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Center for Global Health Core Site List
CGH students have served in these sites in the past, or the site is known to provide a high quality experience.

www.pophealth.wisc.edu/gh/docs/CoreSiteIHE.pdf

Global Health Education Consortium
GHEC is a consortium of faculty and health care educators dedicated to global health education in North American health professions schools and residency programs. Go to "Resources" for study abroad information.
http://www.globalhealth-ec.org

Volunteer/Field Opportunities
Action Without Borders
Large database offers many volunteer/internship listings (not all medical, varying lengths).  Can search
 for sites in numerous ways.
www.idealist.org

Africare
www.africare.org

American Academy of Pediatrics-international opportunities
www.aap.org/sections/ich/

American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12894.html

American Medical Student Association Global Health Action Committee
www.amsa.org/global/ih/ihopps.cfm

Andean Health and Development
http://andeanhealth.homestead.com/Home2.html

Behrhorst Partners for Development (site in Guatemala)
www.behrhorst.org

Care Corps
www.care.org/carecorps

Catholic Relief Services (for students)
www.crscampusconnection.org

Child Family Health International-GH electives
www.cfhi.org

Christian Connections for International Health
www.cmds.org

CIDRZ Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia 
http://www.cidrz.org/

Cross Cultural Solutions
www.crossculturalsolutions.org

Doctors for Global Health
www.dghonline.org

Family Health International
www.fhi.org

Foundation for Integrated Ed. and Dev. (site in Ecuador)
www.funedesin.org

Global Medicine Network
www.globalmedicine.org/GMN/index.asp

Global Service Corps
www.globalservicecorps.org

Global Volunteers
www.globalvolunteers.org

Health Volunteers Overseas
http://hvousa.org

Hillside Health Care Center-Belize
www.hillsidebelize.net

Himalayan Health Exchange
www.himalayanhealth.com/index.shtml

Institute for International Medicine
Equipping health professionals to serve in medical missions
http://inmed.us/

InterAction
www.interaction.org

Interhealth South America
Study and Service Program in Ecuador for Medical Students and Residents
www.InterhealthSouthAmerica.net

International Alliance in Service and Education
www.iaseco.org

International Emergency Medicine Rotations Database
www.ed.bmc.org/iem/search.cfm

International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
Offers 4-week exchange clerkships for med students who are members of IFMSA-USA.
www.ifmsa.org

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
www.ifrc.org

International Health Central American Institute
www.ihcai.org

International Healthcare Opportunities Clearinghouse
http://library.umassmed.edu/ihoc

International Jobs Center
www.internationaljobs.org

International Medical Corps
www.imcworldwide.org/index.shtml

International Medical Volunteers Association
www.imva.org

International Programs Reviewed
A database, experience journal and conduit of international programs that offer medical, mission, volunteer, elective credit and education opportunities for interested individuals around the world.
ipreveiwed.com

International Red Cross
www.icrc.ch

International Service Agencies
www.charity.org/type.html

International Service Learning
http://www.islonline.org 

MAP International
www.map.org

Mayan Medical Aid
http://mayanmedicalaid.org/global_health_ed.htm

University of Minnesota Global Health Course   NEW
An intensive training course co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
aimed at physicians and other health care providers working in immigrant health, travelers’ health,
and tropical and global health.
www.globalhealth.umn.edu

NIH’s Fogarty International Center
www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/overseasfellowship/start.htm

Operation Crossroads Africa
www.igc.org/oca

PAHO The Pan American Health Organization internship opportunities
http://www.paho.org/English/AM/HRM/RE/HRM-internship.htm

Partners in Health
www.pih.org

Peace Corps
www.peacecorps.gov

Postgraduate Training Programmes in IH
www.healthtraining.org

Project Hope
www.projhope.org

PublicHealthJobs.net
www.publichealthjobs.net

Public Health Employment Connection-Emory School of Public Health
http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/hec.cfm

Public Health Jobs Worldwide
www.jobspublichealth.com

Student University Network for Social and International Health
www.sunsih.ca

Tulane School of Public Health Website-Career Services Center Resources
www.sph.tulane.edu/main/careercenter/carrescs.htm

United Nations internships
At headquarters in N.Y.  Also links to info on internships available throughout U.N. systems & other inter-national organizations. 
www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/sds/internsh/index.htm

United Nations online volunteers
www.onlinevolunteering.org

United Nations Volunteer Program
Links to World Volunteer Web which offers many more resources.  Can search by country.
www.unv.org

US Pharmacopeia Summer Internship Program
http://www.usp.org/aboutUSP/careers/internship.html

Volunteer Abroad
Database for site searching, also offers other travel info including language schools in many countries.

www.volunteerabroad.com

WHO’s Health Leadership Service
www.who.int/health_leadership/en/

WHO Internships
“The World Health Organization offers internship opportunities for graduate or post-graduate university students, generally in health-related programmes.”
www.who.int/employment/internship/en

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