Global Health Connections
Contents:
Communications/health related organizations
Governmental organizations (e.g. Centers for
Disease Control)
Health systems improvement organizations
Inter-Governmental organizations (e.g. United
Nations)
Lists of health/development/relief organizations
Logistics/health related organizations
Medical supply collecting/sending organizations
Non-governmental organizations (e.g. Doctors Without
Borders)
Student related organizations
Volunteer related organizations
Charity evaluating organizations
Software applications for International Health
Communications/health related organizations
SatelLife employs satellite, telephone and radio networking technology to improve communications and exchanges of information in the fields of public health, medicine, and the environment. A special emphasis is placed on areas of the world where access is limited by poor communications, economic conditions, or disasters.
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) services 32 countries: electronic mail, electronic conferencing, Web site hosting, satellite phones, and HF/VHF radio. MAFLink, the MAF-US family of telecommunications services, serves 3,300 Christian groups and missionaries in 32 countries.
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Governmental organizations
The Center for International Health Information (CIHI) serves under contract as a health data reference bureau for the Population, Health and Nutrition Center (PHNC) of USAID's Global Bureau. CIHI provides a broad range of technical and analytical services that are critical to the planning, funding, management, monitoring, and evaluation of USAID's programs worldwide. The site includes information about USAID Programs, Statistics, Regional/Country Programs, and Publications.
Information on Washington D.C. based embassies.
Health
systems improvement organizations
African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
is a field orientated organization that has worked with the people of
sub-Saharan Africa for more than 40 years to research and alleviate the
region's health problems.
Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG) works to improve the health of poor and vulnerable communities by strengthening the provision, use, and impact of information.
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Intergovernmental organizations
The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) humanitarian aid and development aid website.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Pan American Health Organization
Lists of health/development/relief organizations
International Medical Volunteer Association's (IMVA) list of health volunteer-seeking organizations.
Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) extensive list of organizations.
Pan American Health Organization's pointers to other sites.
Logistics/health related organizations
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) provides warehousing, shipping, and demographic mapping services for Christian agencies. MAF has 81 aircraft on 41 bases flying in remote and isolated regions of 19 countries worldwide
Medical supply collecting/sending/providing organizations
Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific (AFAF) provides hospital equipment and medical supplies to developing countries overseas including Cambodia, FSM, Fiji, Iran, Laos, Marshall Islands, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands, PNG, Tonga, Vanuatu and Vietnam.
Global links is a nonprofit organization specializing in recycling surplus medical supplies and equipment to needy hospitals and clinics in Latin America and throughout the world.
MAP International is a Christian organization which supplies Travel Packs (prepared medical supply packs) for short term health missions.
Recycler's World has an area for buying and selling used medical equipment.
Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World (REMEDY) is an organization dedicated to collecting and recycling medical supplies for donation to developing countries. They supply free Inservice Teaching Packets to all requesting hospitals. Packets consist of an audio-visual presentation, computer data basing software, written information for all participants, descriptions of their policies and procedures, and a list of over 300 U.S.-based charities that may be interested in receiving recovered materials.
World Medical Mission, the medical ministry of the Christian organization Samaritan's Purse, accepts donations of selected supplies for use in developing countries.
Non-governmental organizations
International Medical Volunteer Association's (IMVA) list of health volunteer-seeking organizations.
Directory of NGOs in official relations with the World Health Organization.
Amigos de las Americas is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization that, through service: provides leadership development opportunities for young people; promotes community health in Latin America; and facilitates cross-cultural understanding for the people of the Americas.
American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is a student-governed, national organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training. With a membership of nearly 30,000 medical students, pre-medical students, interns, and residents from across the country, AMSA continues its commitment to improving medical training and the nation's health.
Campus Access is a Canadian university and college students' information and resource center. Explore this comprehensive site geared towards the academic, professional, and social needs of students attending universities, colleges, and high schools in Canada.
