Organizations or groups already delivering health care in developing or remote regions
This WHO site lists the Non-Government Organizations (NGO's) with which WHO has official relations.
The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. It is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and allows organizations to become members by paying a fee based on annual budget. Membership entitles organizations to benefits listed at http://web.globalhealth.org/members/membership_info.php3
http://web.globalhealth.org/assets/html/Member_Org_List.html This list of Global Health Council members is a very comprehensive list of links to agencies concerned with delivery of health care in the developing world.
Curamericas is a non-profit, private voluntary organization based in Raleigh, North Carolina. "For more than 19 years, Curamericas has been providing primary health care and practical health education to over 129,000 women of reproductive age and children under five years living in rural and semi-urban communities throughout the Americas."
BASICS or Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival is the "flagship project" of The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Child Survival program.
The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is an independent global programme of scientific collaboration. Established in 1975 and co-sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), it aims to help coordinate, support and influence global efforts to combat a portfolio of major diseases of the poor and disadvantaged.
The Global Telehealth Resource Center is one member of the Global Health Network. Sponsored by East Carolina University, it was established in response to the demand for "healthcare delivered anywhere despite potentially prohibitive costs, lack of communication infrastructure." Organizations "interested in partnerships to develop and deploy better technologies to deliver healthcare to underserved people" are invited to get in touch to share your ideas" at http://www.telemed.med.ecu.edu/international/
Save the Children is a well-established charitable organization serving many different needs of children in this country as well as in many developing countries. There is no indication that information technology currently plays an important part in its delivery of care, but there is an awareness of the importance it might play. In 2000 this group received a $50,000,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a Global Neonatal Survival Initiative.
Surgeons of Hope: This is the relatively new US branch of the French La Chaîne de l'Espoir. It has several European affiliates and already has a presence in many developing countries where its "purpose is to bring sustainable surgical and medical care to poverty stricken children in developing countries."
Project Concern International: This is an international health organization that saves the lives of children by preventing disease and by providing access to clean water and nutritious food. It is a member of the Global Health Council.
NGO Networks for Health is a five year global health project, the collaborative effort of five organizations: The Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) The Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) Plan International and Save the Children. The stated mission is building networks to provide child and reproductive health.
The Global Health Council and The Global Telehealth Resource Center are agencies which Gamefish might wish to join. Save the Children, Surgeons of Hope, Project Concern International and NGO Networks for Health are potential partners for a pilot project.
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