‘Global Health’
Central American Medical Outreach
Sep. 7, 2018—It is impossible to fully understand the scope of everything CAMO is doing in Honduras until you see it with your own eyes. So many lives are touched in one way or another whether it is medical services or just around the community when volunteers from the USA take time out of their lives to...
Diabetes Youth Care
Sep. 5, 2018—In many hospitals in Ghana, adolescents and youth with chronic diseases are usually managed in the same setting as the adults. The age differences between them and the adults also create some cultural barriers. With this, most young people with chronic diseases would either come to the hospital close to closing time or would have...
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Sep. 5, 2018—The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is located in Kumasi, the Regional Capital of Ashanti Region in Ghana. The road network of the country and commercial nature of Kumasi make the hospital accessible to all the areas that share boundaries with Ashanti Region and others that are further away. Their vision is to become a medical center...
AMOS
Aug. 27, 2018—AMOS is a Christian non-profit organization that exists to improve the health of impoverished communities by working alongside them in health, education and development. AMOS Health and Hope seeks to take action to help address the problems of poverty, disease and preventable deaths. The organizations is dedicated to improving the health and well being of...
Barretos Cancer Hospital
Aug. 27, 2018—Barretos Cancer Hospital is the most advanced oncological hospital in Brazil with 100% assistance through Brazilian Public Health System (SUS), sustained mainly through associates’ donations. Every day, their 380 doctors who work exclusively and full time assist 6,000 people in 1,756 cities across 27 states in Brazil to prevent and diagnose cancer. Their prevention work...
Curamericas
Aug. 27, 2018—Curamericas Global was founded in 1983 by Duke University and Johns Hopkins alumni Henry Perry III, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H and Alice Weldon, Ph.D. Curamericas Global was created with the goal of establishing primary health care programs that are responsive to the health needs of the community, improving child survival within the community, and building the...
International Women’s Health Coalition
Jan. 4, 2017—The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) recognizes that women’s and girls’ human rights, health and equality are essential to social, environmental, and economic justice for all. IWHC advances the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young people, particularly adolescent girls, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. IWHC furthers this...
Hub Accra
Nov. 21, 2016—Hub Accra is a globally integrated entrepreneurial community that promotes high-impact development in West Africa in a responsible, sustainable, and equitable way. The organization’s mission is to support inclusive growth in Ghana through the creation of a resilient and dynamic social innovation ecosystem by developing programs, providing workspace, access to capital and connecting entrepreneurs focused on creating...
AMOS Health & Hope
Mar. 17, 2016—AMOS is a Christian non-profit organization that exists to improve the health of impoverished communities by working alongside them in health, education and development. AMOS Health and Hope seeks to take action to help address the problems of poverty, disease and preventable deaths. The organizations is dedicated to improving the health and well being of people who suffer from...
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
Mar. 17, 2016—CIDRZ is an independent, local, non-governmental health organization established in Zambia in 2001. Our experts utilize innovative and collaborative approaches to develop research, health services and training initiatives with measurable results in the following focus areas: HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Women’s Health Newborn and Child Health Community Outreach Health System...
World Health Organization
Feb. 22, 2016—The World Health Organization (WHO) offers 6-12 weeks internships with a wide range of opportunities for health professionals to gain insight in the technical and administrative programmes of WHO and global health. The applicant can be from any specialty and healthcare background (eg: biostatistics, epidemiology, medicine, public health, surgery, pediatrics, maternal health, environmental health, cardiology,...
Friends Without A Border
Feb. 15, 2016—Friends Without A Border was founded in 1996 and in 1999 the organization built and opened Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Since that time, AHC has treated over 1.4 million children, trained hundreds of healthcare professionals, and is considered “one of only three essential healthcare institutions” in the country as stated by a Cambodian Health...
Last Mile Health
Jan. 25, 2016—Founded by the survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Last Mile Health (LMH) saves lives in the world’s most remote villages. The organization specializes in the development and management of professionalized Community Health Workers who bridge the gap between hospital and remote villages, bringing critical services to the doorsteps of people living in the last mile. LMH’s...
