National Scholar Dr. Kefa Lakasia is a rising star in family medicine who is transforming the lives of countless patients in Meru, Kenya through his innovative research and compassionate care. Through his training and practice, Dr. Lakasia has found an increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes among the local community in Meru. He finds joy […]
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, […]
Tragedy, Bravery and Little Mentok   In February, tragedy struck when a 2-year-old girl fell into a vat of boiling stew meant for the family’s animals. With unimaginable bravery, Mentok pulled herself out and screamed for her mother.   Desperate, her parents sought help from local traditional healers and health workers, but it wasn’t enough. A local […]
Often, patients are at their most vulnerable when they find themselves in need of medical care. MedRefresh attendee Dr. Ben Roberts recently shared the journey of just such a patient who not only received essential medical care but found spiritual hope, made possible through the work of cross-cultural healthcare professionals like those supported by MedSend. […]
“MedSend… sponsor[ed] my residency and general orthopedics training in Kenya. I’d like to continue to extend just a huge thank you for making this possible. Not just the residency but also the fellowship that I’ve started. [The National Scholars Program] is a great way to reach out to many people who wouldn’t have otherwise been […]
Stephen and Joy Yoon Something Impossible North Korea was not a country Stephen had ever considered. All his life he’d been taught that North Koreans were horrible, scary, even evil. In elementary school, North Koreans were depicted in their textbooks drawn with horns and tails. Stephen could not fathom North Korea as […]
The advanced surgical training National Scholars receive from Grant Recipients and our partner organizations makes a real, tangible impact on the lives of patients today that transforms their futures. Your financial support of MedSend makes it possible for children like those in this video to live with renewed health and the knowledge that God sees […]
It’s unthinkable. There are places around the world right now where expectant mothers travel for days in a canoe in desperate search of medical help for their failing pregnancies. Their bodies racked with pain, their health threatened, and their unborn babies in danger, their only option is to risk their lives and set out on […]
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.
