• World Medical Mission (WMM)
• c/o Samaritan's Purse
• P.O. Box 3000
• Boone, NC 28607
• Phone: 828-262-1980
• Fax: 828-266-1048
• General E-mail: wmminfo@samaritan.org
• For equipment: contact Jim Moore
• His E-mail: jmoore@samaritan.org
• Web: www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/WMM/index

Under the leadership of Franklin Graham, this Christian organization "helps provide mission hospitals with the resources they need to offer better health care to their patients." In addition to recruiting physicians and other medical professionals to go on overseas volunteer programs, they are especially involved in getting appropriate used medical equipment, making sure that it is fully workable, and shipping it overseas to Christian hospitals and clinics. They have a large warehouse, a staff of biomedical technicians, and will send experienced teams overseas. Another ministry is electrical power consulting for overseas clinics and hospitals—thus enabling donated equipment to be used in various situations.

Again quoting WMM, "An estimated 70% of the equipment in Third World hospitals is 'out of order' due to missing parts, years of overuse, or a lack of trained technicians."

They do not collect or send pharmaceutical or over-the-counter medicines, but they usually have bandages, sutures, and many other kinds of medical supplies available.

Usually WMM organizes over 300 medical mission trips annually. WMM now has a program for medical residents and post-residents to spend time internationally for two years or more--see their website.