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Service Opportunities for Students and Residents
This directory includes organizations that accept medical students and residents for international service. Please contact these organizations directly for more information.
Amazon Promise
Amazon Promise offers a specialized volunteer program, including the summer health care internship program for medical students, to enhance medical training with hands-on experience helping underserved populations.
Contact: Jacqueline Carroll, Volunteer Coordinator
Countries: Peru
Contact: Jacqueline Carroll, Volunteer Coordinator
Countries: Peru
American Baptist Board of International Ministries
American Baptist International Ministries, organized in 1814, is the oldest Baptist Mission agency formed in North America. It serves more than 2,500 short-term missionaries annually.
Contact: Jonathan Hilsher, Coordinator of Volunteers
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, Phillippines, Thailand
Contact: Jonathan Hilsher, Coordinator of Volunteers
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, Phillippines, Thailand
American Jewish World Service
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality.
Contact: Andrea Richardson
Countries: Cambodia, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda
Contact: Andrea Richardson
Countries: Cambodia, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda
Bridges to Community
Bridges to Community is a nonprofit community development organization that takes volunteers to developing countries to work, learn and reflect. Through the process of living and working with local communities on construction, health and environmental projects, Bridges promotes cross-cultural learning, a deepening awareness of our global interdependence, and a commitment to the common good.
Contact: Executive Director
Countries: Nicaragua, Kenya
Contact: Executive Director
Countries: Nicaragua, Kenya
Caring Partners International
Caring Partners International is a non-denominational Christian ministry that provides church medical mission and work camp teams with quality medical supplies at no cost.
Contact: Rhonda Reed, VP
Countries: Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Ukraine
Contact: Rhonda Reed, VP
Countries: Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Ukraine
Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
CMMB’s Medical Volunteer Program (MVP) addresses the global human resources for health crisis by recruiting and placing volunteers at healthcare facilities in resource-poor countries around the world.
Contact: CMMB staff
Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, West Bank/Gaza, Mauritania, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa
Contact: CMMB staff
Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, West Bank/Gaza, Mauritania, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa
Center for Personal Restoration
Center for Personal Restoration facilitates personal renewal for health care professionals through volunteer service.
Contact: David Krier, MD
Countries: Peru, Honduras, others in planning phases.
Contact: David Krier, MD
Countries: Peru, Honduras, others in planning phases.
Child Family Health International
Child Family Health International (CFHI) is the leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just.
Contact: CFHI staff
Countries: Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, India, South Africa
Contact: CFHI staff
Countries: Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, India, South Africa
Children of Peace International
Children of Peace International (COPI) is a humanitarian organization dedicated to helping the people of Vietnam develop the capability to help themselves. Through the financial and material support of orphanages, hospitals and clinics, as well as two medical missions each year, COPI offers hope, and help, to those in need.
Contact: Mission Coordinator
Countries: Vietnam
Contact: Mission Coordinator
Countries: Vietnam
Concern America
Concern America is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nongovernmental development and refugee aid organization. Its International Health Immersion Program is a unique opportunity for all health care students, residents in medicine, and health care professionals to receive a hands-on learning experience in Guatemala.
Contact: Recruitment Coordinator
Countries: Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique
Contact: Recruitment Coordinator
Countries: Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique
Foundation for Sustainable Development
Foundation for Sustainable Development provides comprehensive training and immersion programs for interns and volunteers who seek hands-on development experience in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Program participants come from countless professions and more than 300 universities worldwide to collaborate with our partner organizations on community-driven projects that reflect sustainable principles.
Contact: Training Coordinator
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Uganda
Contact: Training Coordinator
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Uganda
Global Medical Brigades
Global Medical Brigades is an international network of more than 50 university clubs and volunteer organizations that provide communities in developing countries with sustainable health care solutions. It is the world’s largest student-led international relief organization. Contact: Sophia Fang
Countries: Central America, Ghana, India, Vietnam
Countries: Central America, Ghana, India, Vietnam
Global Service Corps
Global Service Corps is an international service-learning organization that is built on the participation of its volunteers, staff and advisers both in developed and developing countries of the world. Its program is established on the view that the personal lives and activities of people around the world are increasingly intertwined. An international health internship program is available.
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: Cambodia, Tanzania, Thailand
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: Cambodia, Tanzania, Thailand
Global Volunteers
Global Volunteers is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian, nongovernmental organization engaging short-term volunteers on microeconomic and human development programs in close partnership with local people worldwide.
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: Cook Islands, Ghana, Jamaica, Peru
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: Cook Islands, Ghana, Jamaica, Peru
Health Horizons International
Health Horizons International is an nonprofit organization that provides quality primary health care to underserved patients of the Dominican Republic and to build local capacity for achieving improved community health.
Contact person: Laura McNulty, Executive Director
Countries: Dominican Republic
Contact person: Laura McNulty, Executive Director
Countries: Dominican Republic
HealthCare Nepal
HealthCare Nepal (USA) provides free care in rural Nepal through short-term health “camps.” Camps are initiated by local village organizations and coordinated by doctors from Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, in collaboration with HealthCare Nepal. Camps are staffed by Nepalese physicians and surgeons, with volunteer clinicians from the USA and other countries.
