About Us

IMA World Health leads global health programming for Corus International. We are known for improving maternal and child health, nutrition and WASH, preventing and treating diseases, and strengthening health systems and global health security. 

Since our founding in 1960 by a group of Protestant churches and church-based organizations, IMA World Health has established a strong network of partners, including faith-based organizations, governments and local INGOs. These partnerships, combined with our decades of expertise, enable us to act quickly and effectively even in the most challenging settings. 

Our reach and capabilities are amplified by the other global leaders in our Corus International family, including Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies and Ground Up Investing. Together, we bring the multi-dimensional, holistic solutions needed for a safer, stronger and more prosperous world.

Our mission: To build healthier communities by collaborating with key partners to serve vulnerable people.

Our Vision: A healthy world forever flourishing in dignity and justice.

Core Values

  • Disruptive

    By challenging convention, we innovate and maximize the good we can do in the world.

  • Interconnected

    Complex problems require comprehensive, integrated solutions. Our array of expertise, resources and networks makes possible the impossible.

  • Agile

    Because the world changes rapidly, we move at the speed of change.

Directional Goals

Health System Strengthening

IMA builds integrated, holistic and sustainable health systems that increase access to quality health care, with an emphasis on vulnerable people.

Partnerships

IMA collaborates with local, national and international partners, especially faith-based networks and organizations, to join and leverage assets, resources, knowledge and voices.

Technical Excellence

IMA designs and implements innovative and effective technical approaches that demonstrate long-term, measurable improvements and impact on individual and community health.

Organizational Health

IMA invests in developing people, partners, continual learning and systems to maximize organizational impact on health care and the systems to sustain those improvements.