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African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
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 
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.
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/OGH
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
International Health Exchange
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 IHE 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. http://www.ihe.org.uk
Medical Research Council of South Africa
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.html
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://www.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)
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) 
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
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
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/
Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA)
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/
UK Partnership For Global Health
Established in April 2000, this organization is a forum for people concerned about the impact of globalization on health issues. The site contains subject based, fulltext documents on numerous policy topics. The participants are from various national and international constituencies and UK governmental departments. http://www.ukglobalhealth.org/
West African Doctors Network (WADN) 
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 contains a health professionals’ Intranet – registration is required but is free.
http://www.wadn.org/
World Health Organization
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
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 
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, Frensh, German and Russian.http://www.euro.who.int/
World Health Organization: Regional Office for the Mediterranean 
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
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://w3.whosea.org/index.htm
World Health Organization: Western Pacific Region
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, “gp-wonca” has substantial representation from developing countries. http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/
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