I had no idea what to expect as I walked up the gangway of the Global Mercy, a floating hospital ship docked in Sierra Leone. I’ve spent a lot of time on ships in the past, but this experience ...

A new agreement between Mercy Ships International, MSC Group and its charitable arm, the MSC Foundation, will build a brand-new hospital ship that will offer free medical training and free surgery ...

(Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2012) ( In the countries where international charity Mercy Ships operates, surgical ...

two CT scanners and 78 hospital beds onboard. The Mercy Ships charity began in 1978 and since then has been credited with providing medical services valued at $748 million, performing more than ...

Today we meet Iona, a 15-year-old British girl who sails with her family on The Africa Mercy – a hospital ship that travels the world helping people who need it the most – and Grace ...

Q: How did you become involved with Mercy Ships? I heard about Mercy Ships at UAB and was drawn to the idea of a hospital ship. I had been on medical mission trips before, where the work we did was ...

Each year, more than 2,500 volunteer professionals from over 60 countries serve on board the world's two largest non-governmental hospital ships, the Africa Mercy® and the Global Mercy.

Rosalinda, from Mananara in northern Madagascar, received free surgery on Monday, March 10th on board the Africa Mercy® hospital ship. The procedure removed a submandibular gland mass that could have ...