Medical volunteering in Central America is a close alternative to Asian and African medical volunteering for US medical professionals.
Visit the following organizations offering medical volunteering opportunities in Central America:
Remote Area Medical - A charitable organization providing medical care to people in inaccessible regions through a fleet of aircraft and volunteer staff.
Catholic Medical Mission Board - A U.S.-based Catholic-charity focusing exclusively on global healthcare, particularly the well-being of women and children.
Child Family Health International - Offers service-learning programs in international health for medical, pre-medical, and nursing students.
Doctors Without Borders - Médecins Sans Frontières (also known as Doctors Without Borders or MSF) delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters, and to others who lack health care due to social or geographical isolation.
Doctor to Doctor - A nonprofit organization founded in Berkeley, California USA in 1994 which seeks to provide assistance to medical professionals in underserved places around the world.
Doctors of the World - Provides medical and humanitarian assistance to those in the greatest need in more than 20 nations.
Flying Samaritans - A volunteer organization which operates free medical clinics in Baja California, Mexico. Doctors, dentists, nurses, translators, pilots and support personnel fly to clinics in private aircraft.
Flying Doctors - Los Medicos Voladores is a diverse group of medical professionals and volunteers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the people of Mexico by providing free health care and education to rural villages.
Health Volunteers Overseas - A private, non-profit, non-sectarian voluntary organization headquartered in the United States. HVO is dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care in developing countries through training and education.
International Medical Volunteers - A clearing house for information between potential volunteers, volunteer organization and other medical people involved in medical assistance to the developing world.
Mercy Ships - A global charity that operates a growing fleet of hospital ships in developing nations.
Mission Doctors Association - Offering short term and long term medical volunteer opportunities in developing nations.
