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Resources

Africare
Africare is a leading non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to addressing African development and policy issues by working in partnership with African people to build sustainable, healthy and productive communities.

American Public Health Association
The American Public Health Association is the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world and has been working to improve public health since 1872. The Association aims to protect all Americans, their families and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.

Association of Schools of Public Health
Established in 1953, ASPH serves as a national resource for the schools by improving the public's health by advancing professional and graduate education, research and service in public health. Developing partnerships with governmental, private, professional, corporate and community.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The foundation beliefs that every life has equal value are at the core of our work at the foundation. We follow 4 values, which help define our approach to our philanthropic work, and employ an outstanding leadership team to direct our strategies and grant making.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Collaborating to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.

Collation for Health Funding
Established in 1970, the Coalition for Health Funding is the oldest and largest nonprofit alliance working to preserve and strengthen public health investments in the best interest of all Americans. Members of the organization represent more than 100 million patients, health care providers, public health professionals, and scientists.

Cross Cultural Health care Program:
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) is a nonprofit training and consulting organization founded in 1992. Our mission is to serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to advance access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.

Doctors without Borders
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works in nearly 70 countries providing medical aid to those most in need regardless of their race, religion, or political affiliation.“

Families USA
Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) Alliance
In January 2000, with global immunisation rates stagnating, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) was launched to fund vaccines for children in the world's 70 poorest countries.

Global Fund

Health Resources and Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
A leader in health policy analysis, health journalism and communication, the Kaiser Family Foundation is dedicated to filling the need for trusted, independent information on the major health issues facing our nation and its people.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socities
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions.

Internships.com (Public Health)
Internships.com serves as the leading nexus between internships and students, higher education and employers. At internships.com we develop world-class tools and services to enable every student, employer and educator to better understand and optimize the work opportunities of the future.

Kaiser EDU
This database summarizes and links to fellowships and internships in health policy and related fields. The database includes fellowships located across the United States that are available to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.

Oxfam International
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.

Public Health International
Founded in 1980 as a network of public health professionals who volunteer with international humanitarian organizations, PHI is a non-profit humanitarian organization 501 (c) (3). PHI is an organization of volunteers who help to prevent death and illness through the execution of basic, inexpensive health programs throughout the world in places of disaster, refugee situations and in third-world countries.

ROTA: Reach Out To Asia
ROTA operates as a non-governmental organization (NGO) and works to ensure that people affected by crisis across Asia and around the world have continuous access to relevant and high-quality primary and secondary education.

Save the Children
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world.

Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers Report

Unite for Sight
Unite For Sight supports eye clinics worldwide by investing human and financial resources in their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care.

UNICEF
UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.

Urban Institute-Research of Record
The Urban Institute builds knowledge about the nation’s social and fiscal challenges, practicing open-minded, evidence-based research to diagnose problems and figure out which policies and programs work best, for whom, and how.

USAID

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

Weil Bugando
Weill Cornell is committed to excellence in training to improve and expand Tanzania’s core of health-care providers. The partnership between Weill Cornell and Weill Bugando is of mutual benefit for both institutions; by training the next generation of Tanzanian physicians, expanding the awareness and skills.

World Health Organization
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

World Vision
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.


The Effect of a Vaccination Program on Child Anthropometry
Tobenna D. Anekwe and Santosh Kumar. "The effect of a vaccination program on child anthropometry: evidence from India's Universal Immunization Program." Journal of Public Health 34.4 (2012):489-497.

‘McDonalds and KFC, it's never Going to Happen’
Barbara Hanratty, Beth Milton, Matthew Ashton, and Margaret Whitehead "McDonalds and KFC, it's never going to happen’: the challenges of working with food outlets to tackle the obesogenic environment." Journal of Public Health 34.4 (2012): 548-554.

Tuberculosis Treatment Default in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital in Urban Nigeria: Prevalence, Trend, Timing and Predictors
Ngozi A. Ifebunandu, Kingsley N. Ukwaja . Journal of Infection and Public Health. 5.5 (2012): 340-345.

Diabetic status of patients with leprosy in Kuwait
Mohammad A. Saraya, Mariam A. Al-Fadhli, Jafar A. Qasem . “Diabetic status of patients with leprosy in Kuwait.” Journal of Infection and Public Health. 5.5 (2012): 360-365


Editors-in-chief
Ravinder Mamtani, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Albert B Lowenfels, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Local and Global Health Perspectives (ISSN: 2225-9228) is a peer-reviewed, international journal, which publishes research on all aspects of global health practiced in specific local environments, as well as the implications of local health issues in a global perspective. The Journal of Local and Global Health Perspectives is committed to advancing and sharing creative, innovative and emerging evidence-based approaches that are likely to influence public health policy and improve public health of various communities around the world.

The journal articles will be of interest to all public health professionals and students, clinicians, primary care workers, health care policy planners, researchers and other professionals and students who work in any health care field.

Original findings, theoretical articles, perspectives, commentaries as well as reviews are welcome.

The Journal of Local and Global Health Perspectives will mainly cover the following areas:

  • Clinical health
  • Communicable diseases
  • Non-communicable diseases of public health importance
  • Environmental health
  • Toxicology
  • Nutrition
  • Health care delivery
  • Public health policy
  • Women’s health
  • Public health education
  • Social, cultural, political and economic aspects of health and disease

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