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African Medical and Research Foundation
American International Health Alliance
Centers for Disease Control, U.S.: Office of Global Health
GHI-net: Global Healthcare Information Network
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Interngovernmental Organization (IGO) Search Engine
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
Medical Research Council of South Africa
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, U.S. (NCCAM)
National Institutes of Health, U.S.
Network for Equality in Health for Southern Africa (EQUINET)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
PHRplus
Quality Assurance (QA) Project
RedR
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Regional Office for Africa
World Health Organization: Regional Office for Europe
World Health Organization: Regional Office for the Mediterranean
World Health Organization: Southeast Asia Regional Office
World Health Organization: Western Pacific Region
World Medical Association
World Organization of Family Doctors

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African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
AMREF's mission is to empower disadvantaged people in Africa to enjoy better health by helping them establish their own self-sustaining health systems. The site contains information on the programmes and projects, clinical facilities, medical research, and AMREF publications for health workers. http://www.amref.org/

American International Health Alliance (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The goal of this U.S. based NGO is to advance global health through professional, volunteer, peer-to-peer partnerships. Currently, the organization manages over 100 health care twinning partnerships. http://www.aiha.com/index.jsp

Centers for Disease Control, U.S.: Office of Global Health (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site gives information about CDC work to promote healthy lifestyles and to prevent disease, disability and death. It includes a summary of overseas projects and resources for international health. http://www.cdc.gov/cogh/index.htm

GHI-net: Global Healthcare Information Network (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Founded in 2006, Global Healthcare Information Network (GHI-net) is a non-profit organization that provides support through promoting international, regional and national cooperation, building a picture of information needs and how to meet them and seeking and advocating cost-effective solutions. The network serves as a facilitator to help others work more effectively. It does not itself provide healthcare information. http://www.ghi-net.org/

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Arabic, French, German, Russian, Spanish)
Accessible in multiple languages, the site describes the activities of this partnership between governments, the private sector and affected communities. The Fund serves as a financial instrument and not an implementing agency. It contains information about the groups project support and collaborations, distribution of funds, means of application for support and partnership organizations. http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/

Interngovernmental Organization (IGO) Search Engine (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Portuguese, Spanish)
This Google custom search engine has been developed for students, faculty, researchers, and officials who are doing research in intergovernmental organization topics. As of November 2007, the IGO search searches across 315 IGO websites. It would be a useful tool for searching international health issues pertaining to developing countries. http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=006748068166572874491%3A55ez0c3j3ey

International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The organization's mission is to increase the availability and access to high quality hospice and palliative care for patients and families throughout the world. Besides information about the organization, the site contains current news and a number of fulltext manuals and reports. http://www.hospicecare.com/

International Council of Nurses
The International Council of Nurses is a federation of national nurses' associations, representing nurses in 118 countries. ICN serves as a hub for the international exchange of ideas, experience and expertise for the nursing profession, working to ensure quality nursing care for all. The site includes careers support, information on international meetings, and fact sheets on international nursing issues. http://www.icn.ch

Medical Research Council of South Africa (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
MRC aims to improve health in South Africa through relevant health research for equity and development. The website describes the organization's mission, structure and research programmes and contains a database of the organization's policy briefs, press releases and reports. http://www.mrc.ac.za/home.htm

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, U.S. (NCCAM)
The site summarizes health information, research, training, clinical trials and news about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). NCCAM is a U.S. governmental agency that studies these practices in the context of rigorous science. The site is targeted especially to US practitioners and consumers. However, NCCAM promotes international research collaboration and has an interest in CAM in developing countries. http://nccam.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health, U.S.
The NIH site includes press releases, reports, scientific resources and links to individual organizations within the NIH. http://www.nih.gov/

National Library of Medicine, U.S.
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest biomedical library. The goal of the Web site is to ensure maximum access to these resources within the U.S. and worldwide. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Network for Equality in Health for Southern Africa (EQUINET) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
EQUINET is a network of research, civil society and health sector organizations working towards and influencing equity in health in Southern Africa. http://www.equinetafrica.org/

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Spanish)
The site contains information about the programs of PAHO, the 45 member WHO regional organization for the Americas. It includes policy statements, technical reports, country health profiles, publications and contains numerous full-text documents. The site is available in English and Spanish. http://www.paho.org/

PHRplus (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus ) is a USAID project that provides technical assistance in health care reform, health policy, management, health financing, and systems strengthening. It works closely with NGOs, USAID cooperating agencies and international and developing country partner organizations. The site discusses the organization and its numerous projects. http://www.phrplus.org/

Quality Assurance (QA) Project (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The project is dedicated to improving the quality of health, population, and nutrition services through technical support to service delivery institutions, Ministries of Health, USAID missions, and cooperating agencies. The site summarizes the mission, projects and publications of the project. It is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). http://www.qaproject.org/

RedR (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
IHE is a UK-based charity that recruits experienced health workers for developing countries. It provides training, information and advice to health workers in emergency aid and development situations. The RedR web site provides information about jobs and health development issues, and recommends organizations, publications, and other useful resources for health professionals working in developing countries. In 2003, IHE merged with RedR - Engineers for Disaster Relief, another organization that recruits humanitarian professionals. http://www.redr.org.uk/

Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
SARA focuses on building capacity in African health-related institutions to strengthen research and analysis skills, and develop dissemination and advocacy strategies. It collaborates with over 20 African organizations. The site includes full-text reports on the projects. http://sara.aed.org/

West African Doctors Network (WADN) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The organization's goal is to use knowledge as the key to raising living standards and developing the African continent. The site summarizes WADN's projects and services that focus on telemedicine, professional education and consumer health. It also contains an African Consultants' Network and news features. For the site's Intranet, registration is required but is free. http://www.wadn.org/

* World Health Organization (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The WHO site provides information about all WHO programmes including coordinaton of international health work, technical assistance and aid, prevention and control of epidemics, and improvement of health care. The site contains links to numerous useful full-text documents. http://www.who.int/

World Health Organization: Regional Office for Africa (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site provides information about the WHO Regional Office for Africa and its programmes, publications, conferences, and services. http://www.afro.who.int/

World Health Organization: Regional Office for Europe (French, German, Russian)
This site provides information about the WHO Regional Office for Europe and its programmes, publications, conferences, and services. It also includes sections with links to WHO European Region and WHO Global news. The site is accessible in English, French, German and Russian. http://www.euro.who.int/

World Health Organization: Regional Office for the Mediterranean (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Arabic)
This site provides information about the WHO Regional Office for the Mediterranean and its programmes, publications, conferences, and services. It also includes a section with links to other sites. The site is available in English and Arabic. http://www.emro.who.int/index.asp

World Health Organization: Southeast Asia Regional Office (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site provides information about the WHO Southeast Asia Regional Office and its programmes, publications, conferences, and services. It also includes a section with links to related organizations' sites. http://www.searo.who.int/

World Health Organization: Western Pacific Region (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site provides information about the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and its programmes, publications, conferences, and services. It also includes a section with links to related organizations' sites. http://www.wpro.who.int/

World Medical Association
WMA is the only organization representing physicians from all medical disciplines and sectors, and all regions of the world. The WMA publishes the World Medical Journal every 2 months. The journal will soon be available on the WMA website. It is available in English, French and Spanish. http://www.wma.net/

World Organization of Family Doctors
The website includes the WONCA Newsletter; Global Family Doctor News; and online educational resources in dermatology, asthma, diabetes, and other subjects. Most of the content appears to be targeted primarily to family doctors in developed countries. However, the WONCA email discussion group has substantial representation from developing countries. http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/

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Updated: 08 January 2008

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