Clinton Foundation
Nov. 20, 2015—The Clinton Foundation‘s internship program has three primary components: hands-on work experience, educational and professional development, and mentoring. The program also includes a lecture series, social and community service events, and culminates in a final project to help guide participants beyond their Clinton Foundation experience. Internships are generally 3 months in length, but can be up...
Soles4Souls
Nov. 12, 2015—Soles4Souls is a not-for-profit global social enterprise committed to fighting poverty through the collection and distribution of shoes and clothing. Since 2006 Soles4Souls has collected and distributed 26 million pairs of shoes to those in need in 127 countries around the world and all 50 states in the U.S. It was founded as a disaster relief organization after philanthropists...
Carter Center
Nov. 6, 2015—The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity;...
Carter Center
Nov. 6, 2015—The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity;...
Manna Project International
Oct. 26, 2015—Manna Project International works to create communities of young leaders that help break the cycle of poverty by focusing on people and their need to access health care, education, and an income equal to the cost of living. Manna Project International’s holistic development initiatives are built on a foundation of trust, commitment and community ownership....
Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance
Sep. 28, 2015—Founded in 2007, Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance works to overcome barriers to health – uniting medicine, culture, and language. As the only health organization in Guatemala to provide high-quality health care in Mayan languages, Wuqu’ Kawoq operates on the beliefs that you should not have to choose between your culture and your health, you should...
Malaria Institute at Macha
May. 21, 2015—Malaria Institute at Macha (MIAM) embodies the spirit of collaboration as researchers combine old-world and high-tech resources necessary for the on-site work required for the prevention and control of the mosquito-borne illness that kills its victims, mostly children, in numbers that rival the scourge of AIDS in Africa.The Institute’s mission is to develop a center...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Zambia
May. 21, 2015—AIDS Healthcare Foundation Zambia has been working to control the country’s AIDS epidemic since 2002, and has since formed fruitful partnership with the WHO, Humana People to People and local health programs like the Ministry of Health and the Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ). Currently, AHF Zambia operates in six districts throughout the country –...
Partners in Health/Compañeros en Salud
May. 21, 2015—Partners In Health launched Compañeros En Salud (PIH/CES) in 2011, a sister organization that works with rural government clinics in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas—one of the most marginalized regions in the state—to improve staffing, supplies, and links with local communities. In partnership with local health jurisdictions, PIH/CES revitalizes underperforming rural clinics, providing high-quality health...
Shandong University School of Public Health
May. 13, 2015—Shandong University School of Public Health has over ninety-five faculty members researching a wide range of topics including infectious and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, occupational health, nutrition, child and maternal health, and health policy and management. It has seven academic departments: Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Toxicology, Occupational and Environmental Health, Maternal and Child Health Care, Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Social Medicine...
Population Council – Mexico
Apr. 28, 2015—Population Council – Mexico welcomes public health students, particularly those interested in sexual and reproductive health, as interns — be it for a graduate practicum or post-graduate professional opportunity — to take part in this dynamic work environment. During the internship, candidates are exposed to the skills, experiences and relationships necessary to build a successful...
Primeros Pasos
Apr. 28, 2015—Primeros Pasos aims to improve the quality of life of the rural communities of the Palajunoj Valley of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, through integrated health education projects and access to medical services. Projects include: Medical and Dental Services Children’s Health Education Women’s Health Education Nutritional Recuperation Educational Scholarships Mobile Clinics Each year we select committed individuals to...
Lwala Community Alliance
Aug. 20, 2014—The mission of the Lwala Community Alliance is “to build the capacity of the people of Lwala to advance their own comprehensive well-being.” Through honed focus, holism, community collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and accountability, the Lwala Community Alliance works to accomplish this mission as a multi-dimensional community development agency. With health as the central focus, Lwala Community...