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VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE TRAINING AND HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE IN NEED IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND DISASTER-AFFECTED AREAS, IMPLEMENT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS, PROVIDE FREE DENTAL CARE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, HOST VISITORS AND TOUR GROUPS IN OUR MULTI-SENSORY EXHIBIT, PROVIDE GENERAL OFFICE ASSISTANCE, REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION IN COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND HELP PREPARE MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPMENT TO INTERNATIONAL OFFICES AND PARTNERS. |
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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 MOBILE DENTAL PROGRAM. WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH HEALTH FACILITIES TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL SERVICES BEING PROVIDED. IN MANY CASES, THIS INVOLVES TRAINING OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND SEEKING TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT OF MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN, TO EMPOWER THEM TO MANAGE AND PROMOTE THEIR OWN HEALTH AS WELL AS REDUCE PREVENTABLE DISEASES AND ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND WELL-BEING LONG AFTER WE LEAVE. |
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TANZANIA: IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED OPERATIONS IN WESTERN TANZANIA, PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES IN NYARUGUSU, MTENDELI AND NDUTA REFUGEE CAMPS. MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED AS A UNHCR HEALTH-IMPLEMENTING PARTNER IN THE CAMPS, PROVIDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, REFERRAL SERVICES TO SECONDARY AND TERTIARY HEALTH CLINICS 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 EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, AND BUILD CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH EQUIPPING AND SUPPLYING CLINICS, AND TRAINING CLINICAL STAFF. 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. IN SOUTHWEST UGANDA, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AND UNHCR, MEDICAL TEAMS IS PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO 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 AND THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE AND NUTRITION SUPPORT TO REFUGEES IN ADJUMANI AND MOYO/OBONGI 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 PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE AND NUTRITION SUPPORT TO REFUGEES IN KYANGWALI SETTLEMENT IN KIKUUBE DISTRICT, KYAKA II SETTLEMENT IN KYEGEGWA DISTRICT, AND RWAMWANJA SETTLEMENT IN KAMWENGE DISTRICT. MEDICAL TEAMS IMPROVED HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR REFUGEES THROUGH REPRODUCTIVE/HIV SERVICES, NUTRITION CARE FOR MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, AND DISEASE VACCINATION AND TREATMENT. ACROSS UGANDA IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND NUTRITION SUPPORT TO 742,000 REFUGEES AND 398,000 NATIONALS. MEDICAL TEAMS CONDUCTED 1,316,974 PRIMARY HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT CONSULTATIONS AND SUPPORTED 31,806 LIVE BIRTHS AT HEALTH FACILITIES. US PROGRAMS: THE DOMESTIC EXPRESSION OF MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL, SERVING THE HEALTH NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THE STATES OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON USING A MOBILE CLINIC MODEL. THIRTEEN LARGE MOBILE CLINIC VEHICLES DESIGNED FOR DENTAL SERVICES, 3 MINI-VANS AND OVER 600 VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTED THE 55 STAFF TO DEPLOY 1,601 CLINICS AND 2,401 SHIFTS OF SCHEDULED VOLUNTEERS. ONE CLINIC EQUALS A CLINIC DAY IN SERVICE AT A PARTNER SITE. SEVERAL NOTABLE CHANGES OCCURRED AS THE PROGRAM ADDED COVID-19 MOBILE TESTING AND VACCINATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PAID CLINICAL STAFF AND INCREASED ATTENTION TO INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES. THERE WERE NO KNOWN CASES OF CLINIC COVID TRANSMISSION DURING THE YEAR. TO SUPPORT THE MORE THAN TRIPLE GROWTH IN PATIENT ENCOUNTERS, THE DEPARTMENT WAS RESTRUCTURED TO INCLUDE A DEDICATED SUPPORT SERVICES TEAM COMPOSED OF FLEET MANAGEMENT, IT, HR, FINANCE, VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. OF THE 54,475 PATIENTS ENCOUNTERED, SERVICES INCLUDED 5,016 DENTAL VISITS, 37,869 COVID TESTS AND 13,379 COVID IMMUNIZATIONS. |
