Medical Teams began operating in Colombia in 2019 launching health programs focused on community health interventions and clinical care referrals for Venezuelan migrants in Santa Marta, Magdalena Department. In 2020 Medical Teams became a partner of the Colombia Health Cluster.
Colombia hosts the largest population of Venezuelans, with an estimated 2.45 million Venezuelan migrants and 980,000 Colombian returnees with dual citizenship, according to the 2022 Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP). Medical Teams' humanitarian response in Colombia focuses primarily on the health needs of vulnerable Colombians and Venezuelan migrants, particularly women and children.