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LINKING UP:
Directories and Downloads
Voluntary Foreign Aid Programs
- 1998 is a free booklet giving summary
information about more than 400 U.S. PVOs. To obtain a copy, contact the
Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation, U.S. Agency for International
Development, Washington, DC, 20523-7600; Tel. (202) 712-0840; Email: VOstrich@usaid.gov.
The PVO Executive Contact
Lists are online searchable databases
for 800 PVOs around the world registered with USAID. The lists include
U.S., international, third world private voluntary organizations and non-governmental
organizations. Check out the list, from Action Aid to Zimbabwe Trust, at
http://intranet.dimen-intl.com/usaid/
The Directory of Global Health:
U.S.-Based Organizations Working in International Health (1996-1997)
is a comprehensive list of 450 U.S.-based organizations working in international
health. The directory includes contact information, organizational mission
and objectives, areas of work, and countries served. NCIH Members: $35;
Non-Members: $70. Contact NCIH, 1701 K. St., NW, Washington, DC 20006;
Tel. (202) 833-5900; Email: ncih@ncih.org.
Mission Handbook 1998-2000:
U.S. and Canadian Christian Ministries Overseas
is a 512-page directory of information on North American mission agencies,
including fax, E-mail and website addresses. It is available, for $49.95,
from MARC (Mission Advanced Research & Communications), 800 W. Chestnut
Ave., Monrovia, CA, 91016, Tel. (800) 777-7752; Email: MARCpubs@wvi.org.
Country Health Profiles
are available at www.cihi.com/hthpub.htm.
These downloadable files include Health Statistical Reports with basic
national-level demographic and health data for most developing countries,
and Country Health Profiles with a more comprehensive analysis of health
conditions and trends in selected countries (mostly Sub-Saharan Africa).
The information is maintained by The Center for International Health Information,
1601 N. Kent St. Suite 1014, Arlington, VA 22209; Tel. (703) 524-5225;
Email: info@cihi.com.
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