Global Health Institute

Connecting people to improve health around the world.

Links



ecmfg.com
- "Medicalese" Glossary from the ECFMG with idioms used by doctors, nurses, and other medical staff in the United States.
 


fodors.com
- By editors of Fodor's guidebooks, this site features updated guidebook entries and news.  Useful links to other travel sites, including restaurant blogs, search engines and in-flight magazines.


holdmail.usps.com - You may want to have the US Post Office hold your mail while you are abroad.  This website will tell you how. 


igougo.com - One of the largest on-line travel communities!  Entries organized and searchable by destination, interest, member or keyword.  Won a Webby award for best travel site. 

packwhiz.com - Helps you organize your luggage by creating custom packing lists.




seatguru.com
- Find the best seat before you fly!  Detailed seatmap graphics, color-coding to identify superior and substandard seats, and in-depth comments and seat advice.



lonelyplanet.com
- A bulletin board where globe-trotting travelers post questions, answers, trip reports and all manner of advise geared to the International Traveler.

timeanddate.com - Use this site to check out the time differences.


tsa.gov
- TSA Regulations.
visahq.com - An alternative site to traveldocs.com to find out more about Visa requirements.


wikipedia.org
- A list of countries and territories with the plugs, voltages and frequencies they use for providing electrical power to small and major appliances.

wikitravel.org
- Most entries list hotels, restaurants, and attractions, and the more comprehensive entries include information on culture, demographics and history.

wunderground.com - Click on "trip planner," enter the city or country you want to visit, plug in your dates and up pops a historical database of the weather conditions during those dates in past years.