Zur Zahnheilkunde: eine Trennung Zahnmedizin/Medizin, wie bei uns, gibt es in Kuba nicht. Die Zahnbehandlung findet in der Poliklinik statt. Zahlen zur Zahl der tätigen Zahnärzte in Kuba sind nicht beschaffbar, nicht einmal die Kollegen dort selbst kennen welche. Da die Kliniken für Einheimische Ausländern versperrt sind, war auch ein Besuch in der Universtätsklinik für Stomatologie nicht möglich, es war kein (Zahn)Arzt zu sprechen. Ganz anders im Ausländerkrankenhaus (in dem übrigens auch die Funktionärselite behandelt wird). Die Kollegen sind gesprächsbereit, freundlich (wie die Kubaner im Übrigen ganz allgemein) und hilfsbereit.
Die „normalen“ Kubaner sind etwa ab 50 vollkommen zahnlos, deutliche Lücken zeigen sich auch bei jüngeren Personen. Die Bildung hat offensichtlich die Gesundheitsbildung der Bürger nicht erreicht, Prophylaxe ist kaum im Bewusstsein de3r Kubaner vorhanden. Eine auch nur etwas anspruchsvollere Prothetikbehandlung steht der Bevölkerung auch nur in der Ausländerklinik zur Verfügung, nur, dort ist nichts mehr kostenlos. Die Bezahlung geht unaufgeregt an der Sofortkasse in bar vonstatten, selbstverständlich in CUC, dem Pedant zur ausländischen Devise. Kreditkarten sind unüblich und beim Einsatz werden ungeheuer hohe Gebühren aufgeschlagen. Es empfiehlt sich also, beim Kubabesuch ausreichend Bargeld mitzuführen.
Wer immer es sich leisten kann, geht zur Behandlung in die Ausländerklinik – dies sind in erster Linie Leute, die in der Tourismusindustrie arbeiten, über Auslandskontakte verfügen (Verwandte im Exil, analog der DDR mit Westverwandtschaft) oder die der Prostitution nachgehen (die ist offiziell in Kuba verboten, nur: jedes einigermaßen gut aussehende junge Mädchen wirft sich ganz ungeniert älteren Herren, die nach Geld aussehen, an den Hals; ein gar nicht ungewöhnliches Bild sind Paare, die händchenhaltend durch die Straßen schlendern, er jenseits der 70 und sie noch nicht mal 20). Prostitution ist verboten, Liebe nicht, und sei sie noch so auffällig… Es ist auffällig, dass Kubaner, die über CUC (also „richtiges“ Geld) verfügen, dies auch zeigen. Und so kann man etwas sehen, was man sonst nur in asiatischen Entwicklungsländern noch zu sehen bekommt: Goldkronen an Frontzähnen, je auffälliger, desto besser. Die Armen hingegen laufen mit Zahnlücken rum. Eine klassenlose Gesellschaft eben. Die Wertschätzung für Zahnärzte ist in Kuba ganz offensichtlich höher als in Deutschland. So kostet eine Extraktion immerhin 35 $, die Untersuchung (Checkup) ebenfalls 35, so wie die Zahnreinigung auch. Füllungen (selbstverständlich Amalgam!) werden mit 25 $ je Fläche berechnet (ein Traumpreis nach deutschen Verhältnissen), und die VMK Krone schlägt mit 350 $ zu Buche. Man muss diese Preise relativieren: der Techniker, der die Krone im Labor anfertigt, bekommt mal eben 14 € im Monat, und der Normal-Arbeitnehmer in Kuba kriegt auch nicht mehr. Da sind 350 € ein irrsinnig großes Vermögen. Und trotzdem gibt es Kubaner, die sich den Luxus einer „richtigen“ Zahnheilkunde leisten und die die Alternative „Extraktion“ vermeiden. Die Ausrüstung im Westkrankenhaus ist exzellent: modernste (deutsche!) Zahnarzteinheiten ebenso wie Laborgeräte sind schon beeindruckend, die sind besser ausgerüstet als die deutsche Durchschnittspraxis! Also; Angst braucht kein Tourist zu haben – wenn man mal (zahn)ärztliche Hilfe braucht, dann kriegt man die, auf höchstem Niveau. Man muss halt nur zahlen können…
Zahnarzt Dr. Gerhard Stürmer-Schwichtenberg aus Osnabrück behandelte im August eine Woche lang in einer Caritas-Klinik in Haiti. Ohne Behandlungseinheit und Bohrer. Was er in dem Land erlebte, berichtet er hier.
