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Equipping Healthcare Workers through Global Health Electives

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Equipping Healthcare Workers through Global Health Electives. Tropical Medicine Class at Makerere CHS, July 2015. By Majid Sadigh, M.D., Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN), and Associate Professor and Director of Global Health, University of Vermont College of Medicine. Global health has been defined as a collaborative transnational research and action for promoting health for all. These skills result in decreased dependence on expensive tests, and thus increased mobility in resource-limited setti...

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Safe Surgery Initiative

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Apply for pulse oximeters for your in-country partner. Safe surgery helps save lives, relieves disability, and prevents death from neglected common conditions. However, 5 billion people worldwide, most of whom live in resource-poor settings, cannot access safe, affordable surgery and anesthesia care when needed. A large number of anesthesia providers in low-resource settings lack sufficient equipment and training to monitor blood oxygen levels through pulse oximetry. Here is a short prioritized list of t...

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Organization Profile Submission

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Nonprofit Organization or Foundation. Academic Institution or Global Health Program. Organization Type - Professional Affiliation - Other. Medical Focus - Other. Surgery Type - Other. Congo - Democratic Republic of the. Congo - Republic of the. Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Sao Tome and Principe. Virgin Islands - British. Virgin Islands - U.S. Typical Number of Trips per Year. Training for Healthcare Providers. Patient and Community Education. Maternal and Child Health. Saves l...

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Blog

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Find news that will help you advance your mission. Contribute to the blog so others can learn from you. Reflections on a Volunteer Medical Trip and Tips for Preparation. By Debbie Urbanek, RN. For a long time it was my dream to serve on a medical mission in a developing country. I wanted to volunteer my nursing skills while learning from others around the world. I was drawn to Nepal because of its rich culture and breathtaking landscapes. Ne …. Equipping Healthcare Workers through Global Health Electives.

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Organization Profile Submission

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Nonprofit Organization or Foundation. Academic Institution or Global Health Program. Organization Type - Professional Affiliation - Other. Medical Focus - Other. Surgery Type - Other. Congo - Democratic Republic of the. Congo - Republic of the. Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Sao Tome and Principe. Virgin Islands - British. Virgin Islands - U.S. Typical Number of Trips per Year. Training for Healthcare Providers. Patient and Community Education. Maternal and Child Health. Saves l...

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Resources

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Prepare for your trip Find opportunities - Teach and train more effectively Assess impact Learn about best practices - and Take the Medical Outreach Best Practices Quiz. Preparing for Your Trip. Find resources, training modules and handouts useful for health worker education programming as well as patient education on health topics. Materials cover hygiene, infectious diseases, pre-natal and maternal health, malnutrition prevention and treatment, chronic disease prevention and treatment, sex educatio...

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Key Travel

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Learn more about humanitarian fares for your group or individual travel. Click here for Group Travel (10 People). Click here for Individual Travel (1-9 People). Key Travel offers international humanitarian airfares, available exclusively to nonprofit organizations and their employees, on over 30 airlines. We also provide discounted airfare rates with over 70 additional airlines and can manage reservations with all the major low-cost airlines, including Southwest. Flexibility after ticket issuance. 8211; ...

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Organizations

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Find and connect with organizations working in similar geographic and medical practice areas. Add your organization’s profile so others can connect with you. Each year, we support many, sometimes hundreds, of organizations working in the same country or with a similar health focus and see the potential for collaboration. Americares supports teams from more than 700 different organizations over the course of a year. Submit a profile so that others in this extensive network can learn of your work.

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About

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The Exchange, Medical Outreach and Americares. About the Medical Outreach Exchange. Volunteer medical teams share a common mission to provide more people with the medicines and health care they need and to strengthen the institutions that serve them. Americares has supported volunteer medical teams with product donations for nearly three decades. With the Medical Outreach Exchange, we provide tools to implement best practices and a place to connect and learn from each other. Once vetted and approved, the...