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IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS SHIPPED MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, PPE AND VITAMINS TO ARMENIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ETHIOPIA, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, LEBANON, LIBERIA, MEXICO, NICARAGUA C.A., ROMANIA, SUDAN, TANZANIA, UGANDA, AND UKRAINE. BANGLADESH: IN FY21, 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. ADDITIONALLY, JRRP RESPONDED TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN FY21, JRRP HAD TWO PRIMARY HEALTH CENTERS (PHC), ONE HEALTH POST (HP), AND ONE 50-BED SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ISOLATION AND TREATMENT CENTER (SARI ITC) IN KUTUPALONG CAMP. DIRECT HEALTH SERVICES WERE COMPLEMENTED BY AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) PROGRAM WHICH COVERED THREE CAMPS WITHIN KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP. THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM CONSISTED OF 95 CHWS, 20 COMMUNITY PSYCHOSOCIAL VOLUNTEERS, AND 18 TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS, WHO REACHED MORE THAN 13,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH HEALTH EDUCATION MESSAGING, REFERRALS TO HEALTH FACILITIES, AND INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SERVICES. 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 58,636 ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND BANGLADESHI NATIONALS. COLOMBIA: IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED ITS PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO HEALTH THROUGH HEALTH PROMOTION, DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, MEDICAL SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS, AND SUBSIDIZED MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES TO A CATCHMENT POPULATION OF 60,654 VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS IN COLOMBIA ACROSS THREE CITIES. MEDICAL TEAMS BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THE COMMUNITY- AND HEALTH SYSTEM-STRENGTHENING PROGRAM IN SANTA MARTA (MAGDALENA DEPARTMENT) IN OCTOBER 2020, AND EXPANDED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES TO TWO ADDITIONAL CITIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS: CINAGA (MAGDALENA DEPARTMENT) AND TUNJA (BOYAC DEPARTMENT) IN FEBRUARY 2021. MEDICAL TEAMS WAS THE FIRST NGO TO DELIVER SERVICES TO MIGRANTS IN THESE NEW SITES AND, PER THE REQUEST OF IOM, PROVIDED HEALTH INFORMATION, SCREENINGS, AND REFERRALS TO CAMINANTES (MIGRANTS-IN-TRANSIT) ALONG MIGRANT ROUTES THROUGH MOBILE HEALTH POINTS. MIGRANTS WERE REGISTERED TO COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING WHATSAPP TO PROVIDE KEY HEALTH INFORMATION, INCLUDING GUIDANCE ON NEARBY HEALTH FACILITIES AND VACCINES. MEDICAL TEAMS RECRUITED AND TRAINED A CADRE OF 57 COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEERS (CHVS) AND DEVELOPED A CONTEXT-SPECIFIC COMMUNITY HEALTH TOOLKIT COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, BREASTFEEDING, VACCINATIONS, COVID-19 SYMPTOMS AND PREVENTION, AND DATA COLLECTION. BETWEEN JANUARY AND JULY 2021, MEDICAL TEAMS SUBSIDIZED MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE, PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN, AND CHILDREN UNDER 5 AT CONTRACTED LOCAL PRIMARY HEALTH CENTERS. ALSO IN THIS TIME PERIOD, CHVS REACHED ABOUT 6,137 PEOPLE PER MONTH WITH HEALTH EDUCATION MESSAGING. ETHIOPIA: IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF ITS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TEAM IN RESPONSE TO CONFLICT IN THE TIGRAY