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A Google search on 15 August 2007 using the term "international health" (IH) generated ~1.19 billion hits in 0.24 seconds, up from ~710,000,000 in 2005; we certainly are in an area of increasing interest! The newer term, "global health," (GH) results in 'only' 461,000,000 hits. Statistical humor aside, and though we can't claim to have checked them all, these awesome numbers have been reduced to ~220 sites considered relevant to students and graduates of the health professions interested in global health (GH).
This major update was carried out in collaboration with three students, with special thanks to Emily White for organizing student input.
- Laura Frye, American Medical Student Association
University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Meiqi Guo, SUNSIH (Student University Network for Social and International Health/Canada)
- Emily White, International Federation of Medical Students' Association-USA
University of California at San Diego School of Medicine
We started with a review of websites already posted by GHEC and various student and other organizations. Their listings were combined, reviewed, weeded, and where useful, annotated. Sites are grouped into the below categories for ease of use and many have links to yet additional IH-related organizations and activities. Websites especially useful for seeking IH jobs, field placements and pre-placement orientation are marked with two asterisks (**). At the end of this list is a brief outline of questions that may be useful to help you plan for an IH field experience or career. Happy surfing the net and any suggested additions, corrections, and deletions will be welcome. Please send them to Tom Hall ( thall@epi.ucsf.edu). |
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:: Educational Programs and Courses ::
Many listings are in schools of public health (SPH) and some are in medical schools or are independent programs. Wherever possible a URL link is given for direct access to the school's GH program. Boston Univ. and Johns Hopkins SPHs have the largest GH masters and doctoral programs in GH, though many other schools offer strong GH programs. The Univ. of Arizona offers a three-week summer program designed to prepare year clinical years medical students and residents for an international assignment. The ASPH listing provides access to all SPHs.
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American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Global Health Scholars Program http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/EducationCareerDevelopment/AMSAAcademy/GHSP.aspx is an 8-month program to "develop advanced advocacy, communication, and critical thinking skills with which to effect change in global health". Also see www.amsa.org/global/ghli.cfm for information on a two day global health leadership training institute. |
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**Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) has links with its member schools, has a student page, describes the field of public health, and describes opportunities for GH study, careers, funding, and lists schools with GH masters-level programs. - www.asph.org/ |
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Barefoot College , Since 1972 and with multiple locations in India, offers non-degree programs in community-based rural development focused on the needs of the poorest of the poor. - www.barefootcollege.org/enroll1.htm |
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**Postgraduate Training Programs in GH - This extraordinary website, developed by Swiss institutions, provides access to detailed descriptions of a wide variety of post-graduate programs. The database allows searches by topic, institution, country, type of program, and language. - www.healthtraining.org/ |
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Boston Univ. SPH . has a Department of GH and offers short-duration certificate courses in GH. - www.bumc.bu.edu/ih. |
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Brown Univ. Office of International Programs - Listing of international universities and study abroad programs. www.brown.edu/Administration/OIP/ |
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Columbia Univ. SPH - www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/ - See also: cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/ for a description of a collaborative MD degree program in International Health and Medicine with the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel). This program also provides opportunities for summer externships for 4th year medical students at BG Univ. |
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Creighton Univ. - Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC), which offers faith based service learning opportunities for high school, and college students, as well as professional at: www.creighton.edu/ILAC/ |
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Duke (Univ.) Global Health Institute coordinates existing programs in global health, develops educational programs, including creation of undergraduate and graduate programs in global health, and coordinates development of Duke-affiliated sites abroad. - http://globalhealth.duke.edu/ |
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Emory Univ. SPH - www.sph.emory.edu/ |
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Fogarty International Center for the Advanced Study in the Health Sciences offers training, research and fellowship grants, grant writing guidelines and tools, and other international services. - http://www.sph.emory.edu/ |
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George Mason University College of Health and Human Services , Masters degree with international health concentration - www.gmu.edu/depts/chhs/gch/grad-international.html |
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George Washington Univ. SPH - www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/ |
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Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine. Gorgas Memorial Institute and Univ. of Alabama – Birmingham. Held in Lima, Peru, 9 weeks from January to March. - . http://info.dom.uab.edu/gorgas/index.html |
