Essential Health Links: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases/Organizations


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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Institut Pasteur
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Médecine Tropicale  Diplôme de Médecine Tropicale des Pays de l'Ocean Indien
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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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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Updated: 29 January 2008