
Devastated families and communities continue to rebuild in tsunami-ravaged South Asia. Northwest Medical Teams volunteers in the region care for hundreds of sick, homeless families, counsel the...
Medicines save lives in Sri Lanka
More than 650,000 in people in Sri Lanka are being treated with life-saving medical supplies, thanks to donated medical shipments from Northwest Medical Teams, one of the first U.S. relief...
Indonesia + 1 more
South Asia: Volunteers continue care three months after tsunami
This week, two volunteer medical teams departed for Indonesia. Dr. Stephen Boyer, an emergency room physician from Portland, Ore., leads a five-member team to Lamno, Sumatra, an area that is now home...
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South Asia: Relief phase ends, long-term rehabilitation efforts begin
Northwest Medical Teams President Bas Vanderzalm and Mike Holzgang, chairman of its board, recently returned from 10 days in South Asia, where they met with medical volunteers, local authorities and...
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Sri Lanka/Indonesia: Medical volunteers partner with tsunami survivors
Northwest Medical Teams' volunteers in post-tsunami South Asia continue to focus on targeted projects in the region, working with local groups, schools and ministries of health to help thousands of...
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Rebuilding efforts continue in South Asia
As the two month anniversary of the deadly tsunami in South Asia draws near, Northwest Medical Teams continues its long-term rebuilding programs in the devastated region. This week, two medical teams...