We have collected an extensive list of online resources related to international health and medical missions.

Washington Overseas Mission

The Washington Overseas Mission is a humanitarian aid organization that has been sending medical, dental and construction teams to Honduras and Central America for more than 10 years. Based in the small town of Washington Missouri, their volunteers have helped to improve the lives and health of over 100,000 people in this region of Central America.

Waves of Health

Waves of Health is a non-profit organization providing primary medical care to underserved communities in the developing world, including the Dominican Republic. In addition to conducting annual medical missions, Waves of Health aims to educate healthcare professionals about the health problems prevalent within the communities they serve.

WINGS: Reproductive Health for Women and Men in Guatemala

WINGS' mission is to increase access to contraception and reproductive health care by addressing common obstacles such as geographic isolation, lack of financial resources and education, and cultural barriers. They work with Guatemalan Non-Governmental Organizations and government health centers, reaching out to rural communities, subsidizing the cost of family planning methods, providing cervical cancer screening for the poorest Guatemalans, and offering seminars on reproductive health to rural poor Guatemalans.

Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO)

Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) is a not-for-profit organization led by six female orthopaedic surgeons. As a team of Operation Walk, they are dedicated to providing free surgical treatments for patients in developing countries that have no access to life-improving care for arthritis or other debilitating bone and joint conditions.

World Pediatric Project

World Pediatric Project (formerly International Hospital for Children) focuses on surgery and treatment for children of Latin America, with future plans to expand areas of service. They provide critical surgeries for children at WPP Network Hospitals, and send surgical and diagnostic missions to program countries including Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Honduras.

World Surgical Foundation

WSF has sponsored yearly surgical missions. They typically complete 25-40 surgeries a day during a ten-day mission, including an annual mission to Honduras. WSF also assists medical facilities worldwide fulfilling requests for items and/or mission workers to provide surgical care. They have supported facilities in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya and Russia.

Worldwide Heart to Heart Ministries

Worldwide Heart to Heart Ministries is a non-profit group working inter-denominationally. They are incorporated in the U.S. and Honduras. Medical teams travel to Puerto Cortes and Tegucigalpita.

Wuqu Kawoq

Wuqu Kawoq collaborates with community health workers to provide medical care for diabetics. It also provides training to midwives and health promoters. Wuqu’ Kawoq works in rural communities throughout the departments of Solola, Chimaltenango, Sacatepequez, and Suchitepequez.