We have collected an extensive list of online resources related to international health and medical missions.
The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) is affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin. LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America.
Travel health information, specifically targeted to physicians travelling internationally.
Project MedSend offers student loan repayment grants to healthcare professionals who are headed for career medical missions service under the authority of a recognized missions sending agency. Medsend also develops funding to repay educational loans for healthcare workers as they minister among the underserved at home and abroad.
An annotated listing of organizations, sources of supplies, books, websites and other information regarding overseas short-term mission trips and followup activities. Compiled by H. Bruce Carr.
An international public health agency with almost 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas. It enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system, serving as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization, and as the health organization of the Inter-American System.
Health information for countries in the Americas.
The Postpartum Hemorrhage Prevention and Treatment website provides a forum for joint information sharing and learning between organizations and individuals working on the prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in developing countries. Includes learning materials and Postpartum Hemorrhage toolkit.
Relink Global Health provides an online searchable platform that connects patients, providers and medical organizations within Haiti.
Information on prosthetics, and resources for amputees. Includes listing of professional organizations and non-profits dedicated to aiding amputees.
Safesurg.org is designed to support individuals and institutions interested in improving the safety of surgical practices. Includes the WHO's Surgical Safety Checklist, checklist implementation resources and information on how to register with WHO.
Official site of the Secretaria de Salud of Honduras. Includes links to hospital and health system information.
The Swinfen Charitable Trust connects physicians and their patients in poor or remote parts of the world with specialists who offer medical advice on specific cases. Recently formed a partnership with Univ. of Miami and Univ. of Virginia to remotely "see" the patients at the University of Miami's field hospital in Port-au-Prince.
The GHD Project was launched in 2007, spearheaded by Jim Yong Kim, Paul Farmer and Michael Porter. The goal of the GHD Project is to develop a new generation of tools to capture knowledge about program design and implementation’s impact on positive health outcomes and rapidly disseminate innovations to practitioners. The GHD Project includes GHD Studies, a newly designed health care delivery curriculum, and GHD Online, the use of the Internet to enable worldwide communication and information sharing among practitioners.
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Great information about countries.
Provides Travel Warnings, Consular Information Sheets and Public Announcements about virtually every country in the world.
The mission of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF is to promote the survival, protection, and development of all children worldwide through fundraising, advocacy, and education.
VIPS is a committee of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation that serves as a resource for plastic surgeons who participate in overseas volunteer service missions to developing countries.
WHO is the United Nations specialized agency for health. Site contains useful health information.
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