We have collected an extensive list of online resources related to international health and medical missions.
Angel Missions Haiti coordinates state-of-the-art medical care and delivers elementary education to the children of Haiti in concert with providing primary health education to Haitian physicians through its U.S. and Haitian missions.
Angel Wings International operates a medical clinic in Jacmel and conducts medical missions several times a year to provide both direct medical care and health education to the community.
Archangel Airborne is a not for profit organization of aviators, clinicians and multidisciplinary specialists whose mission is to provide medical, logistical and consultative support to areas in need of re-stabilization.
Based on years of work in Xela and the rural areas that surround the city, Pop Wuj teachers believe that lack of access to healthcare is one of the most pressing problems in present-day Guatemala. The Pop Wuj Clinic exists to address that need. Since its opening, the Pop Wuj clinic has opened its doors to students and healthcare professionals interested in helping in this process with donations of time, ideas, money or equipment.
The Asociacion Pro Bienestar de la familia de Guatemala (APROFAM)has more than 40 years service in the health sector with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health and a commitment to contribute to the development of Guatemalan society. It offers services in 29 clinics in 18 of the 22 departments in the country and carries out education and health activities through 3,500 voluntary promoters and 500 juvenile multipliers who provide a national coverage.
Clinics, hospitals, and laboratories offering reproductive health services in Guatemala, listed by department.
ASSADE is a non governmental, non-profit organization offering primary health services, equally to the population of San Andres Itzapa and Chimaltenango. Employs two doctors and a pharmacist. Hosts medical missions.
Assist International is a humanitarian organization dedicated to relieving suffering around the world by networking the resources in the world, with the great human need that exists. When medical equipment is requested of Assist International from a hospital, the organization finds an outstanding system, donated by a hospital or corporation in America.A team of biomedical engineers volunteers time to test and recalibrate the equipment into excellent condition. The engineers then install the new system. Doctors and nurses donate their time and expertise to train personnel in the equipment's use.
Sponsored by the God's Child Project in Antigua, this clinic makes medical, dental and pharmaceutical services available on a sliding scale ranging from free to 17 cents to a maximum of $ 7 per visit.
Austin Smiles conducts 2-3 surgical missions annually to Latin American countries, including Guatemala. Surgical teams conduct cleft palate/cleft lip surgeries as well as providing post surgical care.
The Baptist Haiti Mission's medical ministry in Fermathe, Haiti (close to Port-au-Prince) serves the local population as well as those in remote areas. The medical staff operates a 100 bed full service hospital and tuberculosis sanitarium, as well as outpatient clinics serving hundreds daily.
BMDMI sends short-term and full-time missionaries abroad to minister to impoverished people through medical-dental volunteer mission teams. For the past 3 decades, BMDMI has been ministering in the remote villages of Honduras and Nicaragua striving to meet the needs of people who are in great need. Our short-term mission teams comprised of professionals and non-professionals alike play a critical role in meeting these needs.
Baptist Medical Missions International is a program offering free medical care by volunteer health care professionals where there is need around the world. The medical/evangelistic teams, comprised of hundreds of doctors, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists, nurses, and a host of other health care professionals visited/will visit in 2004 Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic, as well as many other countries.
TASK Force Program provides opportunities for healthcare professionals to serve abroad from 1 week to 2 months. A clinic is operating in Jacmel, Haiti with one Haitian doctor and one mission doctor.
The project is a parish ministry of St. John the Baptist Catholic Community, Silver Spring, Maryland. It enables people in St. Pierre parish, Baraderes, to obtain health and educational services they otherwise would not have. Baraderes is on the north coast of Haiti's western peninsula, about 100 miles west of Port-au-Prince.
Humanitarian aid organization with the purpose of addressing the difficulties facing the indigent population living in the bateys [labor enclaves] of the Dominican Republic, including the Haitian migrants and their families by raising awareness about their plight by facilitating dialogues and by forming partnerships so that effective programs can be created.
Data on health system in Belize from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Belize Health News. Service for global professionals. Constantly updated news and information about Belize.
Site by WordTravels reviews travel immunizations, disease information for Belize.
Belize Medical Associates has a mission to provide complete quality health services at affordable prices through professional and dedicated medical staff. Belize Medical Associates is affiliated with Baptist Health Systems of Miami.
The Belize Mission Project has been taking doctors and dentists into Belize since 1991. They are familiar with temporary licensing requirements, and also have connections to facilitate the entry of medications and supplies into Belize.
MDtravelhealth.com provides travel health information, updated daily, for physicians and travelers. Includes immunization recommendations and description of diseases in Belize.
Benevolent Missions International (BMI) is dedicated to providing ophthalmic care to the underserved in many areas around the world, including Belize.
This 70 year old hospital is open 24/7 and sees any and all patients. Services include: Maternity, Pediatric, Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Infectious Disease. Beraca Medical Center manages HIV/AIDS, tracks and treats TB, and raises community health awareness. Beraca Medical Center is located in La Pointe des Palmistes, Port-de-Paix, Departement du Nord-Ouest.
BPGHM provides links to journal articles and other publications pertaining to Best Practices in Global Health Missions. These materials are assembled and continuously updated by an international working group of Christian healthcare practitioners seeking to develop and promote consensus guidelines of best practices for the planning, execution, integration and follow-through of effective cross-cultural short-term healthcare missions.
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