IMA World Health is a nonprofit organization that provides health care services and products to people in need around the world. We are a faith-based organization (FBO) working primarily in developing nations, where an estimated 30 to 60 percent of health care is provided by FBOs.

Headquartered in New Windsor, Maryland, IMA World Health was established in 1960 by a group of Protestant relief and development agencies to support their international health programs. Incorporated as Interchurch Medical Assistance, the organization’s initial purpose was soliciting equipment, supplies, and medications from US-based companies and distributing them to overseas health ministries.

While that work continues, our expertise now includes building and strengthening health care systems in developing regions of the world. In addition to our headquarters in the US, we have a field office in Tanzania and programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti.