We have collected an extensive list of online resources related to international health and medical missions.
Medical Mission Outreach is a short-term Christian medical group that provides medical attention and pharmaceutical supplies free of charge to underserved Central and South American areas. They have worked in Honduras and Mexico as well as number of different countries in South America. (09/15/2008 site down)
Mobilizing medical professionals for outreach to those in need of medical care throughout the world by working in partnership with other medical missions organizations.
MRI provides dental, medical and humanitarian aid to people in Manila, several locations in Haiti, and numerous locations in Central America(including Honduras).
Free tutorial website for medical Spanish, with audio.
Medical Teams International has been providing disaster relief and health services in Haiti since 1994. MTI works with partner organizations in Haiti including the Haiti Foundation of Hope, supporting their medical clinic in Terre Blanche. The Advantage Program, run by MTI, provides a rehabilitation clinic and prosthesis/orthotics shop. Medical Teams International also has 4 Team Houses within Haiti available to any short term mission teams needing housing.
Coordinates surgery teams to Antigua, Guatemala. These teams include doctors and nurses that perform surgical procedures for the poor of Guatemala. They welcome non-medical volunteers to assist in various projects with Common Hope and other organizations within the Antigua area.
Medicalmissions.org connects volunteers with organizations sponsoring medical missions. Organizations can post short or long-term volunteer opportunities, as well as medical mission work that span the globe. Their services are 100% free for both volunteers and organizations.
MedicalSpanish.com provides courses for healthcare workers interested in learning Spanish. They also have free resources including a medical Spanish dictionary, anatomical illustrations in Spanish and cultural topics.
MEDICO (The Medical, Eye & Dental International Care Organization) is an independent humanitarian charitable organization providing basic healthcare to underserved regions of Central America. Volunteers come from the U.S. as well as several foreign countries. MEDICO's services include medical, dental, and optometric care along with community health education, water and sanitation projects, dental fluoride programs, school supply projects, bringing special surgery cases to the U.S. and an Adopt.A.Village program.
Medicos en Accion is a non-profit charitable organization made up of individuals whose mandate is to provide medical and surgical care to people in developing countries. Work has focused in and around the Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro Hospital in Antigua, Guatemala.
MediSend gathers surplus medical, surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic medical supplies and equipment and distributes them, free of charge, to qualified hospitals in developing countries that primarily serve the indigent population.
MedLend is a non-profit organization that conducts medical and surgical missions in developing countries, including Guatemala.
Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) works to combat childhood malnutrition and related diseases in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. They use an new peanut-based feeding approach called Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF).
Project MedSend offers student loan repayment grants to healthcare professionals who are headed for career medical missions service under the authority of a recognized missions sending agency. Medsend also develops funding to repay educational loans for healthcare workers as they minister among the underserved at home and abroad.
MedShare works with over 50 hospitals in the United States to recycle surplus medical supplies and equipment for use by healthcare insitutions in developing countries.
MedWish conducts short term medical clinic trips to countries worldwide, including Honduras and Dominican Republic. MedWish repurposes discarded medical supplies and equipment for distribution on medical clinic trips.
MEDWorld is a volunteer organization that collects and recycles unused medical supplies that would otherwise be discarded. The materials they collect are sent to developing countries where they can be used in clinics and hospitals serving the poor. MEDWorld was created by University of North Carolina physicians, medical students and hospital staff who were looking for an opportunity to do community service on a global scale while improving staff morale and reducing hospital waste.
MFMI is an evangelistic Christian organization that sponsors short-term mission trips to a number of countries. Among the trips, they sponsor some medical mission trips to Haiti.
Mercy Corps' work in Guatemala includes strengthening a network of local non-governmental organizations and promoting maternal and child health. A long-term program serves the people of the Tucuru area. Visiting teams of dentists and eye surgeons are now regular services for the Tucur√∫ citizens.
Mercy Ships, a global Christian charity, has operated a fleet of hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Mercy Ships brings medical care to the poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide. They use land-based teams to supplement the work of the ships. They perform operatations and bring medical assistance and long-term sustainable development.
MFH's goals are to reduce the high maternal and infant mortality rates by teaching midwifery skills and to enhance maternal health by providing regular prenatal care, including preventative services by trained midwives. Works in Cite Soleil and Hinche. Works with Haiti Healthcare Foundations, Saint Monica's in Haiti and Haitian Outreach Ministries.
Misioneros Del Camino runs a home for orphaned children, a school and a clinic specializing in neurological disorders, all located in Sumpango Guatemala.
Mission Aviation Fellowship is a Christian missionary organization whose primary purpose is to provide air transportation in support of missionary efforts and humanitarian needs in hard-to-reach areas of the world. MAF also provides internet, I.T. and RF communications to its various projects around the globe.
Mission Doctors Association trains, sends and supports Catholic doctors and their families from the United States to serve in hospitals and clinics in under-served areas of the world.
The Mission Guatemala Clinic is staffed 2 days a week by a doctor and receptionist and offers low cost consultations and medicines. The clinic is located in San Andres Semetabaj in the Solola department of Guatemala.
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