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• Health: Organizations  (64)
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• Aid Walungu - Assists South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, to improve their health and nutrition and to access better medical care and training. Program descriptions, photos of facilities, and how to donate or volunteer. In English, French, and Dutch.
• Andean Health & Development - Working to build self-sustaining primary health care systems in rural Ecuador. Information on goals, history, and how to get involved.
• Bansang Hospital Appeal Charity - Delivers medical and financial aid to needy people in a third world hospital in Gambia, West Africa.
• British Association of Urological Surgeons - Urology charity working in the developing world.
• Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines - Advocating to lower the prices of existing medicines, to bring abandoned drugs back into production, and to stimulate R&D for diseases that primarily affect the poor. Includes reports and accomplishments. From MSF.
• Canvasback Missions, Inc - Arranges housing, transportation, supplies and major equipment for medical and dental volunteers serving the Pacific Islands.
• Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development (CCISD) - Nonprofit which specializes in designing and managing international health projects. Information on areas of expertise, past projects, and method of work. In English, French, and Spanish.
• Dentaid - UK-based charitable organization that provides equipment, training, and oral health services to hospitals, clinics, and dentists in the developing world.
• Dental Health International Nederland - Provides oral health for deprived communities with a primary focus on prevention and education.
• Dental Project Peru - Emergency dental care and education to the most impoverished and rural areas of Peru. Opportunities for volunteers and donations.
• Direct Relief International - US-based. Sends shipments of medical equipment and supplies worldwide to help the victims of civil unrest, natural disasters and chronic poverty.
• DOCARE International, NFP - Health care professionals and interested lay people providing health care to primitive and isolated people in remote areas of Western Hemisphere.
• Doctors of the World, USA - International organization working to create sustainable medical programs to those in the greatest need in the US and abroad. Has current projects in Chiapas, Kosovo, Russia, South Africa, US, Vietnam.
• Doctors Worldwide - UK-based charity working on emergency medical relief, extended medical relief and medical rehabilitation and medical education. Photos and information on projects, with how to donate or volunteer.
• Filipino American Medical Incorporated - Providing charitable surgical procedures and medical services in the US and abroad. FAMI also promotes medical and technical education here and abroad.
• The Fistula Foundation - Offering treatment and prevention of obstetric fistula through support of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, as well as programs across the country. Includes details of the hospital, and information about the fundraising and educational work of the organization.
• Flying Doctors - California-based volunteer medical professionals and volunteers provide free health care to Mexico and Central American. Trip reports and volunteer opportunities.
• Flying Doctors of America - US based group supplying physicians, dentists, nurses, chiropractors, and non-medical support volunteers to care for people worldwide who otherwise would never receive professional medical care.
• Flying Samaritans at the University of California, Irvine - Student-run organization dedicated to providing free health care to Mexico through monthly clinic trips with physicians, dentists, and other volunteers.
• Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children - Raises operating and construction funds for pediatric hospitals and clinics.
• The Fred Hollows Foundation - Undertaking community-based work with blindness prevention organisations in Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Includes foundation history, details of projects, information on donating and volunteering, and list of regional contacts.
• Friends of Good Samaritan - A non-profit, volunteer, group of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and registered nurses dedicated to providing surgical services to the needy in Haiti. Information on projects, facilities, and past trips.
• Ghana Plastic Surgery - Setting up and maintaining reconstructive plastic surgery services for the people of Ghana. Information on common conditions and treatments, supporters, and donations.
• Give the Gift of Sight - A Luxottica Group Foundation providing free eye care and glasses to people in need in US communities and around the world.
• Global Medical Relief Fund - Facciliates travel, room and board for children and their guardian to the United States for medical and surgical care.
• GMin - Global Minimum - A NGO providing long lasting insecticided bed nets to the people of Sierra Leone, Africa.
• The Guinea Development Foundation - US-based nonprofit organization seeking to improve the Republic of Guinea's preventative, primary and emergency health care services. Gives analysis of current conditions, program goals, and information on foundation administration.
• Health for Humanity - A Western Canada based volunteer organization providing quality medical care and equipment for the poor of Guatemala. Information on past trips, planned programs, fundraising, and organization leadership.
• Health Partners International of Canada - Distributes to developing countries medicines, medical supplies and vaccines donated by Canadian industry. In English and French.
• The HealthCare Chaplaincy - A multi-faith community of professionals dedicated to caring for persons in spirit, mind, and body. Committed to excellence and leadership in pastoral care, education, and research.
• Healthlink for Africa Inc. - Organization hoping to promotes better health for the people of Africa by building and operating diagnostic facilities, networking with area health care providers and supplying tools for medical records.
• Honduras Medical Relief at U-M - Students and medical professionals at the University of Michigan dedicated to improving health care in rural Honduras.
• Hospital Diospi Suyana - Nnon-profit-organization which aims to establish and maintain a mission hospital in the Peruvian Andes.
• IMO Vietnam Medical Project - Focusing on creating sustainable health care systems in the developing world. Provides students an educational opportunity overseas in which they can directly participate.
• India Medicare - Shri Kumudrai Jani Medicare Center charitable trust provides health care and medical services.
• India Renal Foundation - Dedicated to the cause of kidney failure patients in India. Includes information on situation in the country, organization's programs, and how to donate.
