Q: Which agencies are involved in medical missions and healthcare?
A: Look at these directories.
A: Look at these.
Your denomination may be a good place to start looking. I have found several that specialize in this area:
- Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism
http://www.fameworld.org
- Flying doctors of America
http://www.fdoamerica.org
- MAP International ("A nondenominational service agency providing medicines and supplies for medical work, health development and emergency relief.")
http://www.map.org
- Medical Ambassadors International
http://www.med-amb.org
A: Here’s some that are strong in medical missions:
Answer from Dr. Cynthia Hale, who with her husband Dr. Tom Hale served for years in Nepal and authored a number of missions books including On Being a Missionary.
Mission agencies that do well with medical missions include:
American Leprosy Missions
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http://www.ilep.org.uk/ilep_member_alm.htm
InterServe
http://www.interserve.org/
SIM
http://www.sim.org
Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board
http://www.imb.org
TEAM
http://www.teamworld.org
World Gospel Mission’s Tenwek Hospital in Kenya
http://www.tenwek.org