A Salvation Army 25-bed hospital, focussing on maternal child health and paediatrics. It serves a widespread catchment area in which a mobile unit operates and a community health programme has developed. HIV/AIDS is becoming a significant issue.

Action Partners is helping to cross-cultures, taking the gospel to the unreached. We can assist with medical elective placements working within our established teams who minister to both the physical and spiritual needs of the communities they serve.

Their main focus is facilitating short-term and long-term mission placements. Short-term placements can be a period of three months to two years but are always where they fit into Action Partner's long-term purpose of church planting.

In 2007 Action Partners become the UK and Western Europe mobilisation centre for The Pioneers. For more info about Pioneers visit www.pioneers.org

African Inland Mission International is an nterdenominational mission with significant medical work in several African Nations.

BMS World Mission personnel and partner organisations work in over 30 countries worldwide, mostly in six major area: church planting, development, disater relief, education, health and media. Enabling the world's people to know Christ, alleviating suffering and injustice and improving the quality of life with people as our primary agent of change.

A Salvation Army 300-bed general hospital including special departments in medicine, surgery, paediatrics, ophthalmology, obstetrics, orthopaedics.

There is an associated nurses' training school and community health department. Nearby there are Salvational Army vocational training centres for physically handicapped.

A modern, well equipped centre devoted mainly to the care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with paralysis and the training and development of health professionals.

A 150 bed general hospital with training schools for nurses, midwives and laboratory assistants. There is an associated leprosy control programme and rehabilitation centre.  A mobile community health team operates in the surrounding districts.  There are five associated rural health centres. An AIDS care, prevention and control programme has developed since 1987. A four phase nutrition programme is conducted.

Worldwide Christian service in eye care and projects for blind and other disabled people.

Fellowship for Christian doctors.

The Board of World Mission is the Church of Scotland's overseas department. We stretch out to the world and participate in God's mission worldwide, acting on behalf of the whole Church of Scotland.

Christian Brethren Missionary support agency, supporting about 370 workers in more than 50 countries. Wide variety of ministries, but sizable medical work in Central Africa, Pakistan and India.

Ekwendeni Mission Hospital has existed since the 1889, after being established by Scottish missionaries as a dispensary. It is a 230-bed capacity hospital owned by CCAP Synod of Livingstonia since 1962 and registered under Christian Health Association of Malawi. It is located in north east part Mzimba (largest district in Malawi), about 25 km from Mzuzu city along the M1 road to Karonga.

It has a catchment of 600 sq km, serving a population of over 74,000 people and also a referral population of over 200,000 people from neighboring areas, district in northern region and Tanzania and Zambia. It has 297 staff members working in clinical, nursing, Primary Health Care, administration, maintenance and Chaplaincy departments. These provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services to patients and the community.

A new agency formed by the merger of EHA UK and EMMS International.

Medical Mission organisation involved in primary healthcare support, training & education etc in Africa, SE Asia, and the Middle East. Their aim is ' to be a vibrant international healthcare, development and support agency which derives its strength from a commitment to serve Jesus Christ'.

It now supports not only the work of the Emmanuel Hospital Association in India, but also Lok hospital in Thane, near Mumbai, India, supports the work of INF in the Surkeht district of Nepal, CCAP at Ekwendeni, Mulanje and Livingstonia hospitals and Ekwendeni nursing school in Malawi, and Nazareth Hospital in Israel.
Its activities include elective bursaries for medical and other students and sending medicines overseas.

EMMS Nazareth is a UK registered charity whose mission is the advancement of Christianity through the provision of health and educational services.

The principal asset of the charity is the Nazareth Hospital which is a modern General Hospital employing 450 people located in Nazareth, Israel. The hospital serves the local community which is predominantly Arab and has a School of Nursing. However it is not a requirement that candidates have experience in the health sector as this expertise already exists in the organisation.

The charity's other assets include land surrounding the hospital. It plans to develop the land into a community office environment/incubator where other groups with similar aims that also provide services in the locality can be based.

