Further Resources
This page offers a guide to groups and other resources on the web that we have found to be notable examples offering information and support useful to developing community-based healthcare. We have also included links to organizations and non profits that may not be directly involved in healthcare, but who are involved in addressing broader social concerns related to health, and healthcare delivery.
Please take the time visit these websites, and to offer us your feedback on their usefulness and utility to your program. Please also send us your favorite links to websites offering information on organizing, planning, funding and management of community based healthcare in the developing world.
Click on a topic below to read about the listed resource:
Development - AKA Funding
- The Foundation Center - www.fdncenter.org
Pioneers for over 50 years in matching projects with the right prospective donors, the Foundation Center has the world's largest database on over 70,000 grant making organizations! Their web-based portal makes searching for those funders faster, and easier than ever. - The Year of Microcredit - www.yearofmicrocredit.org
Changing people's lives in a big way with the loan of a small amount of money. Find out why the United Nations has declared this the Year of Microcredit. - The Grameen Bank - www.grameen-info.org
The world's largest bank for the rural and urban poor. Begun in 1976 with a loan of 27 dollars, Grameen "village" Bank has helped ten of thousands of people to escape poverty through entrepreneurship. - MissionFish - www.missionfish.org
Dedicated to turning old clutter into cash for your nonprofit on eBay. - iGive.com - www.iGive.com
Where up to 26% of your supporter's purchase, from over 600 merchants like Dell and Sears, can go to your nonprofit.
Management
Finding the most judicious means to accomplish your goals.
- Management Sciences for Health - www.msh.org
Expert advice in health systems and services, from managing people to pharmaceuticals. - John Snow International - www.jsi.com
Consulting, research, and training to improve healthcare delivery worldwide, with a focus on underserved populations. - Authenticity Consulting - www.managementhelp.org
Free and very comprehensive management library. Includes a Nonprofit Micro-eMBA.
Logistics
Getting what's needed from here to there.
- Deliver - deliver.jsi.com/dhome
Building logistics systems for public health, and family planning programs in the devloping world.
Data
The collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
- Measure - www.cpc.unc.edu/measure
Promoting a continuous cycle of data gathering, analysis and utilization to improve healthcare outcomes.
Medicine & Medical Supplies
- Remedy Inc. - www.remedyinc.org
Recycling recovered surgical equipment to over 50 countries. - MediSend - www.medisend.org
Sending surplus medical, surgical, and therapeutic supplies worldwide. - Americares - www.americares.org
Outreach program provides donated medicines to healthcare practitioners for use in developing world. - International Drug Price Indicator - http://erc.msh.orgCompare current drug prices worldwide.
Computers / Information Systems
The means to manage your data.
- Techsoup - www.techsoup.org
The web's best one stop technology shop for nonprofits. - InterConnection - www.computers.interconnection.org
Refurbished computers for the developing world starting at less than 50 dollars. - Geeks for Givers - www.geeksforgivers.org
Low cost refurbished computers for nonprofits.