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Topics: Preparing for Your Trip Booking Flights Health and Clinic Supplies Recommended books Please visit WWW.BLOGGER.COM to set up your own personal blog, it's easy to use and free. You can upload pictures as well as share your experience abroad with all your loved ones. Travel Information Travel Recommendations and Precautions Basic Political, Social and Economic Statistics Travel Insurance General Global Health Information Books Websites Cultural Competency, Ethics & Professionalism in Global Health Cultural Competency Ethics & Professionalism Foreign Language Resources Spanish Hindi Zulu Recover Program PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF OCTOBER 2008, WE NO LONGER SEND A BOX OF DONATED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUAL CFHI PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. However, we would like to urge you to collect basic supplies such as gloves, syringes, dressings and masks on your own to carry with you to your program site, as a way of establishing goodwill with your host community. Please note that we will continue to support the medical supply needs of our partner communities by sponsoring more freight containers of medical supplies and equipment. Your program fees contribute directly to this goal.
Preparing for Your Trip Booking Flights: STA Travel (SDSU Office) Email: sds@statravel.com Phone: (619)342-0344 Kayak Expedia Create your own Blog: click here Health and Clinic Supplies: Allheart.com: Lab coats, gloves, scrubs, stethoscopes available at Allheart. Drugstore.com: Visit this site for various drugstore products, including some great for travel. Direct links to purchase specific supplies: Scrubs N-95 Masks Stethoscopes White Lab Coats Gloves Penlights Otoscopes/Opthalmoscopes Blood Pressure Gauges Recommended books Travel Information
Travel Recommendations and Precautions: U.S. State Department U.S. State Department: Students Abroad U.S. State Department: Tips for Traveling Abroad U.S. State Department: Consular Information Sheets Canadian Consular Affairs Bureau Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the U.K. World Travel Guide U.S. Center for Disease Control: Travel Health Tips for Students Studying Abroad U.S. Embassies and Consulates Worldwide Foreign Embassies in the United States Tripprep.com - Tripprep is recommended by the US State Department for its extensive travel health information and travel medicine providers.  Sign up is free and required to access information. Basic Political, Social and Economic Statistics: Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook Harvard Business School's "Baker Country Guides" Library of Congress Country Guides Travel Insurance: CFHI provides supplemental basic emergency health and medical evacuation insurance. We recommend that you consider augmenting this insurance for things like lost luggage, last-minute trip cancellation and other unforseen circumstances. STA Travel can help you purchase the right kind of coverage for you. Click here to get more information.
General Global Health Information
Books: Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plaques by Paul Farmer – a physician-anthropologist who provides an in-depth analysis of how poverty and disease are inextricably linked, with a focus on treating tuberculosis and AIDS in Haiti Mountains Beyond Mountains : The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracey Kidder – a fascinating narrative of Farmer’s renegade approach to addressing infectious diseases (particularly TB) in developing countries. Incredibly quick and entertaining read. Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen – This economist argues that increased freedoms and improved quality of life are both a means and an end to a country’s development, rather than simply increased GDP or average income that indicate material prosperity. The book includes considerable discussion of the direct and indirect role that health care plays in determining the freedoms, and thus the development, enjoyed by a nation. Critical Issues in Global Health by C. Everett Koop, MD – A collection of essays written by experts in the field on what they feel are the most pressing issues in global health today. It’s an excellent survey text for anyone interested in this topic. Global Inequality and Human Needs: Health and Illness in an Increasingly Unequal World by Laurie Wermuth – Uses case studies from around the world to explore the sociological, economic, and policy determinants of health and why there is so much inequality within and between nations. We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Ashwin Desai – An exploration of how the end apartheid has not resulted in significant gains for the poorest segments of South African society. The book focuses on the continuing extreme inequality in the Durban area and emerging grassroots resistance movements  HIV, Health and Your Community: A Guide for Action by Reuben Granich and Jonathan Mermin – A straightforward, simple guide geared at people confronting HIV in the face of limited resources. Covers everything from the biology of the disease to counseling affected patients and their families. This book is put out by the Hesperian Foundation, which is best known for their famous publication “Where There Is No Doctor.” The online version of these books are available on their website at www.hesperian.org. Websites: Background Information on Global Health World Health Organization Country Index Global Health Council Department of Health and Human Services: Global Health page People’s Health Movement Henry J. Kaiser Foundation – Daily Reports Dr. Peter Crockford, Professor Emeritus at University of Alberta, has kindly made available to GHEC his 205-slide PowerPoint show, "Why is the Third World the Third World ?" Well documented, and easy to scan quickly for the big picture of underdevelopment or to study with care, it provides thought-provoking and informative answers to the question posed by the show's title.  