MedGlobal

Medglobal has helped build resilience for refugees, IDP, & vulnerable communities in disaster regions, low resource countries and fragile states through partnering with local NGOs, providing training, donating medical technology & supplies and providing direct medical care around the world.- Since August 2017, MedGlobal has supported healthcare and emergency humanitarian responses in countries affected by crises, conflicts, and natural disasters, as well as low-resource settings.- MedGlobal currently supports local healthcare for vulnerable populations in Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, Gaza, Greece, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, the United States, and Yemen. - MedGlobal supports local medical professionals responding to health crises, including a health clinic in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh that has served over 122,000 Rohingya refugees and a health clinic supporting maternal and child care for Venezuelan migrants in Colombia. - MedGlobal facilitates health training and education to build the capacity of local partners and health professionals, with a particular focus on the Helping Babies Breath to reduce neonatal mortality, use of point-of-care ultrasounds, critical care, COVID-19 management, and mental health/ psychological first aid. - MedGlobal has distributed the most critically needed medical equipment, medications, and supplies based on comprehensive needs assessments. MedGlobal regularly supports health responses in Gaza, Syria, Ecuador, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, and Pakistan.- In addition to building local healthcare capacity, MedGlobal has been supported by 455 volunteer nurses, pediatricians, paramedics, OB/GYNs, and medical professionals of all specialties from 26 countries, who have volunteered their skills to provide health services and training to communities around the world. - Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, MedGlobal increased the scope and scale of its medical responses, providing critical supplies and training for the COVID-19 response while continuing to support core health services. In the first six months of the pandemic, MedGlobal responded to COVID-19 outbreaks in 10 countries, provided more than $1.85 million towards the COVID-19 response globally, donated over 982,000 items of personal protective equipment (PPE) and over 37,000 critical medical supplies, trained 393 healthcare workers in COVID-19 management, and reached more than 1.75 million people.