Public Health

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INTERNATIONAL
RELIEF TEAMS
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road
Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120-4309
619.284.7979 Office
619.284.7938 Fax
info@irteams.org

Board of Directors
Chair: Brian Saunders, MD
Stephen Bickler, M.D.
A.C. D’Agustine
Harold J. Forney, M.D.
Lawrence Kohler
Susan Phife
Maria Roberts
Larry Saunders
David D. Tanner
A. Barry La Forgia

IRT Staff
Barry La Forgia,
Executive Director
Rose Uranga,
Director of Operations and Program Development
Susan Callahan,
Communications & Development
Tamra Mackevics,
Program Assistant
Diana Starnes,
Administrative Assistant
Shelley Kilcoyne,
Grant Writer

Technical Advisors
Neonatology
Douglas N. Carbine, MD
Brian S. Saunders, MD
Terri Schneider-Biehl, NNP
Perinatology
Larry M. Cousins, MD
David B. Schrimmer, MD
Obstetrics
Christopher M. Lafferty, MD
Susan Faron, RNC, MSN
Midwifery
Kay R. Gilbert, CNM, Ph.D.
HIV/AIDS
Mitchell J. Besser, MD
Public Health
Oliver J. Biederman, MD
Ophthalmology
Frank A. Scotti, MD
K. Victor Zablit, MD
Construction
Walter Butcher
Timothy Connole
Peter Dudley
James Schaible

Medical Training

Surgical Outreach

Public
Health

Disaster Relief

PUBLIC HEALTH

Constructing clean water systems and sanitation facilities for impoverished communities

By constructing clean water systems and sanitation facilities in rural and agricultural communities, International Relief Teams (IRT) helps eliminate the source of diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea, and hepatitis that afflict many families living in unsanitary conditions.
IRT volunteers hold formal construction classes, which empower many in these communities to construct permanent dwellings and enter the higher paying construction trades.

Constructing hospitals and clinics to serve families who have no access to medical care

The lack of adequate health care facilities and services is a major factor impacting the health of most impoverished communities worldwide. IRT construction volunteers share their time, talent and energy in building rural health clinics and hospitals serving the poor.

Since 1988, 138 teams, involving 1,063 volunteers, have participated in International Relief Teams' public health projects worldwide.