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Harvard SPH. Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research. Ethical issues related to IH work and research, in Boston, MA; 5 days in June. - http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioethics |
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Harvard Univ. SPH - www.hsph.harvard.edu/about/ for the Dept. of Popul. And IH, see: http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/GHEC/Resources/www.hsph.harvard.edu/Academics/pih/index.html. For Takemi Program in International Health, for mid-professionals, see: www.hsph.harvard.edu/takemi/. For the Bell Fellowship for scholars, managers, and policymakers, in the field of population and development, see www.globalhealth.harvard.edu/hcpds/bell.html. For Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research, 5 days in June, see: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioethics |
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Harvard Initiative for Global Health. Post bachelor fellowships for recent college graduates to train with Harvard faculty on a variety of global health related research projects. Fellowship is a 1 year commitment with stipend included. http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/GHEC/Resources/www.globalhealth.harvard.edu/trainingopps.html |
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International Health and Medical Education Centre (IHMEC) at London's Global Univ. and the Royal Free & Univ. College Medical School offers a one-year BSc degree for medical students in GH as well as special study modules. - http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/GHEC/Resources/www.ihmec.ucl.ac.uk/ |
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International Medicine Course by Mayan Medical Aid . Ten modules starting each Monday; held in Santa Cruz La Laguna, Guatemala. -- http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/GHEC/Resources/%255C |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. SPH - www.ih.jhsph.edu/. JHU, in Baltimore, MD, has the oldest and likely largest department-level GH programs in the country. Programs include: Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 4 weeks in June/July. (www.jhsph.edu/summerEpi); Summer Institute in Reproductive Health and Development. Two three-week courses, 4 weeks in June/July (www.jhsph.edu/GatesInstitute); Summer Institute in Tropical Medicine and Public Health, four two-week modules, 8 weeks from June to August; participants can take any or all of the two-week modules (www.jhsph.edu/tropic); and HELP (Health Emergencies in Large Populations), a course by the International Committees of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, July (www.jhsph.edu/Refugee/HELP/index.html) |
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Liverpool School of Tropical Hygiene & Medicine - www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/. See: Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 13 weeks from September to February. -- www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/taught/DiplTropMedHygiene.htm |
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine . - http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/. See: Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 3 months from January to March. -- www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/stmh.html |
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Louisiana State Univ. Health Science Center & Univ. of Costa Rica Faculty of Medicine. International Course in Tropical Medicine. Sites include several different regions of in Costa Rica in July. -- www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/microbiology/courses_tropical_summer.asp |
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Mahidol Univ. Bangkok School of Tropical Medicine . Graduate Diploma Programme in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Courses in English, in Bangkok, Thailand during 6 months from April to September. -- www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/en/academic/bstm/bstm_index.htm |
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MedEx is a multilateral student exchange program offered by IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) to its students. www.ippnw-students.org/MedEx/ |
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Michigan State Univ . - www.msu.edu/unit/iih/ . Site of Institute of International Health at MSU; See also: globalmichigan.com/theme/health/ for MSU's Global Access site's searchable database of >5000 links to information about health conditions in other countries, medical center locations, country health care systems, and access to international organizations involved in health-related issues. |
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Ohio Univ. College of Osteopathic Medicine. Tropical Disease Biology and Research in Ecuador. Workshop in Ecuador in June and July. - www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-grijalva |
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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - www.umdnj.edu/sarpweb/international/ |
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Tulane Univ. SPH - www.sph.tulane.edu/ - See also www.som.tulane.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/INTHEALTH.HTM for GH electives open to Tulane and other fourth-year medical students in nine different countries. Also: Diploma Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health, 4 months, August to December. - http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/GHEC/Resources/www.sph.tulane.edu/tropmed/programs/diploma.htm |
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UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO . Surveillance of Transmissible Diseases, by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and the Swiss Tropical Institute. Basel, Switzerland, 2 weeks in October/November. - www.who.int/tdr/grants/grants/sti_course.htm |