A great introduction to help you understand global health care disparities. The University of Pittsburgh has created the "Supercourse in Epidemiology, the Internet & Global Health". This is a monolithic resource that will keep you occupied for months, if not years. NPR: Global Health National Health Organizations U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Office of Global Health United Nations - there are several organizations within the United Nations that work in the global health area. The most relevant would be UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNDP and UN Population Fund. National International Development Agencies  U.S. Agency for International Development's global health section Canadian International Develoment Agency Department for International Development (UK) Global Health Statistics GapMinder -This is a fascinating, animated website on global health stats Global Health Facts- comprehensive website sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation with statistics by disease or country as well as related news articles and studies World Bank– Once you enter this website, click on TOPICS, and then HEALTH AND NUTRITION- An incredibly thorough website by the World Bank on “Poverty and Health.” Includes country reports, publications, and a distance-learning section. Childstats.gov- This website has a section on International Health which provides direct links to websites with relevant statistics from the UN, WHO, and non-profit organizations regarding various aspects of children’s health by country and by topic.    http://www.fhi.org/en/HIVAIDS/pub/fact/index.htm - Family Health International has developed a large variety of assorted fact sheets and informational pamphlets geared at people addressing HIV/AIDS and reproductive health in a variety of populations and settings. Their publications section also contains many interesting resources. http://www.paho.org/English/SHA/profiles.htm - Pan-American Health Organization website containing country health profiles http://www.eldis.org/health/index.htm - A website that contains a wealth of fantastic publications, country profiles, and links to resources and databases related to health policy in developing countries. There are individual sections devoted to the different areas of focus for the individual programs such as reproductive health, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, etc. http://www.childpolicyintl.org/ - The Clearinghouse on International Developments on Child, Youth, and Family Policies at Columbia University has a section on (see the “Country” page that provides a clear overview of the economy, government structure, demographics, etc. Furthermore, it has a section devoted to the largest issues in children’s health, including a discussion of HIV/AIDS. Current Programs and Projects  "RX For Survival"- website that accompanies the series sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and aired on PBS called “Rx for Survival.” Of particular interest are the sections “Why Global Health Matters” and “Global Health Atlas.”  www.amazonwatch.org – a San Francisco nonprofit dedicated  to working with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin . They have led the way in raising awareness of the catastrophic health consequences to indigenous communities as a result of oil drilling practices, and their website has a great deal of info on this issue. A wonderful interactive online presentation created by the WHO entitled “Scaling Up the Response to Infectious Disease” that discusses how poverty is both a cause and effect of infectious disease and thus a global response to infectious disease is an integral part of addressing poverty. Possible Global Health Activities in Your Community The Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC) library is a great source of global health information and tips for how to get the most out of your global health elective. To view their resources page, click here. International Health Medical Education Centre : Of special note is their "Elective Pack" - click here to download the PDF. Society for Medical Anthropology global health links University Coalitions for Global Health
Cultural Competency, Ethics & Professionalism in Global Health
Cultural Competency:
Management Services for Health offers a cultural competency quiz online… test your knowledge! Click here and then click on "Take the Quiz". American Medical Student Association’s PRIME Culture & Diversity Curriculum A Physician’s Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care is a continuing medical education activity. This free online training, which can take from 8 to 9 hours,  was developed by the Office of Minority Health and people all over the country are taking it. Click on the "register" button on the left hand side of the screen. This site, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health (OMH), also "offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural competency in health care.” The Glimpse Foundation's Study Abroad Acclimation Guide (sample) - a PDF that offers brief advice from students about the best ways to prepare for culture shock before departure. Ethics & Professionalism: University of Michigan makes this article available by Paul Farmer, MD, MPH and Rajesh Gupta, MPH: “International Electives: Maximizing the Opportunity to Learn & Contribute”. Download the PDF file by clicking here. A Charter on Professionalism was published by the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2002. This article gives a good overview of the context of the charter and some contents: click here to read “Doctors struggle to balance professionalism with the pressures of everyday practice”. University College London's International Health and Medical Education Centre's "The Elective Pack"- A 64-page document that will "help you understand the actors, issues and processes of international health and how they link to practice." The document also examines issues around ethical electives.  “The Elective Pack” "Hidden Ethics of Oversease Electives": An informative article detailing the ethical considerations involved in chosing an oversesas elective.
