Transforming Lives in Malawi Through Medicine and Faith As a young woman, MedSend-supported doctor Catherine Hodge came across the quote “Pity weeps and walks away but compassion sits and stays to suffer,” and the trajectory of her life changed. “I felt the tugging of the Lord say ‘I don’t just want you to care about […]
Jessica Winston is a MedSend-supported healthcare missionary serving as a physician assistant with Christian Health Service Corps at Mukinge Mission Hospital in Zambia. In a heartfelt video, Jessica shares how MedSend is helping healthcare missionaries and how your support has transformed her journey. By lifting the burden of student loan debt, MedSend gave her the […]
Dr. Peter Paul Opiro, a surgical resident at Litein Hospital in Kenya, is a MedSend-supported national doctor who highlights the transformative power of training the next generation of African doctors through the National Scholars program. Peter Paul’s journey from eastern Uganda, where access to surgical care is scarce, to becoming a trained surgeon through the […]
In the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, healthcare is a rare and precious resource. With only one doctor for every 20,000 people, and even fewer in the highlands, the challenges faced by medical professionals are immense. Yet, despite these overwhelming odds, dedicated healthcare missionaries like Dr. Matthew Woodley are making a profound impact on […]
Dr. Daniel Manishimwe is a MedSend National Scholar and dedicated surgical resident at Kibuye Hope Hospital in Burundi. Originally from Rwanda, Daniel is in his first year of his residency program and is making a significant impact in his community. A Doctor in Need In both Burundi and Rwanda, the ratio of doctors to patients […]
The childhood mortality rate (the number of children globally who died before age 5) dropped to a record low of 4.9 million in 2022, a 50% reduction since 2000. While this progress is encouraging and a testament to the arduous work and committed efforts of developing nations–including those serving in healthcare missions providing quality care […]
Through the windshield, MedSend-supported doctor Suja Brane and her husband Tom could see the young lady in the wheelchair on the side of the road. They were driving down a dirt road in the middle of nowhere in West Africa on their way to check on one of Suja’s patients. The young woman lifted her […]
Written by Grant Recipient Dr. Heidi Haun serving in Africa In August, my sister Rachel and her family made the trek to visit us here in Africa. We had quite the African adventure. Just to get to [where we live], we had to be escorted on foot through a river by the locals when […]
In 2023, Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi opened its new intensive care unit (ICU), significantly increasing regional ICU capacity by 50%. This new ICU, led by MedSend Grant Recipient Dr. Beth Stuebing, treats critical cases such as trauma, pesticide poisoning, and cerebral malaria, thanks to a dedicated team of nurses and residents. However, Malawi’s economic challenges, […]
“I am playing a significant role in ensuring there is a generation of medical professionals who are consistently offering whole person care to persons seeking medical care. Clinicians who see the person, not the disease.” – Dr. Sarah Kiptinniss The Reality of Care in Nairobi Access to medical care in the low-income areas around Nairobi, […]
Our predecessors faithfully built institutions that have served for generations. Our challenge is different. We have inherited those institutions into a world they could scarcely have imagined. Population growth, urbanization, changing disease patterns, financial pressures, conflict, climate shocks, and technological change are reshaping healthcare across low- and middle-income countries.
Drawing on new data about the Christian health ecosystem, strategic consultations with global and African Christian health leaders, and field experience across Africa and Asia, this session explores what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040.
Together we’ll imagine what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040, strengthening resilient institutions, cultivating exceptional local leadership, and mobilizing a broader range of Christian expertise from medicine and nursing to governance, education, engineering, finance, data science, and technology.
How can Christian health ministries become indispensable partners in building resilient health systems that reflect the compassion and hope of Christ? The legacy of the next generation of medical missions will be measured not only by the number of missionaries sent, but by the resilience, flourishing, and Christ-centered witness of systems they strengthen.