Fellowship for Christian doctors in India.

A Salvation Army 70 bed hospital with a focus on maternal child health and an emerging community health outreach process.

Friends of Ludhiana is the U.K. support base for the work centred at the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMC), Ludhiana, Punjab, North India.

Frontiers was formed 25 years ago in the belief that God uses ordinary people to achieve His purposes in extraordinary ways. Teams of like-minded people take their professions, gifts and dreams and live out the love God in Muslim communities looking to see strong, reproducing, indigenous churches established where often there is no church. Frontiers works in partnership withlocal churches here in the UK to prepare and enable teams for this amazing work among as yet unreached peoples throughout the Muslim world.

HCJB Global United Kingdom is the British office of HCJB Global, an international Christian organisation working in radio and healthcare.

located in a village setting in the foothills of the Himalayas, 160 miles north of Delhi and 25 miles west of the Uttaranchal Sate capital, Dehradun. The hospital was founded in 1936 by the late Dr Geoffrey Lehmann.

The hospital provides a range of services including a 100 bed in patient unit, General Surgery, Paediatrics & Paediatric Surgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Community Health, Ophthalmology, General medicine, Dental services, Clinical psychology, Occupational therapy, Physiotherapy.

Opened in 1994, the hospital addresses the whole realm of health problems ranging from sanitation and preventive health education in the community to curative procedures (e.g., strangulated hernia repair), C-sections, corrective surgery for leprosy patients, and physical therapy. The medical staff provides surgery, maternity services, and general medicine along with treatment in the outpatient clinic.

Good News Hospital in Madagascar. A mission hospital with community health project. Spreading the gsopel is of primary importance to them.

Hospice Africa, a UK registered charity, was founded to provide or support the provision of palliative care to terminally ill cancer patients in the African setting. This was to be achieved in two ways:
a) The establishment of a 'model' hospice providing a direct home care based service to patients and their families.
b) The development of an education programme for health professionals and volunteers, using the 'model' hospice as a teaching model.

A Salvation Army 100-bed general hospital with nursing and midwifery training schools. A student centre of the Community Health Department of the University of Zimbabwe is affiliated with the hospitalwith whom it cooperates in community health in the surrounding districts.

A Nepal Government-registered non-profit, non-government organisation; based on biblical principles and values;committed to community development;instrumental in facilitating a network of developmental opportunities in holistic mission;seeking to develop the social and spiritual skills of the nation.

HDCS is engaged in the operation of hospitals and an international school, a ministry of empowerment of the marginalized, and the education and vocational training of children living with disabilities.

Internationial China Concern (ICC) is a Christian development organisation changing lives by bringing love, hope and opportunity to China's abandoned and disabled. ICC provides homes for life, medical services, therapy, special education and vocational training for more than 200 abandoned and disabled children and young adults. ICC also runs training programmed for social welfare workers across China and is committed, long term, to reducing abandonment.

Our mission is to offer future physicians a comprehensive introduction to global health issues. Through our programming and opportunities, we develop culturally sensitive students of medicine, intent on influencing the transnational inequalities that shape the health of our planet.

US Based agnecy specialising in short-term capacity building trips to developing nations for professionals and students of all disciplines

Interdenominational mission with the aim of bringing care to the sick and poor, to improve people's quality of life and build Christ's church.

The Society for Comprehensive Rural Health Project has been working among the marginalized poor for nearly 33 years. The care in extended to all people without partiality of caste, race or religion. It is underpinned by values of compassion, justice, hope and trust. It has successfully sought to improve the well being of people through integrated efforts in health and development.

Jian Hua seeks to provide foreign expertise to China in all disciplines to enable us to fulfil our purpose which is to build China through co-operation in education, development, medical & social services, serving her peoples with compassion, integrity and expertise.

