| AHCPR – Agency Health Care Policy Research
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This is a major sponsor of research related to clinical
practice outcomes and policy. Though primarily concerned with domestic
research, some AHCPR work is concerned with international research,
comparative studies, and cross-national practice standards. AHCPR
also has a search engine for studies with international relevance.
http://www.ahcpr.gov/
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| AMSA - American Medical Student Association |
This is a major medical student organization with a database of
foreign clinical rotations and opportunities for political activism
http://www.amsa.org/global/
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CSIH - Canadian Society for International Health
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CSIH sponsors many international health activities and
provides links with Canadian and international websites.
http://www.csih.org/index.html
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| CU Center for Computational Biology |
CCB brings together mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists,
engineers, and physicists interacting with biologists and physicians
to attack systems problems in biology. It promotes an integrated
approach to research and education across the various University
of Colorado campuses.
http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/ccb/main/home.php
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Ford Foundation
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This is one of the largest U.S. foundations that is
active in national and international health.
http://www.fordfound.org
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Global Volunteers
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This site contains information on several global volunteer
organizations.
http://globalvolunteers.org
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Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
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The University of Iowa has a comprehensive list of the
best health related sites, organized by disease or system category.
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
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Healthy Cities
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This site provides information on the Healthy Cities
project, now well established in the U.S. and gaining links overseas.
This project seeks a comprehensive approach to the development and
maintenance of healthy urban life.
http://www.healthycommunities.org
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Hesperian Foundation
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HF publishes low cost, practical books for use in all
aspects of IH practice at the community level.
http://www.hesperian.org
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Hunger Web
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HW provides for the exchange of information about hunger.
It also contains links to organizations concerned with hunger.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program/
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Idealist.org
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A top-notch search site for global volunteer organizations
of all types including: internships, jobs, and volunteer activities
in a variety of locations with a variety of organizations. A good
place to start your IH search.
http://www.idealist.org
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| IHOP - International Health Opportunities |
IHOP is a student group based at the University of Colorado Health
Science Center for individuals who have interests in international
health and world health issues.
http://www.uccc.info/cancercenter/content/IHOP
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IMVA – International Medical Volunteers Association
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This site lists just about every volunteer organization
doing work overseas. It also includes a student section.
http://www.imva.org
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| IFMSA – International Federation of Medical Students’
Associations |
This association represents medical students in 50 countries
and provides a forum to address health related concerns. They list
activities all over the world including electives, projects, and educational
programs, as well as working committees, publications, and links with
other organizations.
http://www.ifmsa.org
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International Healthcare Opportunities Clearinghouse
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This site provides a listing of organizations with internet
links, of on-line resources, courses, books on IH, and information
about how to get funding. It has a search engine that can locate funding
opportunities and organizations according to diverse search criteria.
http://library.umassmed.edu/ihoc/
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| IVPA – International Volunteer Programs Association |
This is a valuable search site for international volunteer
and internship opportunities, both medical and non-medical, and with
many types of different kinds of organizations. Searches can be tailored
by geographic location, length of commitment and type of voluntary
activity. This website is strongly suggested for anyone starting to
look for an opportunity abroad.
http://www.volunteerinternational.org
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Library of Congress Country Studies
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This site lists detailed information on many of the
countries of the world, prepared by the Federal Research Division
of the Library of Congress. It has an impressive search engine that
can search across the database for any combination of words, ranks
the hits in order of closeness to your search terms, and then provides
links to the desired text.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc
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Lonely Planet - Travel Information
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World region and individual country background information
is available at this site. Also consult the Lonely Planet books for
travel information
An excellent travel resource
http://www.lonelyplanet.com
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Oxfam
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This is an international organization working to ease
poverty and hunger in more than 70 countries.
http://www.oxfam.org
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PBS Rx For Survival: A Global Health Challenge
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This groundbreaking project examines what makes us sick, what keeps us healthy, and
what it would take to give good health the upper hand. Based on the Television series that premiered November 1-3, 2005.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/
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Teaching Aids at Low Cost
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This site lists and distributes many health related
teaching aids that are provided at low cost and often in multiple
languages for use by health care providers and patients in developing
countries.
http://www.talcuk.org/
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