REGION OF ETHIOPIA AND RENEWED ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN WORKERS. THEY IDENTIFIED GREAT HEALTH NEEDS AND DECIDED TO SET UP OPERATIONS AROUND SHIRE IN ETHIOPIA. THROUGHOUT THE FY, MEDICAL TEAMS ACHIEVED REGISTRATION, SET UP OFFICES IN SHIRE AND ADDIS ABABA, AND HIRED 21 STAFF TO SUPPORT THE WORK. MEDICAL TEAMS IN ETHIOPIA WORKS WITH HEALTH POSTS AND CLINICS THAT WERE DAMAGED DURING CONFLICT TO REESTABLISH THEMSELVES WITH MEDICAL STAFF, ESSENTIAL DRUGS, AND COMMUNITY BASED WORK. TOTAL PHC CONSULTATIONS DURING FY21 WAS OVER 10,000. GUATEMALA: IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED ITS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM IN 12 COMMUNITIES IN CHICAMN. 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. USING A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER MODEL, MEDICAL TEAMS STAFF TRAINED A CADRE OF MORE THAN 150 MOTHER COUNSELORS ON VARIOUS HEALTH TOPICS, WHO THEN PASS ON THESE LESSONS TO FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, COMMUNITY NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE TEAMS MONITORED THE NUTRITION STATUS OF MORE THAN 500 CHILDREN, REFERRING MALNUTRITION CASES FOR TREATMENT AS NEEDED. MEDICAL TEAMS TRAINED 19 MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) HEALTH PROVIDERS ON EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL CARE PROTOCOLS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 137 LATRINES, 170 STOVES AND 200 WATER SYSTEMS, AND MORE THAN 200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE TRAINED ON MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEMS. MEDICAL TEAMS IMPLEMENTED A RESPONSE PROGRAM TO HURRICANES ETA AND IOTA FROM NOVEMBER 2020 TO JANUARY 2021. MEDICAL TEAMS TRAINED AND EQUIPPED 10 MOBILE MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDING A BASIC HEALTH SERVICE PACKAGE INCLUDING VACCINATIONS, GROWTH MONITORING, ANTENATAL CARE CHECKUPS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES. STOVES, LATRINES, AND SHOWERS WERE INSTALLED AT 9 SHELTERS. MEDICAL TEAMS ORGANIZED 9 SHELTER COMMITTEES AND TRAINED 55 PEOPLE ON SHELTER MANAGEMENT. PPE AND HYGIENE KITS WERE DISTRIBUTED, AND HYGIENE PROMOTION WAS CONDUCTED IN SPANISH AND LOCAL LANGUAGES. FROM JULY 2020 TO MAY 2021, MEDICAL TEAMS IMPLEMENTED A COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN MIXCO, GUATEMALA CITY. A TOTAL OF ABOUT 23,800 PEOPLE WERE ENROLLED IN THE PROJECT TO RECEIVE EDUCATION ON HYGIENE AND COVID-19 PREVENTION AND SYMPTOMS, AND HOME VISITS FOR QUARANTINE FOLLOW UP AND CONTACT TRACING. MORE THAN 8,500 HYGIENE KITS WERE DELIVERED TO 43,450 PEOPLE, WHO REPORTED A 99% SATISFACTION FOR THE CONTENTS AND QUALITY OF THE KITS. MEDICAL TEAMS TRAINED 296 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 263 MOH HEALTH STAFF ON COVID-19 INFECTION AND PREVENTION PROTOCOLS AND CONTACT TRACING, SUPPORTED 50 TESTING DAYS, AND CONDUCTED MORE THAN 2,800 COVID-19 TESTS. OVERALL, AN ESTIMATED 470,000 PEOPLE WERE REACHED THROUGH A MULTI-MEDIA RISK COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING LOUDSPEAKERS, FLYERS, AND FACEBOOK. LEBANON: IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS CONTINUED ITS WORK SERVING SYRIAN REFUGEES IN THE BEKAA VALLEY IN LEBANON. THE PRIMARY TARGETED BENEFICIARIES WERE 43,593 SYRIAN REFUGEES LIVING IN 136 INFORMAL REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS IN THE CENTRAL BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON. TO STRENGTHEN BOTH THE HEALTH SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY SYSTEMS, MEDICAL TEAMS USES 172 REFUGEE OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS (ROVS) WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND OUTBREAK PREVENTION AND RESPONSE. OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE HEALTH PROMOTION MESSAGING, DISEASE MONITORING AND REFERRALS TO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND OTHER SERVICES. MEDICAL TEAMS CONDUCTED 20,503 HEALTH AWARENESS SESSIONS IN FY21. THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT (MHPSS) THROUGH