For further information please see http://www.healthserve.org/pubs/a0233.htm

Part of Africa Inland Church Health Ministries. Kapsowar Hospital is an 80 bed Hospital. It is the only hospital in the district and serves a least an area of a houndred thousand people. Staffed by mostly Kenyans, with a few expatriots who fill roles as doctors and nurses. Kapsowar is located in the Marakwet District. At an Altitude of 7500ft.

KCMC is a tertiary referral hospital for over 11 million people in Northern Tanzania. The hospital has over 450 beds, with hundreds of outpatients attending the centre everyday. It is part of the Tumaini University which has 16 schools of Allied Health Sciences.

The Hospital was established in 1958 by the Ruanda Mission and subsequently handed over to the Church of Uganda, being now part of the ministry of the North Kigezi diocese based in Rukungiri.

Kiwoko Hospital services approximately half a million people in the Luwero triangle, an area roughly half the size of Northern Ireland, and annually treats around 23,000 outpatients and around 6,000 inpatients. They have 6 doctors.

This rural mission hospital is based 90KM from Kampala, offering hospital and community based healthcare services to the local community.

Integrated community health and development project with 150 bed hospital in rural north west Bangladesh. The community programme works with about 350,000 of the poorest people in the area. The hospital provides services in comprehensive obstetric care (about 3500 deliveries per year), gynaecology, paediatrics, medicine and general surgery. We have a community based rehabilitation programme for children with disabilities. There is also a very active training centre, training health and development workers for our own and other agencies including the Governement of Bangladesh. The research component of the project is also expanding. Our vision is to see people living as God intended in spiritually, physically, socio-economically, and emotionally healthy communities.
The project also has an English medium school for staff children and volunteers are always welcome there.

Started in May 1931, LCH is located in the township of Mussoorie, at 7,000 feet above sea level in the Himalayan foothills. It serves the people of the township as well as the nearby villages. The hill people in the villages are very poor, living at a subsistence level, with high infant and maternal mortality rates, compounded by malnutrition. Many are refugees from Tibet and Nepal.

LCH offers General Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Paediatrics, Anesthesia, Dental services, Ophthalmology and Community Health services. It has a bed capcity of 35, and an outpatient capcity of around 100 paitents per day.

International, interdenominational mission committed to mission to and from Latin America.

The Leprosy Mission (TLM) is an international Christian organisation serving the needs of people affected by leprosy in 30 countries. It brings healing through appropriate treatment and care, as well as practical support for people with ongoing leprosy related problems, working in partnership with communities, national governments and other agencies

Linking Hands mission is "Linking Global Partnerships in Medical Mission". They facilitate and connect Christian medical professionals to long/short term opportunities world-wide. The primary mission of Linking Hands is to mobilise professional Christian healthcare workers (on volunteer basis) all over the world and eventually connect them to different medical projects run by Christian Missioni Organisations or establised Church Mission Work. This includes Crisis Relief work in the acute or recovery phase.

The ministry is also very much involved in providing established Student Elective Opportunities to Christian hospitals or projects in different regions of the world.

Linking Hands is based in Singapore, and is solely a volunteer group. The main focus is on networking of medical personnel to needs in the different countries.

Linking Hands is a web-based virtual organisation run by a group of nine volunteer doctors, a team of three IT personnel and a full time administrator. In addition to being web-based, there is personalised contact and service that Linking Hands provides through phone calls, email and actual meeting up of all our contacts.

In summary the areas of networking include linking:

• Christian Medical Professionals to Short/Long Term opportunities worldwide
• Student Elective Programmes with Mission Hospitals
• Medical Professionals/Resources for Crisis Relief
• Medical Mission Leaders and Agencies to facilitate partnership

Co-Ordinates visits for short-term electives / visitors and organises purchase of equipment / supplies for use in the field.

The MDU is a mutual, not-for-profit organisation owned by our members — doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals. 'Ever since opening for business in 1885, we have been the leading medical defence organisation in the UK. We defend the professional reputations of our members when their clinical performance is called into question. On their behalf we may pay legal costs in the civil courts, professional tribunals and criminal courts. We may also pay damages to patients who have been avoidably harmed by medical negligence during their treatment.'