Zahnarzt Dr. Gerhard Stürmer-Schwichtenberg aus Osnabrück behandelte im August eine Woche lang in einer Caritas-Klinik in Haiti. Ohne Behandlungseinheit und Bohrer. Was er in dem Land erlebte, berichtet er hier.
DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 32 Forward Edge International 15121-A NE 72nd Avenue Vancouver, Washington 98686 USA Tel: +1 206 574 3343 Fax: +1 206 574 2118 Contact: Joseph Anfuso Forward Edge International is a teams denominational ministry dedicated to sending North American church groups and individuals on short-term mission trips. It provides experienced team leadership, logistical coordination, practical preparatory materials, and a wide variety of ministry opportunities in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The mission trips last from ten days to three weeks. Forward Edge International sends service teams (medical/dental construction) evangelism teams, youth teams and adult teams. Areas Served: U.S. Indian reservations, Albania, Asia, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Romania, and Vietnam. Material: The program does not utilize dental material. Foundation of the Pierre Fauchard Academy 1441 Avocado Avenue Suite 508 Newport Beach, California 92660-6224 USA Fax: +1 714 373 2237 Contact: Dr Shig Ryan Kishi The Pierre Fauchard Academy, an International Honor Dental Organization with 108 sections worldwide, has established a foundation to support grants and projects that will benefit the dental profession and the public it serves. The Foundation has published a brochure that covers the goals and guidelines of the grant/project program. It lists the types of programs the Foundation will support, as well as the restrictions that apply to eligibility for funding. Organizations, institutions and individuals who desire funding are encouraged to obtain a copy of the brochure from the individual listed above to determine if their program or project falls within the Foundation’s goals. If so, they may apply for support. The brochure covers the application form. Areas Served: Worldwide Material: Foundation funds only materials listed in application. Friends of Dental Volunteers for Israel (DVI) 11 Sage Circle Scarsdale, New York 10583 USA Tel: +1 914 725 2485 Contact: Ms Lila Seiler Friends of Dental Volunteers for Israel (DVI) Main Street Livingston Manor, New York 12758 USA Tel: +1 914 439 4100 Contact: Dr. Don Simkin DVI operates the only free of charge Children’s Dental Clinic in Jerusalem, located at 29 Mekor Chayim Street. The organization’s dental services include oral education, preventive care, and treatment to underprivileged Jewish and non-Jewish children, ages 5 to 18, who never have had previous dental care. Services are also provided to Russian and Ethiopian children. Contributions are tax deductible, as are expenses incurred by volunteers serving in Jerusalem. Areas Served: Jerusalem. Material: DVI solicits donations of dental supplies and dental equipment in good working order. Global Outreach Mission Inc PO Box 2010 Buffalo NY 14231-2010, USA No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 33 Haitian & Co-Arts Association, Inc. 165 Park Row, Suite 8D New York, New York 10038 USA Tel: +1 212 732 9735 Contact: Andre Letellier The Haitian & Co-Arts Association, Inc., is a voluntary overseas, private non-governmental, non-political, nonreligious, non-profit, tax-exempt charitable educational organization, founded in 1956 by Andre Letellier, a Haitian born U.S. citizen. Its aims and purposes are solely dedicated to gratuitously contribute to the elimination of hunger, eradication of disease and promotion of literacy of deprived children of the peasants in remote villages of Haiti through mobile medical-dental free clinics. Clinics deliver community-wide vaccination against aids, polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, provide birth control, and dental care Dues, contributions and expenses incurred by donors and/or volunteers serving with the organization’s charitable programs are tax deductible. U.S. corporations and individuals donate funds, services, medical supplies, drugs, educational and agricultural materials. Areas Served: Haiti. Material: Dental equipment, instruments, supplies, dental literature, preferably in French, are accepted. Health Teams International Inc. (HTI) 7518 South Evanston Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-5615 USA Tel: +1 918 481 1115 Fax: +1 918 481 1115 Contact: Dr Robert W Miller Health Teams International (HTI) is an ecumenical non-profit organization dedicated to assisting in evangelization through the ministrations of short-term Christian health care teams. It has neither dues nor membership fees, but it is supported by the tax-deductible contributions of interested individuals and groups. Volunteers pay their own expenses, which are tax-deductible. All staff members contribute their services without pay. