Medical Teams International
Medical Teams International
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About this organization
Mission
Medical Teams International provides life-saving medical care for people in crisis, such as survivors of natural disasters and refugees. Daring to love like Jesus, we care for all people —regardless of religion, nationality, sex or race.
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SEE SCHEDULE O IN FY19, MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL DEPLOYED 49 VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE TEAMS TO FOUR COUNTRIES: BANGLADESH, GUATEMALA, LEBANON AND UGANDA. TEAMS PROVIDED DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES AND TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS AND NURSES IN THE AREAS OF FAMILY PRACTICE, PEDIATRICS, INTERNAL MEDICINE, OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, MIDWIFERY, ULTRASOUND TRAINING, MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS, AND NUTRITION. MEDICAL TEAMS ALSO SHIPPED LIFE-SAVING MEDICINES, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO BELARUS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GEORGIA, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, MOZAMBIQUE, TURKEY, UKRAINE AND THE UNITED STATES. BANGLADESH: IN FY19, THE JOINT ROHINGYA RESPONSE PROGRAM (JRRP), COMPRISING THE FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY (FH) AND MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP, SOUGHT TO ADDRESS THE OVERALL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION OF AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE CAMPS IN COX'S BAZAR DISTRICT. THE PROGRAM DELIVERED A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF SERVICES BY ADDRESSING SPECIFIC HEALTH NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THROUGH DIRECT HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING, AND COMMUNITY SYSTEM STRENGTHENING. IN FY19 JRRP HAD THREE PRIMARY HEALTH CENTERS (PHC) AND ONE HEALTH POST (HP) IN KUTUPALONG CAMP. COVERING FOUR CAMP ZONES OF THE REFUGEE CAMP. DIRECT HEALTH SERVICES WERE COMPLEMENTED BY AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) PROGRAM. JRRP SOUGHT TO COHESIVELY INTEGRATE HEALTH SERVICES, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWS), AND NUTRITION SERVICES IN ITS HEALTH FACILITIES AND TARGETED COMMUNITIES. PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES WERE EXTENDED AND CONDUCTED WITHIN HEALTH FACILITIES THAT, IN PART, ACTED AS COMMUNITY HUBS TO ENSURE COMMUNITIES' ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SERVICES. THIS INCREASED THE JRRP'S COVERAGE OF HEALTH NEEDS, AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF ITS SERVICES, WHICH WERE ADAPTED TO THE TARGETED POPULATION OF 107,126 ROHINGYA REFUGEES. LEBANON: IN FY19, MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED ITS WORK SERVING SYRIAN REFUGEES IN THE BEKAA VALLEY IN LEBANON. THE PRIMARY TARGETED BENEFICIARIES WERE SYRIAN REFUGEES LIVING IN 120 INFORMAL REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS IN THE CENTRAL BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON. TO STRENGTHEN BOTH THE HEALTH SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY SYSTEMS, MEDICAL TEAMS USES 200+ REFUGEE OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS (ROVS) WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE (NCD) ISSUES, COMPLICATIONS, MEASUREMENTS, AND LIFE HABITS. AN ADDITIONAL 30 SENIOR ROVS (SROVS) WERE RECRUITED AND TRAINED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH MORE HEALTH KNOWLEDGE TO COVER AN AVERAGE OF 4 SETTLEMENTS EACH. THESE VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZE AND CONDUCT AWARENESS SESSIONS TO AN AVERAGE OF 4,000 REFUGEES MONTHLY ON HEALTH TOPICS RELEVANT TO THAT COMMUNITY. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS ARE ALL NCD PATIENTS, AND THOSE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING A CHRONIC DISEASE, WHO ARE RESIDING IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN MEDICAL TEAMS PROJECT AREAS, WITH LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER SERVICES. TURKEY: MEDICAL TEAMS PHASED OUT THE CROSS-BORDER SUPPORT IN SYRIA PROJECT, PAUSING PROGRAMMING IN JANUARY 2019 AND CLOSING THE PROGRAM IN APRIL 2019. MEDICAL TEAMS WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE AREA DUE TO A CHANGE IN POWER IN THE REGION. LIBERIA: IN FY19, MEDICAL TEAMS STRENGTHENED LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE, AND IMPLEMENTED NUTRITION AND HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING 196,348 REFUGEES AND HOST COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MEDICAL TEAMS ESTABLISHED NUTRITION SERVICES IN SEVEN COUNTIES THROUGH UNICEF, PROVIDED TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SUPPORTED OVER 200 HEALTH FACILITIES, AND IMPLEMENTED A POST-EBOLA HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING AND EPIDEMIC PREVENTION PROGRAM. MEDICAL TEAMS RECRUITED AND TRAINED SEVEN NUTRITION OFFICERS AND ONE NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER. MEDICAL TEAMS STARTED THE PROCESS OF HIBERNATING AND PROGRAM. AFTER WRAPPING THESE PROGRAMS, MEDICAL TEAMS PAUSED PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES IN LIBERIA DUE TO FUNDING. UGANDA: MEDICAL TEAMS IS IMPLEMENTING EMERGENCY AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMMING THROUGH TARGETED RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN THE NORTHWESTERN, SOUTHWESTERN, AND WESTERN REGIONS OF UGANDA. MEDICAL TEAMS IS A LEAD HEALTH IMPLEMENTING PARTNER FOR UNHCR IN NAKIVALE AND ORUCHINGA SETTLEMENTS IN SOUTHWEST UGANDA, IN ADJUMANI (11 SETTLEMENTS), ARUA (IMVEPI SETTLEMENT AND RHINO CAMP), AND MOYO (PALORINYA SETTLEMENT) DISTRICTS IN WEST NILE. IN SOUTHWEST UGANDA, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AND UNHCR, MEDICAL TEAMS IS PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO OVER 213,000 HOST COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND REFUGEES CROSSING AND LIVING ALONG THE BORDER OF SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA. MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUES TO STAFF MEDICAL FACILITIES IN NAKIVALE AND ORUCHINGA WITH A GOAL TO REDUCE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF REFUGEES LIVING IN THE RESETTLEMENT CAMPS. THROUGH THOSE CLINICS, MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDES MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND CRITICAL PEDIATRIC AND MEDICAL ILLNESSES, MINOR SURGERY, ANTENATAL CARE, OBSTETRICAL ASSESSMENTS AND REFERRAL, HIV TESTING AND COUNSELING, IMMUNIZATIONS, NUTRITION FOR INFANT AND YOUNG CHILDREN, AND REFERRAL WITH TRANSPORTATION TO HEALTH CENTERS. EXPANDED SERVICES INCLUDE ACUTE MALNUTRITION TREATMENT TO REDUCE MORTALITY RATES. IN WEST NILE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNHCR, WFP, AND U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE AND NUTRITION SUPPORT TO APPROXIMATELY 602,400 REFUGEES IN ADJUMANI, MOYO, AND ARUA DISTRICTS OF WEST NILE, UGANDA. MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDES MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND CRITICAL PEDIATRIC AND MEDICAL ILLNESSES, MINOR SURGERY, ANTENATAL CARE, OBSTETRICAL ASSESSMENTS AND REFERRAL, HIV TESTING AND COUNSELING, IMMUNIZATIONS, AND REFERRAL WITH TRANSPORTATION TO HEALTH CENTERS. IN ADDITION, MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDED MEDICAL SCREENING SERVICES IN BORDER CROSSING RECEPTION CENTERS, INCLUDING PROVIDING VACCINATIONS AND SCREENING MOTHERS AND CHILDREN FOR MALNOURISHMENT. IN WESTERN UGANDA, MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN HOIMA DISTRICT IN WESTERN UGANDA, RESPONDING TO THE INFLUX CONGOLESE REFUGEES CROSSING LAKE ALBERT AND THE EBOLA PREVENTION FROM THE OUTBREAK IN THE CONGO. MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE AND NUTRITION SUPPORT TO APPROXIMATELY 93,000 REFUGEES IN THE KYANGWALI SETTLEMENT IN HOIMA DISTRICT. MEDICAL TEAMS IMPROVED HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR REFUGEES THROUGH REPRODUCTIVE/HIV SERVICES, NUTRITION CARE FOR MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, AND DISEASE VACCINATION AND TREATMENT. GUATEMALA: IN FY19, MEDICAL TEAMS FINALIZED ITS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM IN 12 COMMUNITIES IN CHICAMAN. THESE PROJECTS AIM TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE AND IMPROVE CASE MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHEA, PNEUMONIA, MALNUTRITION AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVING ACCESS TO QUALITY MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES. MEDICAL TEAMS ALSO WORKED TO HELP STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY SYSTEMS THROUGH VOLUNTEER TEAMS' CONSTRUCTION OF LATRINES, STOVES AND WATER SYSTEMS. MEDICAL TEAMS HELPED TO TRAIN 80 MEMBERS OF THE GUATEMALAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH IN NUTRITION, PREVENTION AND CASE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES, AND EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL CARE. THIRTY-THREE COMMUNITY IMPACT TEAMS WERE DEPLOYED TO GUATEMALA IN FY19. MOZAMBIQUE: MEDICAL TEAMS SENT A HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TEAM TO RESPOND TO CYCLONE IDAI IN MOZAMBIQUE, SUPPORTING HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS WITH LOGISTICS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. TANZANIA: IN FY19, MEDICAL TEAMS STARTED OPERATIONS IN WESTERN TANZANIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TANZANIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES IN NYARUGUSU AND MTENDELI REFUGEE CAMPS. THE PROGRAM INITIALLY FOCUSED ON REDUCING MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY DUE TO MALARIA FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE, AND WITH SUPPORT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EXPANDED IN 2018 TO INCLUDE BUILDING CAPACITY AND DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INCLUDING EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, AND BUILDING CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH EQUIPPING AND SUPPLYING CLINICS, AND TRAINING CLINICAL AND MANAGEMENT STAFF. MEDICAL TEAMS IS IMPROVING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE IN THE CAMPS FOR 214,000 REFUGEES FROM BURUNDI AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, AND TANZANIANS WHO ACCESS CARE IN THE CAMPS. MEDICAL TEAMS SUPPORTED 11 CLINICS AND 266 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO HELP REESTABLISH CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE HEALTH CARE IN THE CAMPS AS WELL AS BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's aim, as indicated in the filing, is “Founded in 1979, medical teams international (medical teams) is a christian humanitarian relief agency focused on providing life-saving medical care for people in crisis, such as survivors of natural disasters and refugees. we care for the whole person - physical, emotional, social, and spiritual. daring to love like jesus, we care for all people - regardless of religion, nationality, sex, or race. we believe every person, no matter where they are or how desperate their situation, matters. medical teams responds to disasters and protracted emergencies around the world where the needs are urgent, where we have access, and when resources are available. we provide direct medical care to people who have been impacted by emergencies and conflict and have limited or no access to life-saving care. we use professionally trained volunteers and staff to operate fixed or mobile health centers. in the u.s., we provide free dental care services to people with no access to dental care through our mo”.
When referring to its functions, they were specified as: “Founded in 1979, medical teams international (medical teams) is a christian humanitarian relief agency focused on providing life-saving medical care for people in crisis, such as survivors of natural disasters and refugees. we care for the whole person - physical, emotional, social, and spiritual. daring to love like jesus, we care for all people - regardless of religion, nationality, sex, or race. we believe every person, no matter where they are or how desperate their situation, matters. medical teams responds to disasters and protracted emergencies around the world where the needs are urgent, where we have access, and when resources are available. we provide direct medical care to people who have been impacted by emergencies and conflict and have limited or no access to life-saving care. we use professionally trained volunteers and staff to operate fixed or mobile health centers. in the u.s., we provide free dental care services to people with no access to dental care through our mo”.
- The non-profit has reported their operating state as OR, as required by law.
- As stated in the filing, the non-profit's address in 2020 was 14150 SW MILTON CT, TIGARD, OR, 97224.
- The non-profit's form reports a total of 115 employees as of 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Has foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $11,647,787.
- The CEO's salary policy within the organization is established through a review process by an impartial entity.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has a foreign financial account.
- The organization has 17 independent voting members.
- The organization has a professional fund raiser.
- The organization was formed in 1979.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $17,305,786 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $4,392,041 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization has grants to organizations.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.