Useful book from Professionals and students. See webpage

A useful website for professionals and those students searching for elective placements. Lists a number of overseas hospitals both secular and mission.

MEDICSTRAVEL has been set up to help doctors, nurses, physios, theatre staff, radiographers and other health professionals arrange work and electives overseas. It provides ideas of places to go as well as lists of hospitals in over 120 different countries. It also lists Non Governmental Organisations and Recruitment Agencies that work all over the world

Getting the bigger picture on health, offering, clinical exchanges take you to study in another country as part of your course; helping you get Global Health into your curriculum – BScs, SSMs and core projects abroad with International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations debates, seminars, campaigns at your medical school

World Church Office of the Methodist Church in Britain.

MECO is an international and interdenominational fellowship of evangelical Chrisitans who share the vision of extending the kingdom of God among Middle East people, in partnership with the national churches

The Mildmay Centre is a specialist HIV/AIDS Care and Training Centre.  Our clinics are outpatient clinics and we see about 150-200 patients a day, over half of whom are children. We provide palliative care and rehabilitation services including the provision of antiretroviral therapy and care is given through a multi-disciplinary team. Our training centre provides training for over 1,000 health care professionals each year in different aspects of HIV/AIDS care.

Mission Africa brings the message of Christ to unreached people in Africa, disciples believers in their faith and seeks to bring God's love and care to the sick, hurting and destitute.

Situated in a remote area of northern KwaZulu Natal, this 184 bedded hospital has a strong Christian ethos. Situated 60 Km from the border with Mozambique, it provides primary healthcare for a rural community of some 75,000 people

MSI Professional Services (formerly Medical Services International) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to serving the health and community needs of the poor and disadvantaged people in China. It's vision is to share Christ's love through the lives in sacrificial service to the Chinese people.

MSI provides opportunities for short term and long term workers in medical and community health care; community development; English teaching; vocational training for youth; business management training; livestock/agriculture consultancy.

Mukinge Hospital was founded by Dr. Bob Foster in the early 1950's in the Kasempa area of Zambia. It has 200 beds divided between 7 separate inpatient wards for general medical/surgical, maternity (1,300 - 1400 deliveries a year), acute paediatrics, malnutrition, isolation, and TB. In addition, it includes an active out-patient department and numerous support services. The hospital cares for an average of 150-160 inpatients per day, and 160-180 outpatients per day. ‘Local patients’ travel as far as 5 days on foot / bike to reach the hospital, with a growing number of other patients coming to Mukinge's rural / remote setting when they are unable to obtain adequate care in the cities.

Mulanje Mission Hospital is in Malawi. The hospital has developed into a 192 bed general hospital in Mulanje district with over 475,000 inhabitants. The immediate catchment area for the hospital and its Primary Health Care program is 71 villages with around 66,000 people.

Christian medical and dental out patients clinic to especially low income groups in an urban setting. Commitment to wholistic health care. Meeting the challenge of achieving excellence in primary care in a resource poor setting.
Links also with the National Hospital of Sri Lanka and Colombo South Teaching Hospital.

The Nepal Leprosy Trust is a UK-based Christian agency that provides services to people affected by leprosy in the Kingdom of Nepal.

NLT serves not only those affected by leprosy, but also other marginalised groups. Its early work, which began in 1972, included establishing a range of rehabilitation, income generation and financial assistance projects for people affected by leprosy, destitute women and children, and other disadvantaged people. Following 20 years of experience, the Trust established Nepal's third leprosy referral hospital at Lalgadh, in the southeast of the country. It was officially opened in 1996 and is now a major centre with over 30,000 visits per year, offering much more than just medical diagnosis and treatment.

The Church in Papua New Guinea plays a key role in providing health care & education for some of the world's poorest people.