Contact: Jack Starmer
Countries: Nepal
Contact: Jack Starmer
Countries: Nepal
Helping Hands Health Education
Helping Hands Health Education is a non-profit organization with the main objective of bringing low-cost quality medical relief services to people in rural villages of Nepal and Vietnam through the help of Western medical and non-medical volunteers.
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: Nepal, Vietnam
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: Nepal, Vietnam
HELPS International
HELPS International is a non-profit corporation that partners with individuals, businesses, corporations, and local and national governments to alleviate poverty in Latin America. HELPS integrated programs include medical care, education, community and economic development, and agricultural innovations in order to improve the quality of life for the indigenous people of Latin America.
Contact: Rita Martin
Countries: Guatemala
Contact: Rita Martin
Countries: Guatemala
Himalayan Health Exchange
Himalayan Health Exchange is a humanitarian service program bringing together health care professionals who give of their time, talent and resources to provide care to the underserved populations in select, remote areas of the Indo-Tibetan Borderlands. Medical students work side-by-side with local and U.S.-based health care providers in a spirit of learning and informational/technical exchange.
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: North India and Nepal (Himalayas)
Contact: Volunteer Coordinators
Countries: North India and Nepal (Himalayas)
Institute for International Medicine
Institute for International Medicine (INMED) is an educational nonprofit organization providing clinical rotations in developing nations with fully-qualified preceptors and online and classroom courses in international medicine, international HIV medicine, and international public health.
Contact: Nicholas Comninelis, MD, MPH
Countries: Angola, Cameroon, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kenya, Macau, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Contact: Nicholas Comninelis, MD, MPH
Countries: Angola, Cameroon, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kenya, Macau, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a recognized leader in humanitarian emergencies. When thousands flee war or repression, the IRC is immediately on the ground to make sure life-saving help gets to those who need it. The IRC provides shelter, clean water, health care and education to displaced people.
Contact: Christian Bowman
Countries: Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Northern Caucasus, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania
Contact: Christian Bowman
Countries: Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Northern Caucasus, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania
International Service Learning
International Service Learning (ISL) presents a unique opportunity for students to be part of an international health team. As an international educational agency, ISL provides medical and educational teams of volunteers to provide services for the underserved populations of Central and South America, Mexico and Africa.
Contact: Program Coordinators
Countries: Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Peru, Africa
Contact: Program Coordinators
Countries: Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Peru, Africa
MedSpanish
MedSpanish language and cultural immersion program is specifically designed for pre-med and medical students, nurses, paramedics, residents, physicians, emergency and general medical personnel, and any other medical professionals interacting with Spanish speaking patients.
Contact: Haywood Hall, MD
Countries: Mexico
Contact: Haywood Hall, MD
Countries: Mexico
Mission Doctors Association
Mission Doctors Association is the only program in the United States exclusively dedicated to recruiting, training, sending and supporting Catholic doctors and their families to serve at mission hospitals and clinics around the world.
Contact: Elise Frederick, Program Coordinator
Countries: Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cameroon, Ecuador & Guatemala
Contact: Elise Frederick, Program Coordinator
Countries: Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cameroon, Ecuador & Guatemala
Physicians for Peace
Physicians for Peace was founded in 1989, dedicated to the ideal that health care in the developing world can best be improved by providing training and education to health care professionals in those countries.
Contact: Program Coordinator
Countries: Worldwide
Contact: Program Coordinator
Countries: Worldwide
Project HOPE
Project HOPE is unique among international organizations, having always worked across the health spectrum in a wide variety of settings –- from the family and community levels to the tertiary care level –- training traditional birth attendants and community health volunteers where resources are limited and cardiac surgeons and biomedical engineers where technology is appropriate.
Contact: Program Managers
Countries: Worldwide
Contact: Program Managers
Countries: Worldwide
Project Vietnam
Project Vietnam is a nonprofit humanitarian program that provides health care assistance to children in poor rural communities of Vietnam.
Contact: Quynh Kieu, MD, FAAP
Countries: Vietnam
Contact: Quynh Kieu, MD, FAAP
Countries: Vietnam
Saint Francis Hospital
St Francis’ Hospital is a large rural hospital serving a local population of over 200,000 within a 60 km radius and receiving specialist referrals from all over Eastern Province (about 1.5 million people). Medical students travel from all over the world to spend their electives at St. Francis’ Hospital.
Contact: Richard Newell, MD
Countries: Zambia
Contact: Richard Newell, MD
Countries: Zambia
Volunteers in Medical Missions
Volunteers In Medical Missions (VIMM) is a team of Christian doctors, nurses and other volunteers that minister to the physical and spiritual needs of children and adults in developing countries throughout the world. VIMM provides opportunities for Christian medical professionals and other volunteers to experience missions firsthand.
Contact person: Kathy Cater, Trip Coordinator
Countries: Belize, Bulgaria, China, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sudan. Tanzania, Thailand
Contact person: Kathy Cater, Trip Coordinator
Countries: Belize, Bulgaria, China, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sudan. Tanzania, Thailand
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