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Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences . Principles and Practice of Tropical Medicine. For those interested in qualifying to sit for the Am. Soc. Of Tropical Med. and Hygiene certifying examination in Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health. Bethesda, MD, during 13 weeks, February to May. (http://www.usuhs.mil/) |
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Univ, of Arizona . International Health in the Developing World. A case-based, problem-solving course for medical students and primary care residents. Tucson, AZ, during 3 weeks in July. Free for medical students and $500 for residents and physicians. - www.globalhealth.arizona.edu/IHIndex.html |
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Univ. of California at Berkeley SPH - http://sph.berkeley.edu/ |
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Univ. of California at Davis - www.phs.ucdavis.edu/Intl/International.php for general information on global health courses and internships; www.phs.ucdavis.edu/Intl/Intl_Courses.php for information on global health courses at UCD; and www.intlrel.ucdavis.edu for international relations program |
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Univ. of California at Los Angeles SPH - www.ph.ucla.edu/ for general public health school, http://www.ph.ucla.edu/ for UCLA global health training program |
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Univ. of California at San Francisco - Office of International Programs at www.medschool.ucsf.edu/intlprograms/ . Contains information on studying abroad, leadership in global health, and listing of global health events. |
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Univ. of Florida - international programs, activities, and affiliations. www.med.ufl.edu/international/ |
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Univ. of Florida's Humanistic Elective in alternative medicine, Activism and Reflective Transformation (HEART). Provides training in these areas to 25 4 th year medical students. - http://medcat.medinfo.ufl.edu/catview.php?id=192 |
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Univ. of Maryland, Wilderness & International Medicine Rotation For Resident Physicians & Upper Level Medical & Allied Health Students - http://medschool.umaryland.edu/osr/training_belize.asp |
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Univ. of Michigan SPH - http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/GHEC/Resources/www.sph.umich.edu/ |
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Univ. of Minnesota Dept. of Medicine . Global Health Course: Diploma in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health. Minneapolis, MN, 8 weeks in July/August. - www.medres.umn.edu/medres/program/globalhealthcourse.html |
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Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center - Offers Spanish courses in Guatemala.. - www.unmc.edu/isp/ |
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Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SPH - http://www.sph.unc.edu/ |
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Univ. of Pennsylvania - Global health programs office at www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/globalhealth/ |
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Univ. of Pittsburgh SPH - www.publichealth.pitt.edu/. |
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Univ. of South Florida College of Public Health - www.publichealth.usf.edu/globalhealth.html |
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Univ. of Texas at San Antonio - Four-week summer elective/rotation ("STEER") held at Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico focuses on IH, environmental health, public health and border health issues. - www.steer.uthscsa.edu/ |
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Univ. of Toronto - Centre for International Health at http://intlhealth.med.utoronto.ca/ provides an overview of many key global health issues, as well as listing of UT’s Toronto overseas programs. Office for International Surgery: http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/GHEC/Resources/www.utoronto.ca/ois/ |
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Univ. of Washington - Global Health Resource Center - http://depts.washington.edu/deptgh/ghrc/index.html with lengthy listing of career resources, as well as information on UW programs in global health |
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West Virginia Univ . Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course. Morgantown, WV, 8 weeks from June to August. - www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/tropmed |
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Yale University, SPH - www.publichealth.yale.edu |
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York Univ., Centre for Refugee Studies. Summer Course on Refugee Issues Toronto, Canada, 8 days in June. - www.yorku.ca/crs/summer.htm |
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International Red Cross for ICRC activities and sections on topical issues such as civil wars, disasters, land mines, etc. — www.icrc.org/ |
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United Nations & related international organizations at the index page, www.unsystem.org/, with links to all agencies within or related to UN system. Of special relevance to IH are:
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports health services research to improve quality of healthcare and promote evidence-based decision-making. Enter "international" in AHRQ's search engine to access studies with IH relevance. - www.ahrq.gov/ |
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) directs and manages Canadian development assistance - www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/home |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Office of Global Health, has information on IH activities, projects, plans and services, programs, resources and country-specific information; information for travelers and consular information sheets; CDC global partners; Epidemic Intelligence Service training programs (www.cdc.gov/eis/) and links with other organizations. CDC offers international internships. - www.cdc.gov/ogh. - www.cdc.gov/index.htm |