Church based mission agency of Poplars Church demonstrating their faith by placing individuals at points of need in Brasov, Romania. Since 1990 they have placed approx. 2000 volunteers in various locations/institutions in Brasov.

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. It's message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

A 120 bed Christian Mission Hospital located in a semi-rural area of southwestern Nigeria, with a Family Residency as well as a Housemanship programme. They have 4 full time  consultants (two in family Medicine and two in Obstretrics/Gynecology). They regularly have medical students from Nigeria and other  parts of West Africa as well as the US do international/mission medicine rotations with us. We see a variety of medical cases including malaria, tuberculosis, meningitis, tetanus, peptic ulcer disease, hypertension, diabetes, renal disease, and AIDS. Surgical cases such as typhoid perfprations, hernias, complicated deliveries, prostatectomies, cancers, road traffic accidents, and other types of trauma are common.

SHIC stands for Serving Humanity In Crisis. It is a non-profit, charitable organisation. Our visionis to improve the quality of available healthcare and welfare care particularly for children, the handicapped, the elderly and the poor in China and in other countries of Asia. They work to reduce the suffering among them so that they can reach their full potential, realise their dreams and make their own contributions to society. It is our desire to build lasting bridges of friendship and peace through excellent service and successful co-operation with government officials in the private sector at every level and of every background.

Our purpose is carried out through serving children and the poor:

1. Foster care;
2. Medical Treatment Centre;
3. Corrective surgeries for orphans and children from poor families;
4. Foster care initiatives and adoption directives
5. Services to children of prisoners, orphans and orphanages;
6. Scholarship programs for the poor children whose family cannot afford part or all of their education;
7. Short-term clinics in remote areas to treat diseases of the poor;
8. Training Seminars for all levels and disciplines of the healthcare field;
9. Disaster Relief projects;
10. Internship programs for college age and high school age young people;
11. Surgery for yound adults, thereby increasing potential creativity and productivity during the prime time of their lives.

An International, Inter-denominational, Evangelical Christian mission agency, working in over 40 countries in a variety of ministries - Evangelism / Church planting, Discipleship and Leadership, Training Translation and Literacy, Health Care and HIV/AIDS, Children's work, Community Development.

Long worked in close partnership with the Anglican Church of the southern cone of Latin America, and some dioceses of the Episcopal Church of Brazil.

A busy general hospital in Eastern Zambia providing inpatient and outpaitent care to a large population of subsistence farmers. The hospital has specialist and general medical officers as well as clinical officers, registered and enrolled nurses and midwives. Major speciality disciplines are represented and the clinical services are supported by basi x-ray and laboratory services.

Opportunities overseas for professionals, not just teachers! Arrange elective placements for students in the developing world.

A Salvation Army 85 bed general hospital with a community health programme.

UFM Worldwide is an interdenominational mission sending missionaries, mainly from the UK, to Africa, Asia, Asia Pacific, Europe and South America. The mission was founded in 1931 as The Unevangelised Fields Mission.

The Christian Medical College Vellore occupies a prominent place among medical institutions in India (and in the world) as a 2,000-bed multi-campus complex that is a vital, diverse, inter-denominational community. CMC Vellore affirms a shared commitment to healing of the total person in the spirit of Christ and the pursuit of professional excellence in the care of those who are disadvantaged, disabled, and marginalized.

Volunteer in Africa is an organization dedicated to disseminating information on volunteer programs in Africa. They are also dedicated to organizing a wide range volunteering, internship and cultural exchange programs in Ghana.

Vom Christian Hospital is situated on Jos Plateau at a height og 400ft. The nearest large town Bukuru is 12 miles away. It was established in 1922 by Dr and Mrs Barnden and developed into a small district general hospital.

International, Interdenominational Mission Organisation with over 1,700 workers in 76 countries.

Goal: Reaching the unreached, planting where there is no church. They use medical work as an opening for the gospel.

WGM is working to train national Christians to take the Good News to their own people, leading converts into self-propagating, self-supporting, and self-governing congregations.