PRESS RELEASE– For Immediate Distribution – (Chicago, IL – 8/14/19) – MedGlobal has joined with Project HOPE, Pure Hands and United Mission for Relief and
According to the United Nations’ Human Development Index, Pakistan ranks 150 out of 189 countries in the world – well below average for other countries
With 24.1 million people in need, Yemen is currently experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. A protracted crisis characterized by widespread poverty, conflict, poor governance,
By Dr. Kyle Varner, MedGlobal Medical Volunteer I had the great privilege of volunteering at the MedGlobal clinic in Cucuta, Colombia to provide medical care
Patricia is a 28-year-old mother and Venezuelan migrant. She is a woman that never loses sight of faith, even given her difficult situation. She has
By Lia Harris, MedGlobal volunteer As a general pediatrician and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) instructor from Canada, I can’t help but see a need for
MedGlobal’s highly-skilled and diverse team of volunteers recently returned from Cox Bazar, Bangladesh, where they taught the Helping Babies Breathe course to local health practitioners.
By Dr. Zaher Sahloul, MedGlobal President and Co-Founder It is astounding how resilient #Syrian civic society is. The organizations, doctors, and nurses in #Idlib, in spite of the
MedGlobal recently established a clinic in Cucuta, Colombia to serve Venezuelan migrants, in partnership with IPS Medcare Colombia S.A.S. To date, MedGlobal has seen over
The MedGlobal-PAMA team was exceptional in its diversity, professionalism, compassion, and sacrifices. Muslims, Christians, Jewish, and Hindu physicians and nurses united as in their humanity
MedGlobal serves Venezuelan migrants and underserved Colombians in the Comuneros Neighborhood in Cucuta, Norte de Santander, in which we have recently provided prenatal care to
By Cathy Burke In June 2019, I spent one week working with MedGlobal in Cucuta, Colombia, providing antenatal and gynecology outpatient care to Venezuelan refugees
MedGlobal and the Palestinian American Medical Association (PAMA) sent a team of medical and surgical volunteers to Gaza for a week-long mission. Follow the team
MedGlobal is partnering with the Palestinian American Medical Association (PAMA) to send a team of medical and surgical volunteers for a week-long mission in Gaza
Donate Spanish version below A new UNHCR report shows that migration has jumped from 695,000 in 2015 to 4 million in mid-2019. Colombia currently hosts
Did you know that 1 in 10 newborns needs help breathing after birth? About one million babies die each year from birth asphyxia, the inability
By Desiree C. Spehn-Roland, MD On my first day of volunteering, the second patient I saw in the Camp 4 Medical Clinic at the Kutupalong
Thanks to our volunteer program and the selfless souls of over 260 medical volunteers, 70 medical missions are changing the lives of thousands in 10
By Dr. Moeen Saleem, April 2019 We had an MVP today. Before I joined the MedGlobal medical mission in #Lebanon, Dr. Marwan Refaat consulted on
By Dr. Abdul Mannan, April 2019 Imagine the fields, meadows, and woodlands or whatever natural habitat you may pass through as you drive out of
Dr. Omar Reda, April 2019 I spent one week in the world’s largest refugee camp just outside of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, which hosts Project Untangled,
By Dr. Anwar Hussain, April 2019 I am an ER physician from Chicago. I was in Lebanon as part of a medical team with #MedGlobal
Recollections of a Syrian dentist from Idlib as told to MedGlobal’s Dr. Tayseer Alkarim. Ramadan is the month which always brought peace, unity, love, and
By Dr. Maryam M.A.M I have been working with the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s for over a year through #MedGlobal missions. During that time I
“I saw some villages completely emptied or half-emptied of their residents,” said Dr. Zaher Sahloul, the president of MedGlobal, an organization that sends medical teams to disaster regions, who risked the bombardments and threats from extremist groups to visit some of the most devastated areas this week.
“Sharing the information with the United Nations did not lead to greater protection,” said Dr Zaher Sahloul, the president of MedGlobal who was recently in Idlib. “If anything people are thinking right now that by sharing this information it’s increasing the risk of targeting the hospitals.”
“Women want to control the time that they deliver because things are unexpected,” Sahloul said. “A bombing can happen at any time, and in the middle of the night you cannot move to the hospital.”
The National Hellenic Museum will host a conversation with MedGlobal Doctors John Kahler and Peter Houck on the current state of the refugee crisis in Greece on Sunday, August 11, 2019, from 2 – 4 PM. This program is in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition “Lives Afloat: The Greek Refugee Crisis Through the Lens of Tasos Markou 2015-2017” on view at the NHM.
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