MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

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Compiled by Frank Stitt MBBS FRACP
Online Medical Education, Sydney, Australia

  1. Medical Organizations Directories (Metasites)
  2. Medical Organizations -- International

Medical Organizations Directories (Metasites)

  1. Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centers
    "a directory health information resource centers; uses Acrobat Reader format (4.0 or better), can be downloaded completely and is arranged alphabetically by country; the directory is maintained by the Health Information for Development project that was launched in 2000"
  2. INASP Health Directory - 1999
    "an international directory of organizations working to improve access to reliable information for healthcare workers in developing and transitional countries; includes organizations that provide health information and ones that support library development; has indexes by medical specialty and names of organization"
  3. MedMark: Medical Bookmarks
    "extensive posting of www medical resources by specialty; contains lists with links to schools, medical centers, professional societies, foundations, research organizations and subspecialties; also includes lists of general resources, navigational guides, journals news and consumer health information for each specialty"
  4. National Institutes of Health (U.S.): Institutes, Centers, and Divisions
    "listing of twenty five National Institutes of Health (U.S.) WWW sites"

Medical Organizations -- International

  1. American Association of Colleges of Nursing
    "site of the U.S.'s degree nursing education programs; contains information on the AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data collection, publications, and other programs"
  2. American Medical Association
    "information about the organization and its services, medical care and education plus links to peer reviewed medical web sites and electronic journals"
  3. ASTMH Online: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    "organization's website that contains pages on travel clinic directories, tropical medicine questions and answers, clinical site links, the ASTMH newsletter, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, overseas opportunities, and job market"
  4. British Medical Association
    "site include information about the BMA and the latest news and views from the medical world"
  5. Child-to-Child Trust
    "the Trust acts as a central core for health and education workers and programmes that encourage children and adolescents to take an active role in their health and development; site contains information about the organization and participating groups, and its projects and training programs; it is maintained by the Institutes of Education and Child Health at the University of London, UK"
  6. Development Gateway
    "the website of the Development Gateway, an organization that helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships to reduce poverty; it contains subject-based and keyword indices and, for each topic, the sub-page contains a discussion of the key issues, current news and projects; many of the subjects are health related"
  7. The Dreyfus Health Foundation
    "organisation serves as a catalyst for better health world wide through communication and collaboration; achieves with Problem Solving for Better Health and Communication for Better Health programmes"
  8. Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT)
    "EPT aims to support the electronic publication of scientific journals published in developing countries and thus contribute to narrowing the knowledge gap between scientists in the developed and developing regions of the world"
  9. Exchange: a Networking and Learning Programme on Health Communications for Development
    "exchange promotes learning and encourages sharing of information about effective health communication, and maintains a brokerage role to help match health communication needs to available resources; site includes the publication 'Findings', a new series of international perspectives on health communication"
  10. FAMAHU: Learning for Change
    "organization is dedicated to strengthening the work of NGOs through the use of information and communications technologies; it produces and publishes CDROM based learning materials, designs and manages websites and run training courses; site summarizes activities and programs"
  11. Family Health International
    "information about organization that is committed to helping women and men have access to safe, effective, acceptable and affordable family planning methods; includes summary of programs, news releases, contact and Reproductive Health/Hiv/AIDS resource search engine"
  12. Global Forum for Health Research
    "organization aims to reverse a 10/90 imbalance in the biomedical research ratio of funds vs. world population; regarding health research, site has sections on analytical work, a 10/90 Report, Annual Forum on Health Research, and Communicating Health Research plus has a substantial links page of organizations with an interest in health research and communication"
  13. Health InterNetwork
    "the project aims to bridge the "digital divide" in health information; led by the World Health Organization, the project brings together public and private partners to ensuring equitable access to health information; core elements of the project are content, Internet connectivity and capacity building; the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative is the initial project and provides access to 1500 ejournals"
  14. Healthlink Worldwide
    "a summary of the organizations activities that provide information on health through specialist programes, publications, resource centers, training and technical support to organizations in developing countries; contains links to some full text health articles"
  15. Hesperian Foundation
    "a non-profit publisher committed to promoting the health of poor people around the world by making health information accessible; the Foundation produces books and other educational resources for community-based health care; contains a directory of distributors of materials in 80+ languages plus a quarterly women's health newsletter"
  16. INASP - Health (International Network for the Availiability of Scientific Publications - Health)
    "summarizes the philosophy and programs of a cooperative network for organizations concerned with improving access to reliable information for health professionals in resource-poor countries; includes summaries of a series of workshops titled 'Health Information Forum; contains a 'Health Links' section"
  17. INCLEN (International Clinical Epidemiological Network)
