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About Mission Doctors Association

Mission Doctors Association has since 1959, recruited, trained, sent and supported doctors and their families to serve at mission hospitals and clinics in Papua New Guinea, Africa, Latin America and refugee camps in Thailand.

Currently Mission Doctors Association offers both a long-term program for Catholic doctors interested in serving three years, and additional opportunities to serve one - three months.

Working with the local community MDA strives to provide not only direct patient care but offer training for local medical providers to improve health delivery on a sustainable basis.

International Voluntary Service Activities

During the past 12 months ten doctors have served in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Cameroon and Guatemala both long and short-term assignments. Fifteen doctors are planning trips in the coming year to these locations as well as Tanzania.

Through the local bishop, Church run hospitals and clinics have made their needs know. Additional sites in Sierra Leone, Ecuador, and Peru are currently being considered and developed.

Volunteer for Prosperity Opportunities
Number of Opportunities
Geographic Regions	Latin America and Africa
Health & Prosperity Sectors	Health, Education, HIV/AIDS and Malaria
Types of Opportunities	Other
Average Duration of Projects	30 days
Volunteer Profile Summary
US licensed MD / DDS interested in providing both direct patient care and training for local medical providers in rural mission settings. Physicians and Dentists must be willing to be adaptive to provide care where resources are often limited. Willingness to work with diverse cultures and open to learn as well as serve. As a faith-based organization MDA supports the work of Catholic doctors and their families serving in response to their faith - the service they provide is however offered to people of all faiths. Doctors serve and live their faith; however proselytizing is not part of the work of MDA.