Foreign Language Resources
Spanish: CFHI has developed a basic Medical Spanish Curriculum that can prepare you for your clinical rotations and some of the vocabulary you will use in Spanish-speaking countries. This is designed be useful for both beginning, intermediate and advanced level speakers. Download the PDF packet here. Medical Spanish Monthly e-Newsletter. To subscribe: http://mayanmedicalaid.org/subscribe.html (Each issue contains language pearls, international medicine articles, front-line experiences, and cultural tips. Emergency medicine in Spanish Medical Spanish Resource Medical Spanish for Healthcare Professionals- Free online Grammar and Conversational course English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Related Terms- Developed by the University of California Office of the President and the California Department of Health Services Spanish Language tutorials Spanish Language Health Resources- University of Minnesota  Medical Spanish for Healthcare Provider- Free online m=Medical Spanish immersion website There are some recommended books for Medical Spanish: Spanish for Medical Professionals, Medical Spanish Pocket, Borm Bruckmeier Publishing Spanish for Health Care Professionals, Second Edition, William C. Harvey, Barron' s Spanish Verb Tenses, Dorothy Devney Richmond, Passport Books English & Spanish: Medical Words & Phrases, Third Edition, Lippincott WIlliams and Wilkins Spanish  Medical Resources (Recursos en Español) Firsterra: pagina médica independiente dedicada especialmente a profesionales de Atención Primaria y orientada a la consulta y la formación. Medline en Español: MedlinePlus ha recopilado la información más confiable proveniente de fuentes autorizadas tales como la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, así como otras agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones de servicios para la salud. MedlinePlus también le ofrece mucha información sobre medicamentos, una enciclopedia médica ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las más recientes noticias acerca de la salud. Infomed: red de personas e instituciones que trabajan y colaboran para facilitar el acceso a la información y el conocimiento clinico. Articulos actualizados varios sobre cada especialidad medica. JAMA Pacientes: Pagina de JAMA para pacientes.  Cada semana, JAMA publica una página informativa sobre salud denominada "Página de JAMA para el Paciente", dirigida específicamente a los pacientes. La "Página para el Paciente" trata sobre un tema relacionado con un artículo publicado en el mismo número de la revista JAMA y de especial interés para los pacientes. Esta "Página" pretende ser útil para la educación de los pacientes, y con este propósito puede ser libremente distribuida y copiada. Cada tema contiene un document "PDF" en Español que le puede ser muy util para sus pacientes Hindi: A Hindi language resource website with many free online tutorials and courses Free Download of Hindi Software includes a "full working copy of Before You Know It Lite™, plus a collection of lists to learn Hindi or your chosen language." Utopian Hindi: A basic online tutorial introducing basic Hindi phrases and words Begin Hindi Learning is designed for people with little or no previous knowledge of Hindi. Zulu: Jason Wolfe's Useful Zulu Medical Dictionary Zulu Learner's Reference Guide Introductory Zulu Lessons Zulu Online Dictionary Basic Zulu Phrases, Greetings and Social Dialogue Zulu Phrases
Recover Program PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF OCTOBER 2008, WE NO LONGER SEND A BOX OF DONATED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUAL CFHI PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. However, we would like to urge you to collect basic supplies such as gloves, dressings, gauze & alcohol pads, medical tape, bandaids, masks and syringes on your own to carry with you to your program site, as a way of establishing goodwill with your host community. We encourage you to carry these supplies in your checked luggage, print out the sample customs letter and sample inventory list below (make sure to change the name in the letter and list to reflect yours), and take it with you to ensure that you have no problems with customs officials.
Sample Customs Letter Sample Inventory List Please note that we will continue to support the medical supply needs of our partner communities by sponsoring more freight containers of medical supplies and equipment. Your program fees contribute directly to this goal.