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	Indigenous Health Links by Region
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Africa

Academic/Research Links

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Basga E. Dialla, INNS, Director
B.P. 5154, Ouagadougou 02,
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226-360746 - Fax: +226-315003

 

Cameroon

Cameroon Indigenous Knowledge Organisation
Prof. C.N. Ngwasiri, Director
P.O. Box 8437, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Tel: +237-322 181 - Fax: +237-322 181 / 430 813
E-mail: ngwasiri@camnet.cm

 

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa University
Faculty of Medicine – Ethiopia

Indigenous Resources Study Centre
Dr. Tesema Ta'a, Director
College of Social Sciences
Addis Ababa University
P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel/Fax: +251-1-550655

 

Ghana

Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems

 

Kenya

Kenya Medical Research Institute

Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Rashid Aman
The National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-742131 - Fax: +254-2-741424
E-mail: raman@africaonline.co.ke

University of Nairobi
Department of Health

 

Madagascar

Madagascar Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Ms. Juliette Ratsimandrava
B.P. 6224
Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
Fax: +261-2-32123/20422

 

Nigeria

African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Prof. Adedotun Phillips, Director
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research
PMB 5 - UI Post Office
Ibadan, Nigeria
Tel: +234-22-400500 - Fax: +234-02-8101194
E-mail: arcik@niser.org.ng

Yoruba Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Bolanle Wahab, Correspondent
Centre for Urban and Regional Planning
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
email: egunjobi.wahab@ibadan.skannet.com

 

Sierra Leone

Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Department of Sociology
Fourah Bay College
University of Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Tel: + 232 22 7387

 

South Africa

Cape Town University – Faculty of Health Sciences

South African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Institute for Indigenous Theory and Practice
PO Box 2355, Somerset West
7129 South Africa
Tel: + 27 21 854 32 99

 

Tanzania

Maasai Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Nathan Ole Lengisugi
Simanjiro Animal Husbandry Vocational Training Centre
P.O. Box 3084
Arusha, Tanzania
Fax: +255-57-8907
E-mail: multicho@yako.habari.co.tz

Muhimbili University College
College of Health Sciences

 

Uganda

Makerere University - Makerere Institute of Social Research

 

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
78 Kaguvi Street
New Book House
PO Box 4209
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: + 263 4 781 770/1 - Fax: + 263 4 751 202

 

Regional

Africa Midwives Research Network
c/o Faculty of Nursing
Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences
P. O. Box 65004
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255-51-153-506
Fax: +255-51-153-506
mailto:rmlay@muchs.ac.tz

African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
 
Afro-Nets – African Networks for Health Research and Development

Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment

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Government Links

Kenya

Nigeria

Nigerian Institute of Medical Research

Sierra Leone

Medical Research Centre
P.O. Box 80 Bo, Sierra Leone
Tel: +232 -76-68-5977

South Africa

National Research Foundation – Indigenous Knowledge Systems

South African Medical Research Council

Tanzania

National Medical Resource Institute

Zimbabwe

Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe

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Other Health Links

Congo

National League of Indigenous Pygmy Associations of the Congo
Avenue Kwango n. 7
Kinshasa- Kintambo
B.P. 10306 Kinshasa 1
Republique Democratique du Congo
Tel: 0024 39866 8491
E-mail: linapyco@yahoo.fr

Tanzania

Aang Serian  

Tanga Aids Working Group

Tanzania Development Gateway – Economic and Social Research Foundation

Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre
Contact: Managing Director
22 Ocean Road
P.O. Box 922
Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-2118137/9 - Fax: +255-22-2116713  
e-mail: tfnc@muchs.ac.tz

Uganda

Regional

African Indigenous and Minority Peoples Organization
BP 3437
Kigali, Rwanda
Tel: + 250 0857 0524 - Fax: + 250 575 010
E-mail: aimpo@yahoo.fr

