Volunteer Field Opportunities
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.globalhealthedu.org/Pages/Default.aspx
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 College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
http://www.acog
American Medical Association
http://www.ama-
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
CDC (Center for Disease Control)
http://www.cdcfoundation.org/
Child Family Health International-GH electives
www.cfhi.org
Christian Connections for International Health
www.ccih.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
InterAction
www.interaction.org
Interhealth South America
Study and Service Program in Ecuador for Medical Students and Residents
www.InterhealthSouthAmerica.net
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
http://internat
International Medical Volunteers Association
www.imva.org
International Red Cross
www.icrc.ch
Global Impactnal Service Agencies
http://www.char
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
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
http://www.fic.
OmniMed
http://www.omnimed.org/
Operation Crossroads Africa
http://operatio
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
http://www.proj
PublicHealthJobs.net
www.publichealthjobs.net
Public Health Employment Connection-Emory School of Public Health
http://cfusion.
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
http://tulane.e
Unite for Sight
High Impact Volunteer Abroad Opportunities
Recruiting and Training The Next Generation of Leaders in Global Health
www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
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
Village Health Project
www.villagehealthproject.org
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