MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL

IN FY23 MEDICAL TEAMS SHIPPED MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, PPE AND VITAMINS TO ARMENIA, BENIN, CAMBODIA, COSTA RICA, ECUDOR, EL SALVADOR, GEORGIA, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, KENYA, MALAWI, NEPAL, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, PERU, RWANDA, SOUTH SUDAN, UGANDA, UKRAINE, ZIMBABWE, AND THE UNITED STATESCOLOMBIA: IN FY23, MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED ITS PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO HEALTH THROUGH HEALTH PROMOTION, INTEGRATION INTO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, CASH VOUCHER ASSISTANCE, DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, MEDICAL SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS, AND SUBSIDIZED MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES TO VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS AND COLOMBIAN RETURNEES IN COLOMBIA. DURING FY23, THE COLOMBIA OFFICE COMPLETED ITS SECOND YEAR OF ITS PRM AWARD, STARTED TO WORK WITH NEW DONORS INCLUDING THE SIMON BOLVAR FOUNDATION AND THE NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN EMBASSIES. AS A PART OF THIS GROWTH, COLOMBIA OPENED 4 NEW OFFICES IN TWO NEW REGION (CALI IN VALE DE CAUCA AND URABA IN ANTIOQUIA), RECRUITED A PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND TWO NEW REGIONAL TEAMS TO OPEN NEW PROJECT AND SUPPORT THE OVERALL COUNTRY PROGRAM QUALITY. IN URABA, MEDICAL TEAMS RESPONDED TO THE DARIEN GAP CRISIS BY SUPPORTING MIGRANTS PREPARING TO CROSS THE BORDER WITH PANAMA AND CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY. 54,481 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH THE HEALTH PROGRAMMING IN FY23 IN COLOMBIA.ETHIOPIA: IN FY23, MEDICAL TEAMS SCALED UP ITS RESPONSE AND EXPANDED ITS WORK WITH REFUGEES AND CHOLERA RESPONSE INTO SOMALI AND BENISHANGUL GUMZ REGIONS WHILE CONTINUING TO WORK IN TIGRAY, AMHARA AND AFAR REGIONAL STATES. MEDICAL TEAMS IN ETHIOPIA WORKS WITH HEALTH POSTS AND CLINICS, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH WERE DAMAGED DURING CONFLICT, TO REESTABLISH THEM WITH MEDICAL STAFF, ESSENTIAL DRUGS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH EXTENSION WORK. MEDICAL TEAM PROVIDES 22,665 HEALTH CONSULTATIONS ON AVERAGE PER MONTH IN ETHIOPIA THROUGH ITS WORK IN 43 HEALTH FACILITIES AND THROUGH 6 MOBILE HEALTH TEAMS AND MANAGES 339 NUTRITION SITES. DESPITE CONTINUED SECURITY RISKS, THE PROGRAM IS REACHING THOSE MOST IN NEED WHILE WE STRIVE TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF THE STAFF AND ASSETS.SUDAN: FY23 SAW A MAJOR ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT ESSENTIALLY SPLITTING THE COUNTRY INTO TWO AREAS OF CONTROL BETWEEN TWO WARRING PARTIES. MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED ITS RESPONSE TO THE REFUGEE INFLUX FROM TIGRAY ETHIOPIA INTO SUDAN BUT QUICKLY PIVOTED IN RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS. IN FY23 MEDICAL TEAMS EXPANDED ITS RESPONSE INTO WHITE NILE STATE FOLLOWING AN MEASLES OUTBREAK IN REFUGEE CAMPS AND SINCE EXPANDED SIGNFICANTLY WITHIN BOTH STATES. CURRENTLY MEDICAL TEAMS SUPPORT PRIMARY HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES FOR REFUGEE AND HOST COMMUNITIES IN GEDAREF AND WHITE NILE STATES OF SUDAN. THROUGH 87 HEALTH AND NUTRITION FACILITIES MEDICAL TEAMS SUDAN MANAGES, WE PROVIDE AN AVERAGE OF 34,656 CONSULTATIONS PER MONTH. TANZANIA: IN FY23, MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED OPERATIONS IN WESTERN TANZANIA, PROVIDING HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES IN NYARUGUSU AND NDUTA REFUGEE CAMPS, IN THE NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES, IN KIGOMA, AND IN DAR ES SALAM. MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED AS A UNHCR HEALTH-IMPLEMENTING PARTNER IN BOTH CAMPS, PROVIDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, REFERRAL SERVICES, AND NUTRITION SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. MEDICAL TEAMS ALSO CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, IMPROVE OUTCOMES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INCLUDING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CARE, AND BUILD CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH SUPPORTING REGIONAL HOSPITALS IN KIGOMA, AND TRAINING CLINICAL STAFF. BOTH PARTNERS SUPPORT MEDICAL TEAMS IN OFFERING EMERGENCY AND ELECTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES THROUGH CONTRACTED HEALTH FACILITIES; THEY ARE ALSO FUNDING THE NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES PROGRAM. IN FY23 MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA AND COLLABORATED WITH THE UNHCR AND THE OTHER CAMP ACTORS TO FACILITATE THE PROMOTION AND SAFE REPATRIATION OF BURUNDIAN REFUGEES. FINALLY, MEDICAL TEAMS IMPROVED ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE IN THE CAMPS FOR OVER 200,000 REFUGEES FROM BURUNDI AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, AND TANZANIANS WHO ACCESS CARE IN THE CAMPS. 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, KYANGWALI, KYAKA II AND RWAMWANJA SETTLEMENTS IN MIDWESTERN UGANDA, AND IN ADJUMANI (12 SETTLEMENTS) AND MOYO/OBONGI DISTRICT (PALORINYA SETTLEMENT) DISTRICTS IN WEST NILE. THE TEAM IN UGANDA RESPONDED TO REFUGEE INFLUXES AND DISEASE OUTBREAKS. THE COUNTRY OFFICE STRENGTHENED ITS RISK ASSESSMENTS AND AWARENESS AND CONTINUED TO INFLUENCE THE HEALTH SECTOR IN UGANDA WITH ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN COORDINATION. ACROSS UGANDA IN FY23, MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND NUTRITION SUPPORT TO 1,564,470 PEOPLE. MEDICAL TEAMS CONDUCTED 1,499,257 PRIMARY HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT CONSULTATIONS AND SUPPORTED 30,517 LIVE BIRTHS AT HEALTH FACILITIES.UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA: IN FY23, MEDICAL TEAMS CLOSED ITS OFFICE IN MOLDOVA AND FOCUSED IMPLEMENTING DIRECT SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE IN UKRAINE. MOBILE MEDICAL UNIS WERE ESTABLISHED TO REACH RURAL AREAS AND A TEAM DEVOTED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT OFFERED GROUP ACTIVITIES AND ONE ON ONE SESSIONS AS NEEDED. DURING FY23, 138,927 PEOPLE ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH THE WORK OF MEDICAL TEAMS. ADDITIONALLY, A LARGE GENERATOR DISTRIBUTION TO HOSPITALS BENEFITED A CATCHMENT POPULATION OF 1,104,958. US PROGRAMS: THE DOMESTIC EXPRESSION OF MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL, SERVING THE ORAL HEALTH NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THE STATES OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON, UTILIZING A MOBILE CLINIC MODEL. OUR NINE LARGE MOBILE CLINIC VEHICLES, DESIGNED FOR DENTAL SERVICES, CAN ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES IN OUR CARE & CONNECT PROGRAM WHICH INTEGRATES MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES, ALONG WITH MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY AND VERIFICATION, ENROLLMENT, AND REFERRALS TO OTHER CARE PROVIDERS AS NEEDED. MEDICAL SERVICES ARE PRIMARILY CHRONIC DISEASE SCREENING AND EDUCATION. IN THE CARE AND CONNECT STRATEGY, THE US PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH FQHCS, CONFEDERATED TRIBES, HOSPITAL NETWORKS, AND STATE HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS TO ENSURE A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF MEDICAL CARE. THE MEDICAL TEAMS MOBILE ORAL HEALTH CLINICS BECOME THE ACCESS POINT TO WHERE PATIENTS ARE CONNECTED TO MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES.