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gram activities; external links; board on international health (and the board publication
list).
International Development Research Council = http://www.idrc.ca —Home
page of IDRC, Canada’s agency for funding development research, including many
health-related projects. Provides information about current and recent projects, program
initiatives, publications, and training and funding opportunities. Much important
research has been carried out with IDRC support.
International Health and Traveler’s Medicine = http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/
travel.html —Produced by the Medical College of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, this web
page provides a source of information for international travel, including links to
other organizations.
International Healthcare Opportunities Clearinghouse = [http:/library.
ummed.edu/ihoc/] —Home page of the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s
website designed for health care professionals and students interested in volunteer
work, employment, or studying with underserved communities at home or abroad.
The site provides: extensive listings of organizations with internet links; a list of
online resources, courses and books; and information about how to get funding. It
now has a search engine that can locate organizations according to country, level,
and discipline of personnel accepted, language capabilities, level of support required
or provided, religious affiliation required or not, duration of placement, and other
variables; provides links to home pages of organizations where available.
International Medical Corps = http://www.imc-la.com/index.htm —”IMC is
a private, nonsectarian, nonpolitical, nonprofit humanitarian relief organization established
in 1984 by volunteer U.S. physicians and nurses.”
International Health Care Research Guide = http://www.health.ucalgary.ca/
—Center for Advancement of Health at the University of Calgary has provided an
online resource that includes: an international health care researcher database, links
to may of the medical school and faculties around the world, a directory to health
care research site around the world, and more.
International Health Medical Education Consortium = http://www.unmc.edu/
community/ihmec/ —An organization assisting in medical student placement in
the Third World. IHMEC headquarters in Chapel Hill, NC: 919/962-0000, e-mail:
ihmec@med.unc.edu.
International Red Cross = http://www.icrc.ch —Home page of this venerable
organization. Includes a country-by-country listing of activities and special sections
on topical issues such as civil wars, disasters, landmines, etc.
John Hopkins University School of Public Health = http://www.sph.jhu.edu/
—Home page of the School of Public Health. See http://ih1sph.jhu.edu/ for the
homepage of the Department of International Health for complete information
about the objectives, activities, and courses of the four divisions that make up one of
the largest and oldest academic departments devoted to international health education
and research.
Library of Congress Country Studies = http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
cshome.html#toc. —Provides detailed and authoritative information on many of
the countries of the world prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library
of Congress. The website has an impressive search engine that can search across the
database for any combination of words, rank the hits in order of closeness to your
search terms, and then provide links to the desired text. The LoC homepage is http:/
/lcweb.loc.gov/.