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
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
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
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.
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.
(IHMEC) Global Health Education Consortium 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.
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.
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 Better Business Bureau website has detailed reports on major charities.
Software Applications for International Health
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/
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/