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: HTI solicits donations of portable dental instruments, equipment and supplies that can be transported by air to overseas sites. Health Volunteers Overseas Dentistry Overseas PO Box 65157 Washington DC 20035-5157 USA Tel: +1 202 296 0928 Fax: +1 202 296 8018 Email: info@hvousa.org Contact: Kate Skillman http://www.hvonsa.org Aims to improve the quality of health care in developing countries through training and education. Specific details of the project in Haiti are as follows: to form a co-operative network of dental health care; to improve the quality and increase the availability of health care through training and education; to co-operate with the Pan American Health Organization to implement a nation-wide salt fluoridation and iodisation process for Haiti; to train and empower Haitian natives to provide professional services for themselves once volunteer teams are gone. Areas served: Bangladesh, Brazil, Haiti, India, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Vietnam Health Volunteers Overseas Dental Division of ADA 3801 N Fairfax Dr Suite 40 Arlington, Va 22207 USA Contact: Dr Gary S Leff Email: garyleff@erols.com No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 34 Himalayan Healthcare Inc. 565 West End Avenue, suite #3G New York, New York 10024 USA Tel: +1 212 877 6519 Fax: +1 212 877 6519 Contact: Lisa Gomer Himalayan HealthCare Inc. (HHC) was established to address the health crisis in rural Nepal. The primary objectives of the organization are to provide immediate medical treatment to people living in remote mountain villages and to improve the general healthcare conditions of the rural population of Nepal who do not have access to health care at times of critical need. Himalayan HealthCare is unique in that its programs are sustained by Nepalese medical professionals who trek monthly to targeted villages to deliver medical care and to teach villagers about hygiene, sanitation, nutrition and family planning. In addition to supporting a small full-time Nepalese medical staff, HHC also organizes groups of American physicians, dentists and healthcare workers to participate in medical treks to selected villages to assist the Nepalese physicians in treating patients and dispensing necessary medicines. Areas Served: Rural mountain villages of Nepal. Material: HHC solicits donations of dental equipment and supplies as well as financial contributions. HIM Foundation PO Box 101 Atlanta, Texas 75551 USA Tel: +1 903 796 3821/1 903 796 3824/+1 903 796 7705 Contact: Dr James Hogan The Foundation promotes Christian missionary dentistry. It encourages and helps health care professionals to accompany evangelists to needy countries for short-term missionary efforts. The volunteer works as a team member with a local Christian church. Health clinics are usually set up in the church to render a physical service. The Foundation has also founded and financed three dental clinics in India. Volunteers provide their own instruments and supplies. Areas Served: Honduras, India, Israel and Korea. Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. Honduran-American Medical Mission 501 5th Avenue Belmar, New Jersey 07719 USA Tel: +1 908 681 6134 Fax: +1 908 681 1891 Contact: Mrs Patricia King The organization’s current projects include separate 25-resident boys and girls orphanages, known collectively as Hogar Amistad or House of Friendship. A newly constructed medical/dental clinic includes two dental operatories and service a population base of 15,000 rural, destitute Hondurans. Areas Served: Urraco/Sulaco area of north-central Honduras. Material: Donations of hand instruments and lab equipment to fully outfit two dental operatories for operative, endo, perio and uncomplicated exodontia. Howard Karagheusian Commemorative Corporation 386 Park Avenue South Suite 1601 New York, New York 10016 USA Tel: +1 212 725 0973 Fax: +1 212 447 0378 Contact: Dr Watler C Bandazian
DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 29 Community Church of Greenwood 1477 West Main Street Greenwood, Indiana 46142 USA Tel: +1 317 888 6024 Fax: +1 317 885 2648 Contact: Charles Coleman Community Church of Greenwood serves as the dental clinic for the areas surrounding San Salvador, El Salvador. Areas Served: El Salvador Material: General dental equipment and materials CONCERN/America PO Box 1790 Santa Ana, California 92702 USA Tel: +1 714 953 8575 Fax: +1 714 953 1242 Contact: Marianne Loewe CONCERN/America is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life (including health care) for rural populations in developing countries through training and education of local personnel. It is supported through the contributions of interested individuals and small foundations. CONCERN/America is not affiliated with any religious organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Areas Served: Mexico, Central America, and some locations in Africa. Material: Dental equipment, especially small instruments. Creighton University School of Dentistry 2500 California Plaza Omaha, Nebraska 68178 USA Tel: +1 402 280 5098 Fax: +1 402 280 5094 Contact: Dr Romer Ocanto The purpose of the program is to collaborate with