Charity Navigator
http://www.charitynavigator.org
Evaluates charities on the basis of fiscal health and financial transparency. Rates only charities that have assets of >$1 Mil and which meet certain criteria.
Guidestar: National Database of Non-profit Organizations
http://www.guidestar.org
Summary and evaluation of charities' financial activities
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
http://www.give.org
Reviews charities against a set of 20 standards involving governance and oversight, finances, and impact.
Union of International Associations (UIA)
http://www.uia.org/
A research institute and documentation center, based in Brussels. "Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907." Core activities include the Yearbook of International Organizations, International Congress Calendar, and the Encyclopedia of World Problems.
Interaction
http://www.interaction.org
Interaction is an alliance of 180 non-governmental organizations. Interaction provides a forum and common ground among organizations for communication, advocacy, and collaborative action.
Brookings Institute Initiative on International Volunteering and Service
https://www.brookings.edu/project/initiative-on-international-volunteering-and-service/
The Brookings Initiative on International Volunteering and Service seeks to explore ways in which the culture of volunteerism can help enhance global understanding and security. The initiative has a goal to substantially increase the number of Americans that volunteer overseas.
Frontline Healthworkers Coalition
http://frontlinehealthworkers.org
Alliance of US-based organizations sharing a goal of promoting more strategic U.S. investment in frontline health workers as a cost-effective way to provide effective and efficient health care. Among the approximately 50 allied organizations are several whose main goals are improvement of surgical care.
InterAction
http://www.interaction.org
Alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on international poverty and development.
Intrahealth
http://www.intrahealth.org
Support of primary health workers in low and middle income countries. Intrahealth, based at UNC, provides education, material support and advocacy. Funded by USAID, Gates Foundation and other major donors with interests in Global health and development
THEnet
http://www.thenetcommunity.org
THEnet is a consortium of health-professions education institutions committed to achieving health equity through medical education, research and service that is responsive to communities' priority needs. Together as a community of practice, and partnering with others, THEnet seeks to transform medical education, build institutional capacity and shape policy so as to make health systems around the world more equitable.
Includes discussion of leadership and national policy; healthcare-associated infection; healthworker safety; medications, vaccines, and equipment; funding; and research. Notably missing is proposed chapter 8, Surgical Safety.
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
http://www.cugh.org
The site includes many resources for education and for finding training programs in Global Health. CUGH includes a variety of issue-specific interest groups. The one on Anesthesia and Surgery is in its development phases.
Global Health Delivery Online (GHDOnline)
http://www.ghdonline.org
Provides resources and links on Global health, education and research. Opportunity to join discussion groups dedicated to specific issues.
Service Reef
https://gho.servicereef.com/organizations/global-health-outreach-2
ServiceReef.com is a website that allows organizations to post and coordinate events. Among the users are a variety of health-related groups, particularly Global Health Outreach (CMDA).
Aid For Africa
http://www.aidforafrica.org/category/member-charities/?type=all-members&snap=M
Alliance of U.S.-based nonprofits and their African partners working to help children, families, and communities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Member organizations are required to meet specific tests of programmatic impact, fiscal accountability, and governance standards (see "eligibility" tab on the website).
World Health Professions Alliance
http://www.whpa.org
The World Health Professions Alliance WHPA brings together the global organizations representing the world's dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and physicians and speaks for more than 26 million health care professionals in more than 130 countries. WHPA works to improve global health and the quality of patient care and facilitates collaboration among the health professions and major stakeholders.
WFSA website on safety and quality
http://www.wfsahq.org/our-work/safety-quality
Links to articles on safe practices as well as professional well-being
International Standards for the Safe Practice of Anesthesia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957572/?tool=pubmed
Published 2010, the standards include tiered recommendations for different environments.
This is scheduled to be updated sometime in late 2016-2017.
WHO Toolkit on Essential and Emergency Surgical Services
http://www.who.int/surgery/publications/imeesc/en
This tool targets policy-makers, managers, and health-care providers (surgeons, anesthetists, non-specialist doctors, health officers, nurses, and technicians). This tool contains WHO recommendations for minimum standards to improve quality and safety of emergency, surgery, trauma, obstetrics and anesthesia at first-referral level health-care facilities.
WHO Patient safety, education and research
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/education/en/
WHO Patient Safety has developed a range of training materials and tools to help individuals and organizations improve their understanding and knowledge of patient safety.
WHO guide for developing national patient safety policy and strategic plans
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/guide-for-developing-national-patient-safety-policy-and-strategic-plan_final.pdf
WATSI
https://watsi.org/
A crowd funding source for supporting patients and organizations. Watsi promotes full transparency, posting all its donations and the projects they support on a web-based spreadsheet.
World Medical Association Medical Ethics Manual, 3rd ed.
https://www.wma.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ethics_manual_3rd_Nov2015_en.pdf
Available in 10 languages, revised 2015. This multi-authored 125-page manual includes chapters on Basic principles, Physicians and patients, Physicians and colleagues, Physicians and society, and Research. Download is free from the World Medical Association website (wma.net). Topics include, but are not specific to, global health.
Ethical Challenges in Short-Term Global Health Training
http://www.ethicsandglobalhealth.org
A web-based course consisting of a series of 10 cases designed to highlight ethical issues that may arise during short-term training experiences for those involved in global health research and service. The site also provides additional resources for further reading about each case and ethical issues in short-term training programs abroad. Sponsored by JHU Berman Institute of Bioethics and Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health.
WHO Code of Practice on the Migration of Health Workers
http://www.who.int/hrh/migration/14075_MigrationofHealth_Workers.pdf
2014 statement on the role of high income countries in "brain drain"
Date of last update: January 23, 2023
