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Imagine being a refugee. After escaping certain death in your home country, leaving behind everything including your identity, you now live in a ramshackle shanty with few rights. Years pass. You settle into a routine, holding tightly to the dream you’ll one day return to your former life.
By Medical Teams International
PORTLAND, Ore. (Jan. 10, 2019) – A powerful winter storm of heavy rain and snow has damaged homes and displaced Syrian war refugees living in Lebanon’s informal settlements.
In response to the extreme-weather conditions, Medical Teams International has mobilized its network of refugee health volunteers to monitor the well-being of the refugee population, many of whom have been forced from their makeshift homes by rising flood waters and wind damage.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak and refugee crisis create perfect storm for cross-border surge in the disease
PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec. 17, 2018) – Medical Teams International, the leading health organization providing screenings at refugee border crossings into Uganda, is preparing for Ebola to cross the border from Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming weeks.
Humanitarian and civil society agencies working in Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are deeply concerned that the repatriation of refugees will commence in mid-November, according to an announcement of the Joint Working Group of the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar on 30th October.
The Governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh have made assurances to the refugees and the international community that repatriation will only happen when it is safe, voluntary and dignified. We call on both governments to stand by their commitments.
27 June 2018: Joint statement by 26 international NGOs in Uganda on the need for urgent action to address gaps in funding for the refugee response.
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Our Need
Medical Teams International’s Humanitarian Response activities are designed to provide rapid and coordinated response to the most vulnerable populations in the world during and after an emergency. During an emergency, the focus will be on deploying teams and supporting those communities affected by disaster. Thus, recruitment activities must be completed before a disaster occurs to qualify for deployment. Using our roster helps us to be one of the first agencies on the scene, providing immediate care.
You Can Help
Our Need
Medical Teams International’s Humanitarian Response activities are designed to provide rapid and coordinated response to the most vulnerable populations in the world during and after an emergency. During an emergency, the focus will be on deploying teams and supporting those communities affected by disaster. Thus, recruitment activities must be completed before a disaster occurs to qualify for deployment. Using our roster helps us to be one of the first agencies on the scene, providing immediate care.
You Can Help
Medical Teams International is leading a program to address the overall health and rehabilitation of affected communities in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district. Medical Teams delivers essential health services, including outpatient services, infant young child feeding (IYCF), oral rehydration, youth friendly spaces, maternity outpatient, and stabilization and referral services. Medical Teams currently runs three Primary Health Centers and two Health Posts that operate six days a week.
Medical Teams International is looking for a leader with international NGO experience dealing with all aspects of logistics and procurement. The Logistics Director provides leadership, vision, direction and strategy to the Medical Teams International procurement and logistics functions at global and country levels, ensuring that it is aligned with the overarching Medical Teams International strategic priorities and organization needs. In addition to building out this new team the Logistics Director will oversee Medical Teams Gift-in-Kind program.