faculty and researchers at Central University of Venezuela School of Dentistry and Institute of Dental Research. Training and research collaboration in the areas of epidemiology are applied to research in oral biology, microbiology, oral pathology and genetics, to take place once a year. The program is to be supported by grant money from a private foundation. The program involves a three-week workshop designed to prepare postdoctoral students to conduct research that involves epidemiology assessments in different countries. Areas Served: Venezuela. Material: The program does not use donated dental material. Dental Health International 847 South Milledge Avenue Athens, Georgia 30605-1331 USA Tel: +1 706 546 1716 Fax: +1 706 546 1715 Contact: Dr Barry Simmons Dental Health International needs dental personnel to create dental clinics in rural areas of developing countries which will be, in turn, staffed by the host country dentists. Water and nutritional studies will be conducted to determine needs of the host country. A program in the surrounding schools will be instituted to show benefits of fluoride and a basic dental hygiene program as well. Dental clinics are dispersed throughout the host country. Areas Served: Bhutan (Himalayas), Cameroon, Cook Islands, Lesotho, Rwanda, and Vietnam. Material: Dental equipment less than ten years old, to make up a complete dental clinic, dental supplies, handpieces and instruments. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 30 Dental Seminars & Symposia (DDS) 343 Prairie View Road Chippewa Falls Wisconsin 54729 USA Tel: +1 715 723 1662 Fax: +1 715 723 1662 Contact: Dr David D Crane Dental Seminars & Symposia, Inc. (DSS) was established in 1977 to provide continuing dental education and to organize humanitarian projects both nationally and internationally. Groups are taken annually to South America to provide dental care for homeless and orphaned children (expenses are paid by participants). University faculty are also selected to conduct scientific congresses at Latin American universities (expenses paid by the host universities). DSS is non-political, non-sectarian, and conducts all foreign programs on a non-profit basis. Areas Served: Latin America. Material: Small equipment and supplies are requested as needed for specific clinics. Tax-deductible receipts are given by local churches. Division of Worldwide Ministries Presbyterian Church (USA) 100 Witherspoon Street Lousiville, Kentucky 4042-1396 USA Tel: +1 502 569 5000 Fax: +1 502 569 8039 Contact: Ms Edith Sutton/Mr Bob Ellis The Division of Worldwide Ministries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) works to assist church related hospitals, clinics and health projects in developing countries through placement of health care professionals and in providing material assistance. The aim is to improve health care services along with training of national and local personnel. Sustainable and appropriate technology is emphasized as well as preventive health education. The work is supported from the national budget of the denomination, with help from international health agency grants and gifts from groups and individuals. Areas Served: Ongoing service in Guatemala, Haiti, India, South Korea, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Zaire and along the U.S.A. border. Material: The program does not utilize dental material. The Domingos Foundation 1800 S.E. St. Lucie Boulevard (October-April) Building 8, Apt. 107 Stuart, Florida 34996-4224 USA Tel: +1 407 286 1708 4890 Glenwood Avenue, #4 (May-September) Youngstown, Ohio 44512 USA Tel: +1 216 782 2055 Contact: Dr. D. E. De Marco The Domingos Foundations is a publicly supported non-profit organization which delivers, and works to improve, dental and other health care in remote areas of Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras. It actively promotes and provides grants for small-scale development projects in the villages it visits. Contributions are taxdeductible, as are expenses incurred by volunteers serving abroad. Areas Served: Remote areas of Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras. Material: Donations of certain dental and pharmaceutical supplies are accepted. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 31 Ecuadent 11506 St. David’s Lane Lutherville, Maryland 21093 USA Tel: +1 410 560 0937 Fax: +1 410 876 6362 Contact: Tammy G. Fesche Ecuadent is a humanitarian undertaking to Ecuador, made up of American dental and medical professionals. The all-volunteer group of doctors and assistants donate their time and pay their own transportation to treat the indigent population, many of whom are children between the ages of three and 14 years of age. The focus is on preventative dental health measures in addition to some restorative treatment as equipment and facilities allow. Volunteers pay their transportation to Ecuador. All transportation inside the country, food, and lodging are provided by the Ecuadorian Army. Areas Served: Ecuador. Material: Dental instruments, dental supplies (especially