Amedeo.com is a
free-of-charge online medical literature guide. Links at this site
include
FreeBooks4Doctors,
Free Medical Journals, and
Medicine on Earth, an international database of medical
professionals.
American
International Health Alliance(AIHA) web site is rich with informational
resources. Of special interest for countries of the Eurasia region is the
Eurasia Health Knowledge Network with its databases, forums, and extensive Russian language section.
There are also three mailing lists of importance:
- 1. EurasiaMedInfo is a moderated list that highlights information
resources useful for health professionals working in the New Independent
States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union and in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
It is also a resource for health professionals from other countries working
collaboratively with these regions, or who are interested in international
health issues. Health Resources Bulletins are periodically distributed on
this list. Each Bulletin includes information about Internet resources on
health and medicine. In addition, the bulletins contain general information
about the Internet and how to effectively use Internet tools. This bulletin
is distributed in both English and Russian versions. The availability of
selected full text documents which have been translated into languages of
the NIS and CEE, and that can be accessed through the EurasiaHealth
Knowledge Network Web site, will also be announced on EurasiaMedInfo.
2. EurasiaHealth is a general dissemination and discussion list
related to issues of health care in the NIS/CEE. It includes news about
health issues in the region, announcements of upcoming EurasiaHealth chat
events, and periodic updates about new resources available through the
EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network Web site.
3. EurasiaTeleconsult is a mailing list for medical professionals to
receive e-mail teleconsultation requests from health professionals in the
NIS/CEE. For more information:
http://www.eurasiahealth.org/english/mail/etelecon.cfm
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- To sign up for a list go to
http://www.eurasiahealth.org/english/mail/subscribe.cfm,
or send a message to
[email protected].
For more information:
http://www.eurasiahealth.org/english/mail/ehfaq.cfm
Center for Communications, Health and the Environment.
CECHE's programs in Hungary, the Czech Republic, former Yugoslavia, Romania,
Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and India "encompass conferences and
other programs concerning policies, priorities, and infrastructure
development for environment and health, some co-sponsored by the World
Health Organization (WHO) and attended by local Ministers and other
policy-makers, as well as environmental and health scientists and educators
from around the world."
Doctors of the World
Since 1990, Doctors of the World-USA has provided medical and humanitarian
assistance "to those in the greatest need in more than 20 nations--from the
people of war-ravaged Kosovo to abandoned children in Russia to indigenous
Indians in Chiapas to South Africans devastated by tuberculosis."
Environment and Health Online covers
the environmental and health care sectors in central and eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union. It is a publication of the
Okno Group.
Heart to Heart, based in Oakland, California, provides free medical
services, extensive training and education, and medical supplies to
sponsored hospitals in St. Petersburg, Russia. Their mission is "to raise
the level of medical care and improve the quality of life" for children and
adults in St. Petersburg and the northwestern region of Russia. "Highly
experienced medical professionals from local Bay Area hospitals travel to
Russia and perform, educate, and train in the medical subspecialties of
pediatric cardiology and pediatric and adult cardiology and cardiac
surgery."
Infoshare International
provides Russian individuals and organizations with the tools that they need to fight
HIV/AIDS and STDs.
International Society for Infectious Diseases has as one of its
programs, ProMED, a "global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of
emerging infectious diseases and toxins, open to all sources."
To get on the list of ProMED-mail, an e-mail-based system for
reporting and monitoring "emerging diseases," visit the
ProMED
web site.
Magee Womancare International
is a partnership between the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a Moscow municipal
hospital focusing on the care of women and infants.
Médecins Sans Frontières,
also known as MSF or Doctors without Borders "delivers emergency aid to
victims of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters,
and to others who lack health care due to social or geographical isolation."
MSF was founded in 1971 by a small group of French doctors who believed
"that all people have the right to medical care regardless of race,religion,
creed or political affiliation, and that the needs of these people supersede
respect for national borders. It was the first non-governmental organization
to both provide emergency medical assistance and publicly bear witness to
the plight of the populations they served."
PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health)
emphasizes improving the quality of reproductive health services and preventing and reducing
the impact of widespread communicable diseases.
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England International Program
has programs around the world focusing on work in reproductive health, comprehensive family
life/sexuality education, and public policy.
Project Hope
is dedicated to health education, health policy research and medical humanitarian assistance in
the US and around the world.
Russia Desk Amsterdam
has programs in the fields of public health and professional training and education. In 1998
launched project on birthgiving in the Russian Federation.
Russian Medical Fund
provides medical equipment and supplies and medical education and training.
Russian State Central Scientific Medical Library
is a US-Russian cooperative venture to provide access to on-line medical databases.
In Russian only.
Ukrainian American Veterans Adopt a Hospital Program
ships medical supplies and equipment donated from New Jersey and New York hospitals to medical
schools and hospitals in Ukraine.
University of Iowa's Department of Family Medicine international
programs include teaching opportunities, clinical and educational
consultation, research initiatives, hosting of international colleagues,
sponsorship of international family medicine conferences, and participation
in international family medicine associations.
World Vision International
is a Christian organization which provides medical and emergency aid, and fosters self-reliance
worldwide. Has projects in the NIS.
