By leena.sahlou
For immediate release 19 July, 2022 Chicago – MedGlobal has released an advocacy report to raise awareness on the tough situation that Rohingya refugees are enduring at the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Five years after the genocide that caused over 700,000 Rohingya to flee their homes in Rakhine State, Myanmmar, their situation is more … Continued
By leena.sahlou
The United Nations Security Council has until July 10 to renew the Syria cross-border resolution, which authorises the UN to deliver life-saving aid to millions of Syrians in need. 32 NGO leaders are calling on the Security Council to renew the resolution for a period of 12 months. Excellencies, Next month, the United Nations Security … Continued
By leena.sahlou
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe should the UN Security Council fail to renew a resolution allowing lifesaving aid delivered cross-border to reach Syria by July 10. A group of 29 NGOs are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe should a UNSC resolution allowing lifesaving aid and services to be delivered cross-border to reach Syria … Continued
By leena.sahlou
Salma is only thirty years old, but her eyes show she is tired. Her scars recount a story of displacement, abuse and suffering that is sadly common among many Syrian refugees and displaced women. Together with her family, she was forcibly displaced from her home back in 2018, and since then she has been living … Continued
By leena.sahlou
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MedGlobal directly implemented a Maternal and child health (MCH) program in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The established MedGlobal Maternity and Birth Centre (MBC) in March 2021, is open for 24/7 prenatal, postnatal, and birthing services, to combat the issues brought about by maternal health complications. The project objectives included i) Providing 90 normal vaginal delivery … Continued
By leena.sahlou
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chicago – MedGlobal team of four US physicians completed a third successful medical mission to Ukraine from May 3-6. Dr. John Peter McBryde, physician, Dr. Tanya Bucierka, emergency medicine physician with Eugene emergency physicians, Oregon, Dr. Judah Slavkovsky, surgeon at Carle Foundation Hospital, and Dr. Kathleen Gallagher, surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, traveled to … Continued
By kaleandflax
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The growing stress on the local health care system in North West Syria required an intervention that would support people impacted with mild COVID-19 outside the standard setting of the hospital and isolation centers. The MedGlobal team and local public health authorities agreed on the design of a home health intervention for the city of … Continued