toothbrushes), dental portable units, portable dental xray units and cable run units. Esperança Inc. 1911 West Earll Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85015 USA Tel: +1 602 252 7772 Fax: +1 602 340 9197 Contact: Dr. Jeanne France Esperança Inc. is a non-profit, non-denominational international health organization that provides treatment and training in Latin America and Africa. Esperança’s vision is to “sow the seeds of self-help in health.” Esperança accepts many volunteer health professionals, as well as funding, from a variety of private sources (individuals, churches, service clubs, foundations) and U.S. government support. Volunteer dentists work in Esperança’s clinical facility in the Amazon jungles of Brazil. Areas Served: Santarém, Pará Brazil (in the Amazon valley). Material: Esperança solicits dental equipment and consumable supplies for its dental clinic facility in the Amazon. Estonian American Fund Inc. 4 Noyes Court PO Box 13266 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 USA Tel: +1 301 587 9115 Fax: +1 202 291 8884 Contact: Ago Ambre Estonian American Fund (EAF) is a publicly supported charity, recognized as such by the IRS, and registered by the U.S. Agency for International Development as a private voluntary organization (PVO). The mission is to aid in the resolution of economic problems faced by command economies seeking to change to a free market basis. Programs supply universities with scientific texts, hospitals with medical equipment, supplies, and technical training. EAF facilitates exchange of students and scholars, and helps set up in-country seminars and training classes. EAF sponsors an active health care project that has provided about $2.5 million in medical and dentistry supplies and equipment. Areas Served: Estonia. Material: EAF solicits donations in cash and in kind. Dental and medical equipment and professional literature are provided in response to specific requests from health professionals in Estonia. Flying Doctors of America 1951 Airport Road Dekalb-Peachtree Airport Atlanta, Georgia 30341 USA Tel: +1 404 451 3068 Fax: +1 404 457 6302 Contact: Peggy Phipps Flying Doctors of America is committed to helping physicians, dentists, other health care professionals, the business community and general volunteers help the poor and needy by flying monthly medical missions. It provides quick, professionally managed, low cost, tax-deductible medical missions to areas of critical need, thereby bringing hope and healing. It welcomes all who desire to volunteer, regardless of creed, religion, color, race, sex or nationality. Areas Served: Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America and India. Material: The program does not use dental material.
WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Precancer Kings College School of Medicine & Dentistry Caldecot Road London SE5 9RW UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 20 7346 3608 Fax: +44 20 7346 3624 Email: newell.johnson@kcl.ac.uk Contact: Prof Newell Johnson To research and develop oral health in developing countries and to integrate oral health with general health. Active in cancer, HIV/AIDS, periodontal diseases. Areas served: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia UNITED STATES Academy of Dentistry International P.O. Box 307 Hicksville, Ohio 43526-0307 USA DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 25 Tel: +1 419 542 0101 Fax: +1 419 542 6883 Email: rramus@bright.net Contact: Dr Robert L Ramus The Academy of Dentistry International is devoted to the advancement of the dental profession by the elevation of dental-care standards through continuing education. By the support and sponsorship of special educational and service projects, the Academy directly contributes to the improvement of dental health and to the well-being of people worldwide. Areas served: Worldwide Material: It solicits dental books, instruments, equipment, journals and video tapes Academy of LDS Dentists PO Box 211404 Salt Lake City Utah 84121-8404 USA Tel: +1 801 378 6757 Fax: +1 801 378 6361 Contact: Tim Watabe The Academy of LDS Dentists is an organisation of dental professionals dedicated to serving mankind. It endeavours to provide dental expertise and manpower to underserved areas of the world. In addition to patient treatment, it provides dental education to increase the expertise of local professionals. It also provides scholarship funds for domestic and international students. A quality yearly conference is held on the Brigham Young University campus. Areas served: worldwide Material: It provides dental equipment and supplies to many underserved areas of the world and solicits donations Africa Inland Mission PO Box 178 Pearl River, New York 10965 USA Tel: +1 914 735 4014 Fax: +1 914 735 1814 Contact: Warren Day Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is an interdenominational Christian organization with a goal of establishing nurturing churches of Christ. One of AIM’s means of establishing churches is through medical service to the people of