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Medical Mission for the 21st Century

Dedicated to equipping and fortifying the medical ministries of local churches in underserved regions worldwide, the Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF) works in partnership with its international partners as they take on the responsibility of overseeing mission hospitals, clinics, and nursing schools. MBF’s unwavering commitment is to provide these medical ministries with the necessary support to enhance healthcare services within their communities and lay the foundation for sustainable growth, ultimately enabling individuals to break free from the cycle of poverty.

Medical Ministries Network Together for Better Patient Care

One of the ways we are improving the quality of medical care and increasing sustainability in Malawi is through creating a countrywide medical ministry network. Local medical ministries that today cannot offer surgical care or specialty care (urology, cardiology, etc.) can improve the standard of care for patients by banding together, sharing costs and resources. Medical ministries owned by three different Church denominations are doing just that. They are sharing residencies, making patient referrals, and reducing overhead. The Malawi network is just the beginning. We are starting work with new countries to implement the same approach.

Tackling the Critical Shortage of Skilled Nurses in Developing Countries

There is a global shortage of at least 10 million nurses and developing countries are hardest hit. Importantly, we must help them develop more highly skilled and specialty nurses if they are to achieve international standards of patient care.

MBF’s Center for Global Nursing Development (CGND) is a global resource to help expand nursing capacity and build nursing leadership in lesser-resourced countries.

The Center’s volunteers and partners work with mission nursing schools and hospitals on development initiatives like e-learning, continuous education, nursing leadership training, accreditation and research.

What was meant for evil turned to good for the staff and patients who call Hopital Sainte-Croix (HSC) their hospital. The hijacking of a new generator bound for HSC in Leogane impacted services as nurses administered IVs by flashlight. Patients finally had to be sent away due to the power outage.

But only a couple of days after the news broke, a new generator was procured for the hospital. The fact that it was located, transported, installed and powering the hospital so quickly is nothing short of miraculous.

HSC now has a new primary and even has a secondary generator. And, we have the funds to start expanding their solar power system. A more diversified approach to power sources will help aid the hospital’s sustainability and keep the doors open for patients.

The Mobilizing Medical Missions (M3) Conference is a two-day global health missions conference designed to bring together doctors, nurses, dentists, other healthcare professionals who have a desire to use their skills to meet pressing global health and related community needs.

MBF’s Lisa Alianiello, Director of the CGND, RN, MSN, NNP-BC, PNP-AC and partners from Malawi join a panel to discuss how e-learning helps strengthen the global health workforce. 

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Mphunzi Health Center

If the patients can’t come to them, the outreach workers at Mphunzi Health Center travel the community on bikes. The Center serves approximately 25,000 and averages about 40 deliveries per month. Small solar panels provide electricity for the Center.

Malingunde Health Center
For this rural community, the Malingunde Health Center not only provides medical care and helps deliver over 106 babies each month, but it is also part of a mission station founded in the 1930’s that includes a primary school and a school for the blind.
Chinthembwe Health Center
Chinthembwe Health Center cares for over 19,000 people outside the catchment area of Nkhoma Mission Hospital. There is a maternity ward at the Health Center and patients can receive primary care, maternity care and neonatal care.
Mvera Health Center

Mvera Health Center, in partnership with the Nkhoma Synod cares for over 19,000 people outside the catchment area of Nkhoma Mission Hospital. They have primary care and maternity services and serve a community of almost 20,000 people.

Chiwe Health Center

Started in 1995, the Chiwe Health Center is faced with daily challenges as they serve 18,000 residents in the surrounding area. Although the clinic gets water from a nearby well and runs solely on solar power, they serve 400-500 patients per month.