Medische Zending Primary Health Care Suriname, commonly known as Medische Zending (Dutch for "medical mission") or MZ is a Surinamese charitable organization offering primary healthcare to remote villages in the interior of Suriname.
Reynier, a medical doctor and missionary, and his wife came to Suriname on behalf of the Moravian Church.
[2] The evangelism efforts started to decline with the British seizing of the Dutch colonies during the Napoleonic Wars and ended in 1808,[3] however the first hospital remained operational until 1817.
[1] On 2 Januari 1974, the foundation Medizebs was established to continue the work of the Church and to transfer Medische Zending to the Ministry of Health.
[2] Medische Zending operates 52 primary healthcare centres in the Surinamese interior:[4]