Africa. AIM uses dental and medical personnel in hospitals, dispensaries, mobile clinics and community health care. AIM is supported by the tax deductible contributions of others and by volunteer personnel. Dental Equipment and supplies are also welcome. Areas Served: Fourteen countries in Africa. Material: AIM accepts donated dental equipment and supplies for its personnel in Africa. All God’s Children Oral Health Project 1956 Honeysuckle Lane Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 USA Tel: +1 513 232 4603 Fax: +1 513 231 9346 Contact: Dr Stephen W Curran The All God’s Children Oral Health Project is a non-profit, interdenominational organization which brings preventive and restorative dental care to children living in the orphanages of Eastern Europe. The mobile dental clinic is staffed by volunteer American dental professionals working cooperatively with their Eastern European colleagues. This provides local dental volunteers with the opportunity to learn new procedures and work with modern dental equipment supplied by the program. The Project has government approval to import supplies without paying tariffs. Areas Served: Bulgaria and Romania. Material: Tax deductible cash donations, portable dental equipment, instruments, supplies and medicines are welcome. American Dental Volunteers for Israel 108-13 67th Road Forest Hills, New York 11375 USA Tel: +1 718 263 4918 Contact: Dr Paul Jarmon The American Dental Volunteers for Israel recruits dentists and dental hygienists for two four-week stints at a kibbutz in Israel. All accommodations are provided (food and living quarters). Volunteers work 20 hours a week only. Transportation is not provided. Areas Served: Israel. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 26 Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. American Dentists for Foreign Service 619 Church Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11218 USA Tel: +1 718 436 8686 Contact: Dr Herman Ivanhoe/Anne Brearley American Dentists for Foreign Service (ADFS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving developing countries exclusively through dentistry, with the assistance of dentists, hygienists, teachers and service people. Transportation is supplied by the traveling personnel. Subsistence by the host agency or county. Dental equipment, used but serviced, is crated and shipped. The equipment is offered free, but the receiving country must supply warehouse, service and shipping expenses. Dental Schools will be given preference over clinics or hospitals to receive large quantities of equipment in order to increase the dental profession within that country and to supply more services to the people. Clinics and hospitals will be supplied with small quantities. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: Donated equipment is utilized in the program. American Medical Resources Foundation Inc. (AMRF) PO Box 3609 Brockton, Massachusetts 02404-3609 USA Tel: +1 508 580 3301 Fax: +1 508 580 3306 Contact: Mr David P Harrington American Medical Resources Foundation (AMRF) donates used, but fully operational medical and dental equipment to hospitals and clinics serving the poor in third world and developing nations. AMRF also offers the services of a corps of qualified biomedical engineers and technicians who volunteer to teach maintenance procedures and assist in setting up maintenance and calibration facilities at the recipient institutions. AMRF is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and is registered with the U.S. Agency for International Development. Donated equipment already shipped ranges from beds to monitors, xray, pulmonary, cardiac, ultrasonic diagnostic, operating rooms, and other diverse equipment for general and specialized use in prenatal, natal, pediatric, and adult departments. Areas Served: Developing countries worldwide. Material: Donated equipment is utilized in the program. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 27 Armenian-American Health Association of Greater Washington 1160 Varnun St., N.E. Suite 308 Washington, D.C. 20017 USA Tel: +1 202 529 3756 Fax: +1 202 529 5474 Contact: Hayk Kaftarian The Association’s goals are to provide and facilitate health care, to improve health care delivery systems, and to educate and train health care professionals and the general public in health care. The program provides biomedical and technical information and support as well as assists in research and development. Areas Served: Armenia and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Material: All types of medications, medical and dental equipment, and educational activities to be donated for shipment to the Armenian Health Ministry. AYUDA Inc. 1520 East Lincoln Avenue Anaheim, California 92805 USA Tel: +1 714 774 6330 Fax: +1 714 774 4052 Contact: Dr Harris N Done Ayuda, Inc. is a private non-profit organization, dedicated to improving the health of needy people in North and Central America. It conducts dental clinics twice a year in Belize and Mexico. Volunteers pay their own expenses. Ayuda