see also
Karolinska Institutet: Diseases, Disorders and Related
Topics http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site contains information about the society and its
publications and programs. It also includes a gateway to key
tropical medicine sites, a section on 'tropical medicine
questions and answers' and the American Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene.
http://www.astmh.org/
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
This site describes the academic and research programs of
this school, based in Belgium. It contains detailed travel
health information (by country). The site includes a gateway
of links to selected websites at
http://lib.itg.be/biblinks.htm http://www.itg.be/itg/GeneralSite/Generalpage.asp
Institut Pasteur (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French/English partial)
The bilingual French/English website of the Institut Pasteur,
contains detailed presentation of its organization, resources
and international activities and ample information on the
major infectious diseases (in French only).
http://www.pasteur.fr/ip/index.jsp
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site describes the academic and research programs of
this UK-based school.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
This site describes the academic and research programs of the
school. Unfortunately, much of the site is inaccessible to
the general public, and the freely accessible parts of the
site contain little practical healthcare information.
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/
Médecine Tropicale Diplôme de Médecine Tropicale des Pays de l'Ocean Indien (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French only)
This French language site offers online courses, picture
galleries, clinical case descriptions, travel health, advice,
consensus guidelines, and full-text articles on tropical
diseases in Indian Ocean countries.
http://medecinetropicale.free.fr/
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The RSTMH is a UK-based organization that aims to promote the
study, control, prevention and treatment of tropical
diseases. The website includes very little practical
healthcare information. Its online publication -
'Transactions' - is unfortunately not available free of
charge.
http://www.rstmh.org/
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