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Dept. for International Devt . is UK agency for funding assistance. - www.dfid.gov.uk - See also UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office page for country and travel information, policy, and news: www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390554 - For more information on health-related aspects of DFID, see http://www.dfidhealthrc.org/ |
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Institute of Medicine (of National Academy of Sciences). Sections relevant to IH include: Opportunities and Fellowships; External Links; Board on Global Health (and the Board's Publication List). - www.iom.edu, Click on Global Health for more information on IH endeavors. |
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International Development Research Centre , Canada's agency for funding development research, including health-related projects. - http://www.idrc.ca/ |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH), within the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, supplies NIH health resources as well as information on clinical trials and research grants.-- www.nih.gov/ For information on health-related issues visit the National Inst. of Allergy and Infectious Disease site at www3.niaid.nih.gov/ NIH oversees the Fogarty International Center for advanced study in health sciences. -- www.fic.nih.gov/programs/international/ |
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US Dept. of Health & Human Services is principal federal agency concerned with health services and data in the USA. - www.hhs.gov |
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US Agency for International Devt . (USAID) has extensive population, health, nutrition, and trade (including microenterprise) information. - www.usaid.gov/; for global health see: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/ and for global partnerships, see: www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_partnerships/ |
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:: Membership & Non-Governmental Organizations :
(Many also provide field opportunities and/or offer extensive resources)
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African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) concentrates on sub-Saharan Africa. - www.amref.org/ |
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Aga Khan Foundation - AKF is the largest foundation in the Muslim World with extensive projects in health, education, rural development, and NGO-enhancement. - www.akdn.org/agency/akf.html |
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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has expanded GH activities and listing of GH clinical opportunities: www.aafp.org/international.xml. AAFP web site is www.aafp.org/, enter "international" in search.box for more options. The"Virtual Family Medicine Interest Group," located at: http://fmignet.aafp.org/index.xml which has a search engine for GH clinical opportunities. Also: http://fmignet.aafp.org/PreBuilt/fmig_intresourceguide.pdf%2520has a listing of online GH resources, including the full text of the 100+ pp. Krogh and Pust publication, International Health: A Manual for Advisers and Students. |
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American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is excellent resource for GH activities, advocacy, resources and field placements. - www.amsa.org/global/ih/ |
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American Public Health Association represents >30,000 professionals working in public health, including >1500 in GH activities. Student memberships are available and annual fall meeting provides opportunities to learn about public health and GH. - www.apha.org/ |
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene lists overseas opportunities at approximately three-year intervals along with much other information. - www.astmh.org/index.cfm |
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Canadian Public Health Association has several global health initiatives - www.cpha.ca/english/intprog/intprog.htm |
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Canadian Network for International Surgery promotes delivery of surgical care and conducts workshops in surgical skills and programs in injury prevention in African countries - http://www.cnis.ca/ |
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Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH) sponsors GH activities and links with Canadian and international websites--www.csih.org |
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Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affairs (www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/menu-en.asp) provides country profiles & information relevant to health, visas, safety, etc. |
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Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS). Among its many initiatives, it has an international health program that offers a Clinical Exchange Program, Research Exchange Program and coordinates projects related to public health - www.cfms.org/services/ihp.cfm |
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CARE - One of largest NGOs involved in international development and relief. - http://www.care.org/ |
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Commonwealth Fund . The International Program in Health Care Policy and Practice promotes cross-national research, collaborations and exchanges. Activities include fellowships, meetings of researchers and policymakers, and an annual GH policy survey. - http://www.cmwf.org/ |
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Doctors for Global Health (DGH) promotes health, education, art and other human rights throughout the world. Most volunteers work in their own communities and some spend from a week to a year working in El Salvador, Honduras, Chiapas (Mexico), Peru, Uganda and other countries. - www.dghonline.org/ |