provides supplies and equipment. Ayuda also sponsors free dental clinics in the U.S. at needy schools Areas Served: Belize, Mexico and USA (Southern California) Material: Ayuda solicits donations and dental equipment and supplies. Carelift International One Belmont Avenue GSB Building, Suite 4/25 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 USA Tel: +1 610 617 0995 Fax: +1 610 668 0930 Email: carrollcaulfield@carelift.org Contact: Carroll Caulfield Carelift International’s health education development programme has 5 goals: (1) foster health development, (2) address the long term needs of countries that are struggling to establish modern methods of healthcare delivery, (3) establish new educational programmes, (4) strengthen existing programmes, and (5) address public health needs. Areas served: Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belarus, Georgia, Cyprus, Albania, Croatia, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Bratislava, Israel, Lithuania, Jordan Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc 10 West 17th Street New York, New York 10011-5765 USA Tel: +1 212 242 7757 Fax: +1 212 807 9161 Contact: Joseph A Latella, S.J. Catholic Medical Mission Board seeks licensed dentists to volunteer their services in Catholic health care facilities for the medically disenfranchised. Applicants must be fully licensed with two years of professional experience and maintain current registration in the United States or Canada. Arrangements for single and married applicants with children are available. Volunteers are expected to provide their own transportation to and from the international location where they are placed. Independent health care facilities accept volunteers for short-term (one-six months) and long term (one-two years) assignments. Room and board are provided for all applicants. A modest stipend is available for longterm volunteers. Areas Served: Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, India, Papua New Guinea. Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 28 CERT International (Christian Emergency Relief Teams) PO Box 188008 Carlsbad, California 92018 USA Tel: +1 619 431 9890 Fax: +1 619 431 9893 Contact: Dr. Ken Daugherty CERT International is a non-profit interdenominational relief organization providing short term opportunities for medical and dental professionals, para professions, construction personnel, and lay people to various parts of the world. CERT Teams have gone from large metro areas such as Bucharest, Romania and Lima, Peru to remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, Honduras and Nicaragua; from war-torn areas such as Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Croatia and Bosnia to former communist countries such as Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and Russia. The basic philosophy of CERT is to go where little if any help is being given. Areas Served: Countries in Central & South America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Africa, Southeast Asia and others. Christian Dental Society PO Box 177 Sumner, Iowa 50674 USA Tel: +1 800 237 7368 Fax: +1 319 578 8843 Contact: Dr Richard C Haw Recruits volunteers for short-term volunteer dental mission trips to developing nations. Serving areas in need since 1962. Areas Served: Worldwide – South America, Caribbean, Central America, Russia and the South Pacific. Material: Dental materials, equipment and supplies. Christian Mission of Pignon, Inc. P.O. Box 743 – 403 Main Street Lake Village Arkansas 71653 USA Tel: +1 870 265 2111 Fax: +1 870 265 2112 Email: loydcmp@cei.net Contact: Dr Marvin D. Loyd CMP serves as an open window to and for Christianity to nurture the spiritual growth of the people in the area of Pignon, Haiti and assist them in the development of long term, self-sustaining program efforts in the areas of preventive and acute health care; functional literacy and educational opportunities; clean water and essential sanitation facilities; agricultural development and training; and community and economic development. Areas served: Haiti Citizens Democracy Corps 2021 K Street, NW Suite 215 Washington, D.C. 20036 USA Tel: +1 202 872 0933/+1 800 394 1945 Fax: +1 202 872 0923 Contact: Jill Schiager Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC) is a private, non-profit organization which mobilizes US private sector expertise and resources to assist the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States (NIS) of the former USSR. CDC programs respond directly to the needs brought to its attention by government, civic, and industry leaders in the region. Through its Citizens Volunteer Program (CVP), CDC recruits and fields teams of US volunteers to participate in locally-designed institution-building projects in diverse program sectors. In the health sector, CDC fields requests for hospital administrators, deans and assistant deans of medical and dental schools. Areas Served: Central and Eastern Europe; New Independent States (of former USSR). Material: The program does not utilize donated dental material.