A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST OFFERING INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND GROUP PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT. IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS CONDUCTED 1,003 MHPSS CONSULTATIONS. IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19, OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS SHARED INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL MESSAGES WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WHATSAPP NETWORKS AND REFERRED PATIENTS FOR TESTING AND VACCINATION AS NEEDED. MEDICAL TEAMS PARTNERED WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO SUPPORT OVER 1,000 REFUGEES TO REGISTER FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE. SUDAN: IN FY21, MEDICAL TEAMS SENT MEMBERS OF THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TEAM TO SUDAN DUE TO THE CONFLICT IN TIGRAY ETHIOPIA CAUSING AN INFLUX OF REFUGEES INTO SOUTHERN SUDAN. URGENT HEALTH NEEDS IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS WERE FOUND, AND THEREFORE MEDICAL TEAMS PURSUED SETTING UP A COUNTRY OFFICE. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, MEDICAL TEAMS ACHIEVED REGISTRATION, BUT ALSO PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUDAN CALLED ZOA. TOGETHER THE ORGANIZATIONS BUILT AND RAN A PRIMARY HEALTH CLINIC IN UM RAKOUBA CAMP IN GEDAREF STATE. MEDICAL TEAMS HAS BUILT UP A TEAM OF STAFF BOTH IN KHARTOUM AND AT THE GEDAREF LEVEL WITH THE GOAL OF BEING MORE INDEPENDENT DURING FY22 AND OBTAIN ITS OWN DONOR FUNDING. TOTAL CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE ESTABLISHED CLINIC WAS AROUND 3,000 SUDANESE HOST COMMUNITY AND 2,500 ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES. |
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ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990 THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT/CFO AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE ORGANIZATION BEFORE A PUBLIC INSPECTION COPY IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FULL BOARD. BOARD MEMBERS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND EXPRESS CONCERNS PRIOR TO FILING THE RETURN. |
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ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY ALL STAFF MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT WHEN HIRED; BOARD MEMBERS SIGN WHEN JOINING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND AGREE TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. FOR CONFLICTS INVOLVING BOARD MEMBERS, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND, IN THE ABSENCE OF RESOLUTION, REFERS THE MATTER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FOR STAFF MEMBERS, THE CEO RESOLVES ALL MATTERS RELATED TO ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. |
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COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL MEDICAL TEAMS ATTEMPTS TO PAY SALARIES COMPETITIVE WITH THOSE PAID BY OTHER RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE LABOR MARKETS. THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES CARRIES OUT REGULAR SURVEYS OF SALARIES PAID BY COMPARABLE EMPLOYERS. SALARY INCREASES ARE BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, CHANGES IN RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE ANNUAL MARKET SURVEYS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S SALARY. COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OTHER EMPLOYEE'S SALARIES ARE SET BY EVALUATING TWO SOURCES OF MARKET DATA ON US-BASED NON-PROFIT SALARIES. THOSE SOURCES ARE UTILIZED BY THE HR DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP SALARY SCALES THAT ARE THEN APPROVED BY THE CEO. THE LAST DATE FOR REVIEW OF ALL CURRENT SALARIES WAS DECEMBER 2021. THE EXTERNAL SOURCES OF DATA ARE THE BIRCHES SALARY SURVEY AND THE PRM CONSULTING COMPENSATION SALARY SURVEY. |
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GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE ON FILE WITH THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.