GO Resources

General Resources for Overseas Study

• The Need to Increase International Reproductive Health Medical Education (PDF)
• How to Prepare For Your Overseas Experience (PDF)
• Identifying and Developing a Research Project Overseas (PDF)
• Guidelines for International Volunteers (PDF)
• Check List: Site Selection (PDF)

Reproductive Health Organizations

This list is provided for students to research a sampling of organizations and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of organizations working in the field of international reproductive health.

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM)
• American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
• Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
• The Center for Global Education: International Resource Center
• Child Family Health International (CFHI)
• Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) & Commonwealth Medical Association Trust (Commat)
• Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
• EngenderHealth
• Family Health International (FHI)
• Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER)
• Global Exchange Network for Reproductive Health (GEN) at Management Sciences for Health
• Global Health Education Consortium
• The Global Health Council (GHC)
• Global Medicine Network
• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
• International Healthcare Opportunities Clearinghouse (IHOC)
• International Health Resources at UNC 
• International Medical Volunteers Association (IMVA)
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
• IntraHealth International
• Ipas
• Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Reproductive Health (JHPIEGO)
• John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
• Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)
• MSFC Reproductive Health Externship Program. The RHE Program provides up to 1,000 USD in funding to enable students to obtain clinical exposure to abortion care. Applications are accepted throughout the year. Candidates are responsible for arranging their own externship. Externships must be conducted in the U.S. 1 st – 4 th year medical students enrolled, and in good standing, in a U.S. or Canadian accredited medical school are eligible to apply.
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center
• Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
• PATH’s Reproductive Health Outlook (RHO)
• Reproductive Health Online (ReproLine)
• Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium
• UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Canada (SOGC), International Women’s Health Program
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD and ICPD+5)
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
• University of Arizona, International Health in the Developing World: Clinical & Community Care
• Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)