    "website of an organization dedicated to improving the health of people by promoting clinical practice based on the best evidence of effectiveness and the efficient use of resources; includes information on publications, research, meetings, etc. and email/wwww links to participating institutions"
  18. International Council of Nurses
    "a federation of national nurses' associations, representing nurses in 118 countries; includes careers support, information on international meetings, and fact sheets on international nursing issues"
  19. International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP)
    ILEP is a federation of 18 non-governmental organizations, based in 13 countries, which share the common aim of eradicating leprosy and all its consequences. TALMilep is an action group of ILEP that produces and supplies teaching materials to equip both general and specialized health workers in the cure and rehabilitation of people affected by leprosy"
  20. International Federation of Medical Students Associations
    "IFMSA promotes international cooperation and exchange of ideas and experience among medical students worldwide"
  21. International Health Exchange
    "a UK-based charity helping to recruit experienced health workers for developing countries; provides training, information and advice to health workers working in international health plus information about jobs and health development issues, and recommends organizations, publications, and other useful resources"
  22. International Health Program Office (U.S.)
    "information about the Centers for Disease Control's (U.S.) collaboration with other nations and international organizations to promote healthy lifestyles and to prevent excess disease, disability and death; includes summary of overseas projects and resources for international health"
  23. International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
    "links national Family Planning Associations in over 180 countries worldwide; site includes full-text, practical information, manuals, and guides, including the 'IPPF Newsletter', a list of resources of female genital mutilation, and 'Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations'"
  24. International Resource Centre for the Prevention of Blindness
    "site of the International Resource Centre (UK Institute of Ophthalmology) that is committed to strengthening eye health education in developing countries; organization's goal is to make today's knowledge of cost-effective control of blindness available; includes information on research, eye science and disease"
  25. National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (U.S.) - NCCAM
    "site summarizes health information, research, training, clinical trials and news about complementary and alternative medicine; NCCAM is a U.S. governmental agency that studies these practices in the context of rigorous science; it is targeted especially to US practitioners and consumers; however, NCCAM promotes international research collaboration and has an interest in CAM in developing countries"
  26. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
    "information relation to the Institute's mission: to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone; includes press releases, reports, scientific resources and links to individual organizations within the NIH"
  27. National Institutes of Mental Health (U.S.)
    "information about the Institute's programs, strategic plan, press releases and upcoming meetings plus specific disease highlights for consumers"
  28. National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
    "information on all significant program of the Library, from medical history to biotechnology; the goal of the site is that resources of the world's largest biomedical library will find ever wider useful application around the nation and around the world"
  29. Pan American Health Organization
    "information about all programs of PAHO, a forty five member organization for the Americas; includes policy statements, technical reports, country health profiles, publications and links to relevant Internet sites"
  30. Quality Assurance (QA) Project
    "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; site summarizes the mission, projects and publications of the project; it is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)"
  31. SatelLife
    "international not-for-profit organization providing health communication and information for countries in developing world; contains links to a series of email conferences"
  32. Scientists for Health and Research for Development
    "organization aims to enhance availability and exchange of information on health research with and in developing countries; site provides information about ongoing research and development projects related to major health problems in developing countries; is funded by the Member States of the European Union and the European Commission"
  33. Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC)
    "site of a UK based NGO that supplies teaching-aids and books to raise standards of health care and reduce poverty worldwide; contains information about the organization, its projects and how to obtain the low-cost material"
  34. World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
    "a professional association that aims to stimulate education and promotion of high standards among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals: the target audience includes editors of peer-reviewed biomedical journals and scholars who study medical editing, peer review and informatics"
  35. World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
    "the global organisation concerned with education and training of medical doctors; site contains information about WFME, its journal Medical Education and links to related organizations"
  36. World Health Organization
    "information about all programs of the WHO that includes coordinating of international health work, furnishing technical assistance and aid, stimulating prevention and control of epidemics, and fostering improvement of health care"
  37. World Medical Association
    "the only organization representing physicians from all medical disciplines and sectors, and all regions of the world; WMA publishes the World Medical Journal every 2 months"
  38. World Organization of Family Doctors
    "includes the WONCA Newsletter; Global Family Doctor News; and online educational resources in dermatology, asthma, diabetes, and other subjects; also includes the WONCA email discussion group, "gp-wonca" that has substantial representation from developing countries"

    for HIV/AIDS organizations, see

  39. American Academy of HIV Medicine
  40. HIV Medicine Association (Infectious Diseases Society of America)
  41. International AIDS Society
  42. International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
  43. International HIV/AIDS Alliance

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