African Medical Research Foundation

Federation Africaine des Autochtones Pygmees
242, av. P. Lumumba
Bukavu, Sud Kivu, Congo
Fax: + 871 761 916 725

Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee

Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition

The Kemri-Wellcome Trust

The Masai Centre for Local, Regional and Global Health

World Bank - Indigenous Knowledge Program

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Asia

Academic/Research Links

China

Peking University – Health Science Centre

India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Centre for Advanced Research on Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Institute of Health Management Research

International Institute of Population Studies

Jigyansu Tribal Research Centre

Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Malaysia

International Medical University

Universiti Malaysia Sabah – Psychology and social health research unit

Nepal

Tribhuwan University - Central Department of Population Studies

Thailand

Mahidol University – Faculty of Public Health

Mahidol University – Institute for Population and Social Research  

Regional

McGill University – Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (has projects in India, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Bangladesh)

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Government Links

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Medical Research Council
Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh-1212
Tel:   8828396, 8811395 - Fax: 880-2-8828820
Email: bmrc@citechco.net

Bhutan

Institute of Traditional Medicine Services

Cambodia

National Institute of Public Health

India

Government of Orissa - Scheduled Tribes & Scheduled Castes, Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department

Indian Council of Medical Research

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Malaysia

The Council of Trust for Indigenous People

Maldives

Health Information and Research Unit           
Ministry of Health, Maldives
Tel: 00 960 32 8887 ext: 108, 109
E-mail: hiru@health.gov.mv

Nepal

Nepal Health Research Council

Pakistan

Pakistan Medical Research Council

Philippines

Philippine Council for Health Research and Development

Tebtebba Foundation - Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education

Thailand

International Health Policy Program

The Thailand Research Fund http://www.trf.or.th/en/index.asp

Tribal Research Institute 
Chiang Mai University Campus
Huay Kaew Road 502200, Thailand
Tel: (+ 66 -53) 221 933 216 979 - Fax: (+66-53) 222 494
E-mail: tribal@chmai.loxinfo.co.th

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Other Health Links

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Sukanta Sen, Coordinator
3/7, Block D, Lalmatia, Dhaka - 1207
Bangladesh
Tel: +880-2-9132372 - Fax: +880-2-8155348
E-mail: iard@bdonline.com

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

China

Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge

Terma Foundation

The Amity Foundation

The Bridge Fund

India

All India Coordinating Forum of the Adivasi/Indigenous Peoples
K-14 (first floor), Green Park Extension
110016 New Delhi, India
Tel: + 91 11 616 3830 - Fax: + 91 11 619 8042
E-mail: admin@tom.unv.ernet.in

Association for Health Welfare in the Nilgiris

Indian National Trust for the Welfare of Tribals

Irula Tribal Women’s Welfare Society

Maternal and Newborn Care for Tribals
Naandi Foundation
502, Trendset Towers
Road No 2
Banjara Hills, India
Hyderabad - 500 034
Tel: 40 - 5569 6074 / 75, 2355 6491 / 92
Fax: 40 - 2355 6537
E-mail: info@naandi.net & alina@naandi.net 

Nandi Foundation

Tribal Health Initiative

Nepal

Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities

Philippines

Tebtebba Foundation - Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education

Thailand

Pattanarak Foundation

Regional

Asian Indigenous & Tribal Peoples Network

Association for International Solidarity in Asia

Health Unlimited
Cambodia
Burma
Laos
China

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Arctic

Academic/Research Links

Canada

Laval University – Nasivvik Research on Inuit Health and Changing Environments

McGill University - Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment

 

Denmark

Aarhus University – Centre for Arctic Environmental Medicine

 

Finland

University of Lapland – Arctic Centre

University of Oulu – Thule Institute – Centre for Arctic Medicine

 

Norway

Sami University College

University of Tromso - Centre for Sami Health Research
Postboks 71, Storgata 39, N-9735
Kárášjohka/Karasjok, Norway
Tel: 78 46 89 00 - Fax: 78 46 89 10

 

United States

University of Alaska Anchorage – Alaska Center for Rural Health

University of Alaska Anchorage – Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies

University of Alaska Fairbanks - Psychology Department

University of Alaska Fairbanks & University of Alaska Anchorage – Center for Alaska Native Health Research

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Government Links

Canada

Canadian Polar Commission

Circumpolar Liaison Directorate

Department of Health and Social Sciences, Government of Northwest Territories

Department of Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada – Northern Contaminants Program

Northern Secretariat, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics

Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services

Yukon Bureau of Statistics

 

United States

National Center for Infectious Diseases – Arctic Investigations Program

National Center for Research Resources
 
National Institutes of Health

 

Regional

Arctic Council

Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

Barents Euro-Arctic Council

Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region

Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers

Northern Forum

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Other Health Links

Canada

Acho Dene Koe
General Delivery
Fort Liard, Northwest Territory    
Canada (X0G 0A0)
TEL: (403)770-4141 - Fax: (403) 770-4144

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies

Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health

Deh Cho First Nations

Deh Cho Health and Social Services Authority
Box 240, Fort Simpson, NWT (X0E 0N0)
Phone:  (867) 695-3815 - Fax: (867) 695-2920

Dene Cultural Institute

Dene Nation
P.O. Box 2338
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Canada (X1A 2P7)
TEL: 403-873-4081

Fort Providence Metis Council
Local No. 57 Box 319
Fort Providence, NT (X0E 0L0)
Phone: (867) 699-4320 – Fax: (867) 699-4319
E-mail: pvmetis@ssimicro.com
Info: http://www.dehchomackenziemetis.ca/

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami – National Inuit Organization

Inuvialuit Regional Organization

Kativik Regional Development Council

Kitikmeot Inuit Association

Labrador Inuit Association

Labrador Inuit Health Commission

Mavikik Corporation

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Métis Association of the Northwest Territories
P.O. Box 1375
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Canada XOE 1H0
TEL: (403) 873-3505
Métis Nation of the Northwest Territories
5125 52nd Ave
Box 1375
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2P1
Telephone: (867) 873-3505 - Fax: (867) 873-3395
Email: metisnwt@internorth.com

Nunavut Tungavik Incorporated

NWT Métis-Dene Development Fund Ltd.

Pauktuutit – Inuit Women of Canada

Qikiqtani Inuit Association

South Slave Métis Tribal Council
P.O. Box 129
Fort Smith, NT (X0E 0P0)
TEL: 872-4044 – FAX: 872-2404

Yellowknife Dene First Nation Health and Social Program
P.O. Box 2514, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P8
Yellowknife, NWT
TEL: (867) 920-2925 or 873-8951
FAX: (867) 873-8545

Yukon-Kuskokwin Health Corporation

 

Denmark

Danish/Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health [website not in English]

 

Finland

Finnish Society for Arctic Health and Biology

Nordic Society for Arctic Medicine

 

Greenland

Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland

Norway

Sami Institute: Bredbuktnesv. 50 A
9520 Guovdageaidnu/ Kautokeino, NORWAY
E-mail: info@nsi.no
Tel +47 78488000 - Fax +47 78488030

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Russia

Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North

 

Sweden

Southern Lapland Research Department:    
Postgatan 7, SE-912 32
Vilhelmina, Sweden
Tel: +46 940 14495
E-mail: per.sjolander@vilhelmina.se

 

United States

Alaska Federation of Natives

Alaska Native Health Board

Alaska Native Science Commission

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Arctic Health

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

Regional

Gwich’in Council International

International Arctic Science Committee

International Arctic Social Sciences Association

International Network for Circumpolar Health Research

International Union for Circumpolar Health

Inuit Circumpolar Conference

Northern Research Forum

The Saami Council (Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden)

 

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Australia, New Zealand & Pacific Island Countries

Academic/Research Links

Australia

Central Queensland University – Nulloo Yumbah, CQU’s Indigenous Learning, Spirituality & Research Centre

Curtin University of Technology - Centre for Aboriginal Studies: offers an associate degree in Aboriginal health

Curtin University of Technology – Indigenous Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Bibliographic Database

James Cook University – Indigenous Health Unit

University of Melbourne – Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit: a focus on ethics of Koori health research.

