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Global Health

FAIMER is pleased to provide these links as a resource for those interested in health professions education and global health. This portion of the FAIMER website will be revised on an ongoing basis. We welcome your feedback on the usefulness of these links and recommendations for additions. To send us your suggestions, click here.

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Disease Prevention and Control

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Global Health Collaborations and Networks

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Global Health Policy

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Global Health Funding Directories and Resources

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Global Health Research

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Global Health Capacity Building

  • Healthcare Information for All by 2015 (HIFA2015)
  • Provides knowledge-based public health information for health care providers around the world.
  • Jhpiego
  • An affiliate of Johns Hopkins University focusing on strengthening the delivery of health care services for women and their families by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, and hands-on solutions.
  • Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
  • Renders advice and support in health service leadership and management, health service delivery, human resources for health, pharmaceutical management, health care financing, and health information.
  • UCSF Global Health Sciences Prevention and Public Health Group (PPHG)
  • Provides training and technical assistance in international HIV surveillance, HIV/AIDS intervention research, innovative international health research, monitoring, and evaluation.
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Health Care Volunteer Opportunities

  • Omni Med
  • Provides health care volunteer programs and an on-line database of health service opportunities for potential volunteers.
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Health Information and Statistics

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Global Health Organizations and Issues

  • Global Health Council
  • Addresses major global health concerns including women’s health, child health, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, health systems, and emerging issues.
  • global health.gov
  • Provides information on major health issues, international health regulation, international agreements pertaining to global health, and initiatives and partnerships that impact public health issues at national and international levels.
  • Grand Challenges in Global Health
  • Supports investigators, entrepreneurs, and innovators who can help fight diseases through new ideas and technology.
  • Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • Information resources, including publications, data and statistics, projects, and programs, related to the Western Hemisphere’s most pressing public health issues.
  • World Economic Forum Global Health Initiative
  • Tackles HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, and health systems issues by initiating projects with global partners; provides relevant information through its own library.
  • World Health Organization
  • Provides leadership on global health matters, shapes the health research agenda, sets norms and standards, articulates evidence-based policy options, provides technical support to countries, and monitors and assesses health trends.
  • The World Medical Journal
  • Publishes overviews of trends and new areas of medical progress on both regional and international developments.
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Global Health Provider Education

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[last update: December 20, 2011]