The Medical Centers of West Africa, Inc. (MCWA), headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was founded in 1989 by a group of men and women who wanted to bring physical as well as spiritual healing to sub-Saharan Africa. Today, the non-profit Christian organization runs a thriving 80-bed hospital in the Far North Province of Cameroon, West Africa.

The tiny village of Meskine is the home of MCWA’s hospital. Hôpital de Meskine serves the village’s 10,000 residents as well as patients who come from as far away as the neighboring countries of Chad and Nigeria. Its volunteer board of directors is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Our missionary team is multicultural. Missionaries from the United States, United Kingdom, Holland and Germany are now serving in the hospital.

The following organizations partner with MCWA to provide short- and long-term medical and support staff, equipment and other resources to our mission:

• Action Partners Ministries (United Kingdom)
• Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission Board, International Board of West Africa (United States)
• The Medical Centres of West Africa MCWA (UK) Resource Office (United Kingdom)
• VKTM - Vereinigte Kamerun und Tshad Mission (United Cameroon and Chad Mission (Germany)
• World Medical Mission (the medical relief arm of Samaritan’s Purse) (United States)