University of Melbourne – School of Population Health (Aboriginal Health)

University of Queensland - School of Population Health: a research priority is Indigenous Health

University of Sydney – Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network

University of Sydney - Yooroang Garang: School of Indigenous Health Studies

University of Wollongong - School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health

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Fiji

Fiji School of Medicine

Pacific Open Learning Health Net

 

New Zealand

Auckland University of Technology – Maori Health

Massey University – Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation

Massey University - Ngā Kaupapa Rangahau: Research and Māori Health Development Programmes

Massey University - Te Pümanawa Hauora is the Mäori Health Research Programme within the Research Centre for Maori Health & Development

University of Auckland - Alcohol and public health Research Unit (under “projects” are a few Maori-related projects)

University of Auckland - Maori Research Health Group - working in partnership with the Alcohol and Public Health Research Unit

University of Auckland - Pacific Health Research Centre

University of Auckland - Tomaiora Maori Health Research Group

University of Otago - Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences- Maori/Indigenous Health Institute

University of Otago - Ngai Tahu Mäori Health Research Centre

University of Waikato – Maori & Psychology Research Unit

Victoria University of Wellington – Health Services Research Centre
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/hsrc/projects/treaty.aspx
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/hsrc/projects/pacific.aspx

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Government Links

Australia

Australian Government – Department of Health and Aging

Australian Government – National Health and Medical Research Council

Australian Government – Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Australian Government – Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination

Australian Government – Torres Strait Regional Authority

State Government of Victoria, Australia – Koori Health in Victoria

 

Marshall Islands

Ministry of Health
P.O. Box 16, Majuro, Marshall Islands
Tel: (692) 625 7246 / 5660 / 5661 - Fax: (692) 625 3432 / 4543 / 4372
Email: rmimohe@ntamar.com

Office of Women’s Health (Tied to U.S. Department of Health)

 

New Zealand

Health Research Council of New Zealand - About Maori Health Research

Maori Health Directorate – within Ministry of Health

Maori Statistics – Government Body

Mental Health Commission
 
Ministry of Health

National Health Committee

 

Pacific (Regional)

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention: Pacific Emergency Health Initiative – Tied to U.S. Department of Health

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Other Health Links

Australia

Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council Inc.

Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of New South Wales

Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc

Collaborative Centre for Aboriginal Health Promotion

Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses

Kalgoorlie Bega Garnbirringu Health Centre

Menzies School of Health Research

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service Inc

Queensland Institute of Medical Research

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Wirraka Maya Health Service

Working with Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities

 

Fiji

World Health Organization Representative in the South Pacific
Level 4 Provident Plaza One
Downtown Boulevard,
33 Ellery Street, Suva
P.O. Box 113, Suva, Fiji
Tel:(679) 3-304600 / 3-304631 - Fax:(679) 3-300462
E-mail: who@sp.wpro.who.int

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Marshall Islands

Youth to Youth in Health: A more formal non-governmental organization, the Youth-to-Youth In Health plays a major role in providing peer education on health issues to all parts of the Marshalls. The Youth-to-Youth-in-Health, through songs and skits, have reached almost 90% of the Marshalls in delivering messages on current issues to our young people.

Mailing Address: PO Box 3149 Majuro, 96960, Marshall Islands
Tel: 692-625-3098
Fax: 692-625-3098

New Caledonia

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

 

New Zealand

Haura.com – Maori Health Community

KIMIHAUORA Health Centre - Research on Cancer and Maori Population

Maori Health Development Organization – Tui Ora Limited

National Council of Maori Nurses

New Zealand Guidelines Group

Nga Maia Aotearoa O te Wai Pounamu – A national collective of Maori Midwives, Maori Midwifery Students and Whanau from diverse backgrounds 

Nga Ngaru Haurora O Aotearoa – The National Maori Health Providers Association

Te Puāwai Tapu – Kaupapa Maori Sexuality Services

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North America

Academic/Research Links

Canada

University of Manitoba - J.A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit

National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research

McGill University - Aboriginal Mental Health Research Team

McGill University - Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment

McMaster University – Indigenous Health Research Knowledge Transfer Network

 

ACADRE Centres:

University of British Columbia - Institute for Aboriginal Health

University of Manitoba - Centre for Aboriginal Health Research

Dalhousie University - Atlantic Aboriginal Health Research Program

First Nations University of Canada, University of Regina & University of Saskatchewan - Indigenous Peoples Health Research Centre

Alberta ACADRE Network

Anisnawbe Kekendazone (Ottawa ACADRE)

Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments

Six Nations Polytechnic & the University of Toronto - Indigenous Health Research Development Program

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United States

Native American Research Centres for Health (NARCH’s):

1. Great Lakes – Native American Research Center for Health
   
   
2. John Hopkins University, Center for American Indian Health 
   
   
3. The California Native American Research Center for Health
   
   
4. Northwest Portland Area Health Board
   
   
5. The Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board
   
   
6. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
   
   
7. Northern Plains NARCH Program
   

Arizona School of Health Sciences - Native American Physician Assistant Extension

Arizona State University – American Indian Students United for Nursing

John Hopkins University – Center for American Indian Health

University of Arizona - Arizona Telemedicine Program

University of Arizona – Native American Research & Training Center

University of Colorado - National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research 

University of Colorado - Native Elder Health Care Resource Center

University of Hawaii – Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence

University of Minnesota- Center of American Indian and Minority Health

University of New Mexico - Centre for Native American Health

University of New Mexico - Native Health Databases

University of North Dakota - National Resource Center on Native American Aging

University of Oklahoma - Center for American Indian Health Research

University of Oklahoma – Health Promotion Programs

Western Washington University – Center for Cross-Cultural Research

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Other Health Links

Canada

Aboriginal Healing Foundation

Aboriginal Nurses’ Association of Canada

Assembly of First Nations

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs – Health

Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network

Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research - Global Indigenous Health Task Group

Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Manitoba Métis Federation

Métis National Council

Métis Nation of Alberta

Métis Nation of British Columbia

Métis Nation of Ontario

Métis Nation of Saskatchewan

National Aboriginal Diabetes Association

National Aboriginal Health Organization

National Indian & Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization

Native Alliance of Quebec

Native Women’s Association of Canada

Nechi Training, Research & Health Promotions Institute

Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP)

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United States

Epidemiological Centres:

1. Great Lakes Epi Center
   
   
2. United South and Eastern Tribes Epi Center
   
   
3. Northwest Tribal Epidemiological Center 
   
   
4. Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center
   
   
5. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc, Epidemiological Center
   
   
6. Alaska Native Epidemiology Center
   

Association of American Indian Physicians

Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation

National Congress of American Indians

National Indian Council on Aging

National Indian Health Board

Native American Cancer Research

Northwest Tribal Health Research Center

Papa Ola Lokahi maintains an active health research program, which includes projects on diabetes and cancer rates among Native Hawaiians. Contact Info: 894 Queen Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 597-6550 - Fax: (808) 597-6552
Email: manao@papaolalokahi.org

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

Tribal Connections

Urban Indian Health Institute

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Government Links

Canada

Government of Alberta – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

Government of British Columbia – Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation

Government of Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

Government of Canada - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Government of Canada - Institute of Aboriginal People’s Health

Government of Canada - Public Health Agency of Canada

Government of Manitoba – Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs

Government of New Brunswick – Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat

Government of Newfoundland & Labrador – Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs

Government of the Northwest Territories – Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs

Government of Nova Scotia – Office of Aboriginal Affairs

Government of Nunavut – Health and Social Services

Government of Ontario – Ontario Secretariat for Aboriginal Affairs

Government of Prince Edward Island – Aboriginal Peoples

Government of Saskatchewan – First Nations and Métis Relations

Government of Yukon – Health & Social Services Department

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United States

American Indian Health

Fogarty International Center
 
Indian Health Service

Minority Women’s Health

National Center for Health Statistics

National Center for Research Resources

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

National Institutes of Health

Office of Minority Health

The Bureau of Indian Affairs

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South & Central America

Academic/Research Links

Argentina

Centre for the documentation, disclosure, training and advising of indigenous peoples of Argentina  
Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Anthropology
Social Anthropology Section Sección
Púan 470 4to. Piso. Of. 468,
Capital Federal, Argentina (1432)
E-mail: cedcapi@yahoo.com.ar

Indigenous Center for Social and Academic Action (Yachayhuasi)
El Hornero 468, S.S. de Jujuy, Jujuy, 4600, Argentina,
TEL: 54-388-4263060, Fax: 54-388-4263060
E-mail: e_alderete@arnet.com.ar

 

Chile

Universidad de la Frontera - Institute of Indigenous Studies

Ecuador

Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar – Health Section [in Spanish]

Mexico

Mexican Research, Teaching and Service Network on Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Antonio Macias-Lopez
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Puebla
Apartado Postal 1-12, C.P. 72130
Col. La Libertad, Puebla, México
TEL: + 52-22-851 442 - Fax: + 52-22-851-444
E-mail: mantonio@colpos.colpos.mx

National Institute of Public Health [in Spanish]

 

Nicaragua

Universidad Nacional Autónoma De Nicaragua – Health Research  [in Spanish]

University of the Autonomous regions of the Atlantic Coast – Institute of traditional medicine and community development [in Spanish]

 

Paraguay

Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud

 

Regional

Universidad Indigena Intercultural [in Spanish]

 

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Government Links

Argentina

Ministry of health [in Spanish]

Bolivia

Ministry of health and sports [in Spanish]

Brazil

National Council of Health [in Portuguese]

National Health Foundation [in Portuguese]

Chile

Ministerio de Salud – Medicinas Alternativas [in Spanish]

Colombia

Ministry of social wellbeing – Public Health [in Spanish]

Costa Rica

Ministry of Health [in Spanish]

Ecuador

Ministerio de Salud Publica [in Spanish]

El Salvador

Ministry of Health [in Spanish]

Guatemala

Ministry of public health [in Spanish]

Mexico

Comision nacional para el desarrollo de los pueblos indigenas [in Spanish]

Secretary of Health [in Spanish]

Nicaragua

Ministry of Health [in Spanish]

Panama

Ministry of Health [in Spanish]

Paraguay

National Institute of Health [in Spanish]

Peru

Ministerio de Salud Del Peru[in Spanish]

Uruguay

Ministry of Public Health [in Spanish]

Venuzuala

Ministerio de Salud [in Spanish]

Regional

Inter American Development Bank

Pan American Health Organization

World Bank

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Other Health Links

Chile

Indigenous Association for the health of Makewe -Pelale Region of the Araucania, Chile
Tel: 56- 45 – 352628 - Fax: 56 - 45 -325154
E-mail: gbocara@ufro.cl & jibacach@ufro.cl

Colombia

Association of the indigenous assemblies of the north of Cauca
Carrera 12 # 8-44 Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, Colombia
TEL: (+57) 28 290958
E-mail:acincauca@yahoo.es

Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca
Calle 1ª No 4-50, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia
TEL: + (57-2) 8231260 – 8242153 - FAX: + (57-2) 8240343

Ecuador

Confedracion de Nationalidades Indigenas del Ecuador [in Spanish]

Confederacion de los Pueblos de Nacionalidad Kichua del Ecuador [in Spanish]

Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indigenas de la Cuenca Amazonica

Jambi Huasi Clinic [Health house]
Miriam Conejo, Coordinator
Modesto Jaramillo 608 y Morales Esquina
Casilla 65 - Otavalo, Ecuador
TEL/Fax: (593-6) 920-976

Medical centre of orientation and family planning
Teresa de Vargas, Director or Francisco Sevilla, MD
Cuero y Caicedo # 258 y av. 10 de agosto, 3er. Piso
Quito, Ecuador
TEL: (5932) 230-519 – Fax (233-713)
E-mail: cemoplaf@uio.satnet.net

 

Guatemala

Associacion de servicios communitarios de salud [in Spanish]

Association of Midwifes/Asociación de Comadronas
Playa Grande, Ixcan El Quiche, Guatemala
TEL: (502) 778-32346

Council of Maya Women of Guatemala
9a Calle Lote N.29, Quintas los Aposentos, Zona 1
Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
TEL/Fax: 039-2709

Midwives for Midwives & Women’s’ Health International

National indigenous and rural coordinator [in Spanish]

Guyana

Amerindian Peoples’ Association

Mexico

Organización de Médicos Indígenas de la Mixteca Alta [in Spanish]

Panama

Panamanian Indigenous Association
Ministerio de Salud de Panamá
S.T.S. Darien, “57”
Panamá
TEL: + 507 57 72 62

Peru

Prisma [in Spanish]

Surinam

Indigenous Organization of Surinam
Johannes Kingstraat 7 – Rainville
Paramaribo, Surinam
Tel/Fax: 00597 – 421380
E-mail: oisur@sr.net 

Uruguay

Uruguayan Resource Centre for indigenous Knowledge
Cedesur P.O. Box 20.201
Sayago, Montevideo, Uruguay (12,900)
E-mail: dgsa@chasque.apc.org

Venuzuala

Venezuelan Resource Secretariat for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Consuelo Quiroz, National Coordinator
University of The Andes, Núcleo 'Rafael Range'
Apartado Postal # 22 , Trujillo 3102, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela
Tel: +58-72-721672 - Fax: +58-72-362177
E-mail: consuelo@cantv.net

Regional

Amazon Conservation Team

Curamericas

Fondo Indigena [in Spanish]

Instituto Indigenista Interamericano [in Spanish]

Kellogg Foundation

Latin American Network Information Centre

Latin American Social Medicine Database

Naturaleza Inc

Pan American Health and Education Foundation

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International

Academic/Research Links

Burnet Institute - Centre for International Health

Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research - Global Indigenous Health Task Group

Center for World Indigenous Studies

Global Forum for Health Research

Global Health Action

Global Health Resource Center

Grand Challenges in Global Health

Institute for Global Health

International Arctic Science Committee

International Arctic Social Sciences Association

International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnerships on Resilience – (Participating Counties are: Canada, New Zealand and Australia)

International Network for Circumpolar Health Research

McGill University, Canada - Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment

McGill University, Canada – Faculty of Medicine – McGill Global Health

Population Council

The George Institute for International Health

The University of New South Wales, Australia – International & Global Public Health

University of Melbourne - Australian International Health Institute

University of Michigan, United States – Global Health Research and Training Initiative

 

Government Links

Canadian Institutes of health research – Global Health

Canadian International Development Agency – Health

Office of Global Health Affairs, United States

The Fogarty International Centre for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, United States

United Nations Permanent Forum
                                    
World Health Organization – Health Services, Indigenous

 

Other Health Links

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Child and Family Health International

Family Care International

Ford Foundation

Global Health Council

GlobalHealthReporting.org

Global Health Watch

Health Unlimited

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs

Open Society Institute – Soros Foundation Network – Health

Rockefeller Foundation – Health

Skillshare International

The Commonwealth Fund

The International Development Research Centre

The International Society for Quality in Health Care

The International Union for Circumpolar Health

The International Union for Health Promotion and Education

 

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