• Information on Treatment and Healthcare Accessibility in Countries of Origin. - Provides country of origin information on the prevailing medical situation and is an initiative of the Belgian Projects of MSF.
• International HIV/AIDS Alliance - A development organisation which works in developing countries to support their response to AIDS.
• International Humanity - Support for health-care and educational activities in developing countries.
• International Medical Corps - An emergency humanitarian health care relief organization in Albania, Angola, Bosnia, Burundi, Georgia, Kenya, Kosovo, Honduras, Somalia, and Sudan employing doctors, nurses and program managers and logisticians to provide emergency care.
• International Medical Corps - Medical training and emergency health care worldwide.
• International Medical Corps (IMC) UK - Health care and training to save and rebuild lives. Emergency nutrition, water and sanitation services. Supports community participation and development.
• Interplast.org - Provides free reconstructive surgery in developing nations.
• Lalmba - Nonprofit organization active in several countries in Africa teaching individuals to care for their own health needs and providing primary medical care.
• A Leg To Stand On - Helps children with disabilities in India by establishing orthopedic clinics, providing resources and training helping local doctors. Information on mission and recent work, with photos and online donations.
• Maggie’s Dreamcatcher - Dharamsala Hospital Project Inc is a charity formed to assist with the building and funding of a hospital in Dharamsala.
• MAP International - Mission is to provide essential medicines, prevent and eradicate disease, and promote community health development. Includes program details and donation information.
• Medecins Sans Frontieres - An international medical and humanitarian aid organization. News, links to country sites, feature articles. (Also known as Doctors without Borders.)
• Medical Aid for East Timor - Project to send material aid and medical supplies to East Timor. It is looking for monetary donations to rebuild clinics and provide local training of the Timorese.
• Medical Aid for Palestine, Canada - An organization with a mission is to improve the health of Palestinians through humanitarian and development assistance, Site is in English and French.
• Medical Expeditions International - Organizes non-religious expeditions to provide medical care in developing countries.
• Medical Mission Services Foundation - Donates medical services and supplies to qualified organizations in developing countries.
• Medicine for Mali - Organization that works to provide focused medical aid to a loving people in need of help in the country of Mali, West Africa.
• Medicus Mundi International - An international organisation related to the World Health Organisation dealing with health care development. It actively supports the concept of primary and community-based health care.
• MediSend International - Collects surplus medical supplies and equipment in developed nations to be distributed to institutions in developing countries.
• Mercy Malaysia - Volunteer relief organization providing medical and humanitarian services locally and abroad. Has information on activities, donation centres, news articles and newsletter subscription.
• Minnesota International Health Volunteers - Mission is to improve community health by creating self-sustaining primary health care projects worldwide. Information on accomplishments, method of work, and how to get involved.
• Operation Eyesight Universal - Focuses on eye health in the developing world. Volunteer opportunities, Matching grant challenge for clubs and groups.
• Operation Rainbow Canada - Registered Canadian non-profit organization which oversees volunteer surgical teams providing free reconstructive surgery to children in under-served countries with cleft lip and palate, and burn scars.
• Operation Smile - Not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization that provides reconstructive facial surgery to indigent children and young adults in 16 developing countries and in the United States.
• PAGASA Medical Mission of Madison, WI - Sends annual missions and supports two permanent medical missions to the Philippines. Volunteers from the US local communities work together to provide free medical care.
• Partners in Health - Works to improve the health of poor communities in conjunction with other organizations. Has projects involving drugs for Tuberculosis and HIV. Partner projects are in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, and Boston.
• Project Vietnam - American Academy of Pediatrics California Chapter 4 provides healthcare assistance, focusing on needy rural areas and children at risk. Includes trip application, reports from previous missions, and newsletter.
• Refugee Relief International - The only medical relief organization providing aid in war zones that other relief agencies won't go to.
• Rejoice Thailand - Medical outreach supporting people affected by HIV in Northern Thailand. Financial aid for education and medical services.
• Remote Area Medical Volunteers Canada - Volunteers provide free medical, dental and optometric services to remote areas, primarily Guyana and Nepal.
• Sankara Eye Foundation - US-based fundraising arm of Sankara Eye Society, working on prevention of blindness in India. Information on mission, past achievements, and how to donate.
• The Shanthimalai Research and Development Trust - A German organisation offering support, mainly medical and educational, of poor people in the Tiruvannamalai area of South India.
• Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust - Health care for curable blindness in India and other developing nations.
• Twende! - Let's Go! - NGO working to provide medical treatment for seriously ill patients in Mtwara, Tanzania
• Urgenta Foundation - Nonprofit organization which carries out medically based technical projects in Romanian hospitals aiming to bring hospitals' facilities up to a western level. Site contains project information.
• Volunteers in Health Care - Provides technical assistance and small grants to organizations in the United States that care for the uninsured.
• The Work Of World Medical Fund - Caring for the AIDS orphans of Malawi, HIV/AIDS education in schools and villages. Palliative Care for the terminally ill.
• World Dental Relief - Nonprofit relief organization with a state and federally licensed warehouse to receive and distribute dental supplies and equipment to dental healthcare projects around the world.
• World Health Ambassador Program - International medical relief team which provides medical and dental services to needy people.
• World Walk Foundation - Focusing on lower limb deformities and diseases, Free surgery to the poor and medical training to doctors in their communities.

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