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Family Health International implements research and technical assistance programs, with special emphasis on reproductive health and AIDS. - www.fhi.org/en/index.htm |
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Ford Foundation is active in national and international health, and offers grants. - www.fordfound.org/. |
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Gates (Bill and Melinda) Foundation is largest U.S. foundation active in GH. - www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm |
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Global Forum for Health Research is the organization that helps coordinate the research to help reduce the 10/90 gap - www.globalforumhealth.org/Site/000__Home.php |
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Global Health Council is largest U.S.-based membership organization concerned with GH and provides information on GH career opportunities, jobs, advocacy, their annual conference, and links to other GH-related programs. - http://www.globalhealth.org/ |
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Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC) provides information about GH courses, curricula, website links, foreign language study courses, and other materials for faculty and students. - http://www.globalhealtheducation.org/ |
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International Federation of Medical Students' Associations -USA is U.S. branch of this NGO with branches in 88 countries, which is dedicated to introducing medical students to global health issues through a variety of programs, including research and clinical exchanges. - www.ifmsa-usa.org/ for USA affiliate and www.ifmsa.org/ for main homepage listing all IFMSA affiliates and their activities. |
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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) is a global coalition to prevent nuclear war, and other major threats. US chapter is Physicians for Social Responsibility (see below). - http://www.ippnw.org/ |
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International Healthy Cities Foundation - www.healthycities.org/index_english.html |
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John Snow, Inc ., a large non-profit consultancy and training organization with many projects worldwide, and is a resource for information, publications, jobs and training. - www.jsi.com/JSIInternet/index.cfm |
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MacArthur (The John D. and Catherine T.) Foundation addresses both national and international health, development, and population issues, provides links to organizations supported by the Foundation and to philanthropic resources. - www.macfound.org/ |
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Management Sciences for Health , a large non-profit consultancy and training organization with many projects worldwide, is a resource for information, publications, jobs and training. - www.msh.org/ |
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OneWorld works to improve international health and development. - http://www.oneworld.net/ |
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Oxfam , an international organization working to ease poverty and hunger in more than 70 countries. - www.oxfam.org.uk/ |
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Partners in Health . An NGO working to increase access to health care and education for the poor through community partnerships, service, and research. Website informs on communities they work in, the health and economic issues they face, and provides an extensive section of recommended reading. www.pih.org/home.html |
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People's Health Movement , created at a Bangladesh assembly of 1500 people from 76 different countries, carries out campaigns and programs in health and other areas utilizing a people-centered approach. - www.phmovement.org/about/index.html |
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Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) uses the knowledge and skills of the medical and forensic sciences to investigate and prevent violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. - www.phrusa.org/ |
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Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is the US chapter of professionals working to prevent nuclear war, and stop global warming, with information and advocacy on the environment and health as well as security and health. - http://www.psr.org/ |
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Population Institute alerts policymakers and public about issues relating to population growth and the need for population stabilization. - www.populationinstitute.org/ |
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Programs for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) seeks to develop right technologies for a given level of development. - http://path.org/ |
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Rehydration Project . NGO focused on diarrhoeal diseases, with slide shows and other information on treatment and prevention, as well as many other resources for health professionals. - http://rehydrate.org/ |
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . Though RWJF does not fund international projects, it may be useful in funding or reporting on projects relevant to GH. - www.rwjf.org/index.jsp |
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Rockefeller Foundation . Long involved in GH and development. - http://www.rockfound.org/ |
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Save the Children . NGO working in 110 countries to improve the health of children worldwide. Website links to publications related to global child health. www.savethechildren.org/ |
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World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA). Forum, with annual conferences, for exchanging knowledge and information between member organizations of Gps and family physicians concerned with health care worldwide. www.globalfamilydoctor.com/aboutWonca/aboutWonca.ht |
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