International Health Medical Education Consortium (IHMEC) is a consortium of faculty and health care educators dedicated to international health education in U.S. and Canadian medical schools and residency programs. Formed in 1991, its mission is to foster international health medical education in four program areas - curriculum, clinical training, career development, and international education policy.
United States of America International Health Programs' home page provides useful information and links to aid medical students in becoming more involved and educated in the area of international health. We are the United States branch of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations and support international medical educational, professional and elective exchange, international peace, AIDS and STD awareness, and public health efforts.
Volunteer
related organizations
Action Without Borders is a
nonprofit organization that promotes the sharing of ideas, information, and
resources to help build a world where all people can live free, dignified, and
productive lives. They do this by
- maintaining Idealist, the most comprehensive directory of nonprofit and volunteering resources on the Web
- publishing Ideas in Action, a bi-weekly email newsletter with news and pointers to useful resources for volunteers and nonprofit professionals around the world and
- sending out daily Job and Internship Alerts with information about jobs and internships posted in Idealist during the previous 24 hours.
Founded by students in 1983 as the Overseas Development Network (ODN), the organization, recently renamed JustAct, promotes youth leadership and action for global justice.
United Planet is an international humanitarian and educational non-profit public charity with 501(c)3 status, based in Boston, USA. With members and volunteers in 150 countries, the organization is devoted to fostering cross-cultural understanding and friendship; supporting communities in dire need worldwide; and enhancing social and economic prosperity among cultures in order to unite the world in a community beyond borders.
One of the key initiatives of United Planet is our International Quest program.
The Quest program enables volunteers of all ages and backgrounds to make a difference in 1-52 week educational, humanitarian, peace-building, and healthcare projects in over 50 countries.
You can visit the website, http://www.unitedplanet.org, to view all the opportunities with the Quest program as well as United Planet's other key initiatives, local and worldwide.
Charity evaluating organizations
GuideStar is a searchable database of more than 620,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States. Financial statements are included for many organizations.
The National Charities Information Bureau site helps promote informed giving and enables more contributors to make sound giving decisions.
The Better Business Bureau website has detailed reports on major charities.
Software Applications for International Health
PHCreations — PHCreations sells Pocket PC health software for international health and development programs, and institutions in industrialized countries. Half of all proceeds from the sales of PHCreations software applications go to Food for the Hungry, International in order to support development of health projects in the countries where they work. http://www.phcreations.com
Epi-Info 2000 — This is a public-domain software to analyze health and nutrition data that is in use around the world. http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/ei2000.htm
Epi-Info 6.04 — This is the DOS version of that software. There are presently 145,000 copies of the DOS versions of the DOS version of Epi-Info in use in 117 countries. The DOS manual and/or programs have been translated from English into 13 additional languages. Like Epi-Info 2000, it's free. http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/ei6.htm
FoodProcessor — This is software that analyzes the nutrient contents of food. It is very useful for people who are doing nutrition interventions and nutritional rehabilitation. It is commercial software (not free). http://www.esha.com/foodpro.htm
PregCalc Pro — This commercial software allows a clinician to date pregnancies based on a wide variety of date and measurement calculations. http://www.medicaltoolbox.com/products/PregCalcPro/
ActivSTATS — This is a complete statistics course on a CD. It is very useful for professionals and para-professionals who want to update their knowledge of statistics. http://www.datadesk.com/ActivStats/
NutriSurvey — Software for analysis of nutritional data for individuals or communities. The site also has a good list of food databases for industrialized as well as developing countries (including Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia, Peru, Egypt, Kenya, India, Mexico, Senegal, and Vietnam) http://www.nutrisurvey.de/
Pipeline — The Pipeline Monitoring and Procurement Planning (PipeLine) system is a software tool that helps health program managers (1) gather critical forecasting information, (2) ensure that products arrive on time, (3) maintain consistent stock levels at the program or national level, and (4)prevent stockouts. http://deliver.jsi.com/2002/Software/Pipeline/index.cfm