SERVE: MEDICAL

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. (Luke 4:18-19)

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Serving a World in Need

Did you know 7.6 million children die annually from prematurity, pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, malaria, measles, and HIV/AIDS?

You can help by joining a medical team to reach people with poor access to healthcare. As part of a medical team, you'll not only meet tangible needs, you'll help missionaries and local church members build relationships and introduce others to Christ. Because MTW teams are always connected with a national church, there's opportunity for long-term spiritual connections and follow-up.

Advanced Medical Leadership Training (AMLT)

Dates: Spring 2018
Location: West Africa
Cost: TBD (CME credits are an additional $50)
More information: medical@mtw.org or 678-823-0017

Assessing and serving the healthcare needs of an international community can present many challenges. Advanced Medical Leadership Training (AMLT) will equip you to meet those challenges from the perspective of both short-term and career medical ministry. This three day training includes lectures and workshops delivered by expert faculty and designed to prepare you to help others travel and live safely in the developing world.

Topics include HIV/AIDS, malaria, clinical logistics, medical ministry and the church, effective team leadership, and many more. Workshops include safe food preparation, water purification, and utilization of mosquito nets, among others, plus an urban and rural clinical practicum, and a community development practicum. CME credits are available.

Medical Mission Sites

Listed below are all the locations where we provide medical ministry. If you're interested in a location that's not listed, please contact us at medical@mtw.org to discuss the possibilities.

BELIZE
The Presbyterian Medical Clinic in Patchakan, Belize is an established facility consisting of several exam rooms, a dental suite, a lab, and a pharmacy that MTW helps support.

HAITI
Our focus in Haiti is assisting national pastor and MTW missionary Esaïe Etienne with his mercy ministries in Gonaives.

HONDURAS
Working alongside MTW missionaries, medical teams in Honduras serve in an established medical clinic in the community of Armenia Bonito and conduct mobile clinics in the nearby area of La Fey.

PERU
Cusco - The health clinic, run by Hinterland Health Ministry in conjunction with MTW, is a ministry that seeks to care for both the physical and spiritual needs of the people in this poor Andean city.
Huaraz - Teams will work with local missionaries who minister to the Quechua people.

MEXICO
Juarez - mobile clinics to serve the local population.
Monterrey - Serve along with Mexican medical professionals who are also involved in reaching out to their own country.

BULGARIA
Short-term medical teams serve alongside long-term missionaries and national church partne. Teams currently work in the city of Pazardjik, about two and half hours from the capital of Sofia.

ETHIOPIA
Our AIDS ministry in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia provides our participants with opportunities to serve alongside missionaries and national workers, to minister to the families affected by this devastating disease.

KENYA
Working with a national pastor, our teams provide medical care and spiritual outreach to men and women from all over the country.

NORTH AFRICA
MTW medical teams partner with an established clinic in North Africa. This site benefits from the expertise of medical specialists who can train local practitioners in the clinic.

WEST AFRICA
Our teams work in both capital cities and rural areas; mobile clinics operate in conjunction with the local churches.

CANADA
MTW Medical teams minister to the Cree Indian community through community health teaching and counseling in the Louis Bull First Nation and Montana First Nation in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada.

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CAMBODIA
Opportunities abound both for mobile medical clinics in village areas and in the capital city of Phnom Penh. You will join with MTW missionary doctors and nurses already working in the area. While ministering in the villages, you will also be mentoring Cambodian medical students who often accompany the teams as interpreters.

SOUTH ASIA
MTW sends medical teams into several south Asian countries. In these countries, medical teams work alongside national pastors to provide much needed medical care and community health teaching. Mobile clinics are held in both rural and urban areas.

PHILIPPINES
Because adequate medical care is not readily available to the average Filipino, the highest health concerns among the people are lung and skin diseases. There is a great need for short-term medical teams to aid in providing mercy ministries. Through the clinics, teams are able to make many contacts for outreach for the churches.

COMMON QUESTIONS

How can I contact the MTW Medical + Health Department?

You can call 678-823-0017 or email us at medical@mtw.org. You can also search the opportunities to serve and click the "Get Started" button.

Medical Missions and Church Planting

How Do Medical Missions Help Plant Churches?

Villages around the world have poor access to health care. MTW medical clinics provide missionaries and local church members a way to meet a tangible need in the community as well as build relationships and introduce others to Christ. Because we are always connected with a national church, there's opportunity for long-term spiritual connections and follow up. Medical clinics are a great way for doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals to use their expertise for God's kingdom.

Serving for Longer than One Month

Our longer term medical missionaries serve as members of our church planting teams. They are dedicating their lives to acts of service, weaving the gospel and discipleship into building relationships with nationals, direct patient care, and training community health workers. The length of opportunities ranges from just over a month to career. Our short-term medical teams work alongside these missionaries to assist them in growing their ministry and the local church.

Training to Lead a Trip (AMLT)

I’d like to lead a trip. Will you train me?

Yes! All medical trip leaders will first go through our Advanced Medical Leadership Training. Email medical@mtw.org for details.

Purpose
Requests to MTW for medical outreach worldwide have dramatically increased every year. However, assessing and serving the healthcare needs of an international community can present many challenges, obstacles, and unique opportunities. Advanced Medical Leadership Training (AMLT) is designed to equip you to meet those challenges from the perspective of both short-term and career medical ministry.

Curriculum
Through a series of lectures and workshops delivered by expert faculty, AMLT seeks to prepare you to help others travel and live safely in the developing world. Topics include HIV/AIDS, malaria, clinical logistics, medical ministry and the church, effective team leadership, and many more. The course provides ample opportunity for networking among participants and hands on application of lessons learned.

Clinic Workshop
There are three dedicated days of clinical workshops and practicums held. This includes both an urban and rural clinical practicum as well as a community development practicum. Workshops include safe food preparation, water purification, and utilization of mosquito nets, among others.

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