SWITZERLAND Secours Dentaire International (SDI) Zürcherstrasse 6 9500 Wil SG SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 71 911 5755 Fax: +41 71 911 8757 Contact: Dr. med. dent. Jürg Ernst Jent No further information available as yet. Zahnärzte für Rumänien (SPR) Dr. med. dent. Werner Frunz Bahnhofstrasse 24 5400 Baden SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 56 222 0050 Fax: +41 56 222 0053 No further information available as yet. SYRIA WHO Demonstration, Training and Research Center for Health Dental School Health Department P.O.Box 60184 Damascus SYRIA Contact: Dr Nabil Beiruti Established in 1982 to work nationally and regionally to promote and develop oral health for the population, especially children. The fields of interest are planning of oral health programmes, evaluation, training of manpower in dental public health, carrying out of oral health research, developing of appropriate dental techniques, and producing oral health education and training materials Areas served: Syria DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 22 TAIWAN Association of Family Dentistry No 18 Szu-Yuan St Taipei 100 Taiwan REPUBLIC OF CHINA Tel: +2 2365 9396 Fax: +2 2365 9376 Contact: Chang Chin-Shun No further information available as yet. Taiwan Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 4F, No 52 Hsing-Sheng S Road Sec 3 Taipei, Taiwan REPUBLIC OF CHINA Tel: +2 2363 7673 Fax: +2 2363 7673 Contact: Huang Shun-Te No further information available as yet. TANZANIA Central Oral Health Unit Ministry of Health PO Box 273 Dar-Es-Salaam TANZANIA Tel: +255 51 124237/120261 Contact: Dr H J Mosha/Dr Y Hemed Epidemiology, research methodology and planning community oral health care programmes. Areas served: Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe THAILAND World Concern 37 – 501 Phetburi 15 Bangkok 10400 THAILAND Contact: Dr C Durward No further information available as yet. TONGA Tonga Dental Association Ministry of Health Tofoa TONGA Tel: +676 23200 ext 56 Fax: +676 24291 Contact: Dr Latu Endeavouring to ensure that the water supply for the main town ise fluoridated in order to minimise caries in school children; arranging training for auxiliaries (dental therapists and assistants) to help in primary oral health care and training by the people in oral health care. Areas served: Tonga DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 23 UKRAINE Project Heritage House 8 Chaykovsogo Str. Suite 1 Odessa UKRAINE 65206 Tel: +380 48 731 4229 Contact: Dr Paul Becker Email: Beckerpd@paco.net http://www.interconnection.org/hi travbailey@yahoo.com The Odessa Boarding School Orphanage Number Four was built in 1959 for a population of 200 students. It currently houses 419 children. Odessa Boarding School Number Four is unique in tht it is strictly for orphans. The orphanage belongs to the city of Odessa. In the summer of 2000, the Salvation Army and Harvest International fornmed a joint venture and signed a contract with the Ukrainian Minister of Education. The purpose of this programme is to supplement the educational programme at the orphanage. This programmes is entitled Project Heritage House. The chairman of Baltimore-Odessa Sister Cities and a United States Peace Corps Volunteer also work within Project Heritage House. Project Heritage House’s role is to supplement basic services and material needs that were originally meant to be provided by the city government. Because of Ukraine’s current poor economical situation the city government currently cannot meet these needs. Project Heritage House provides assistance in the areas of children’s education, material, and nutritional needs. Both Sister Cities International (http://www.sister-cities.org/) and Harvest International (http://www.harvestinternational.org) are American organisations registered as nonprofits both in the United States and Ukraine. Harvest International is a Christian organisation. UNITED KINGDOM Borrow Dental Milk Foundation Padnell Grange, Cowplain, Portsmouth, PO8 8ED UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 2392 262222 Fax: +44 2392 241401 Contact: Prof Norman Whitehouse Email:
The Borrow Dental Milk Foundation is a UK registered charity, a non profit making organisation, actively involved in the promotion of milk as a vehicle for fluoride for the benefit of children’s oral health. As part of an international research programme the Foundation supports two main streams of activity: • schemes in the community – supporting the fluoridation of milk supplied to children under existing distribution systems. • clinical and laboratory studies designed to strengthen the scientific base for milk fluoridation carried out at dental research establishments in various countries. British Fluoridation Society 4th Floor University of Liverpool School of Dentistry Liverpool U69 3GN UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 151 706 5216 Fax: +44 151 706 5845 Email: bfs@liv.ac.uk Contact: Mrs Sheila Jones Promotion of water fluoridation in order to effectively reduce levels of tooth decay. Areas served: UK DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 24 The Cordent Trust Summit House Summit Road Potters Bar Herts EN6 3EE UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 1732 833450 Fax: +44 870 1281423 Contact: Mrs Creek Wier Email: wiercdcs@aol.com Areas served: Many and varied. Projects supported if appropriate Dentaid The Old Sawmills Giles Lane Landford Salisbury Wiltshire SP5 2BG UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 1794 324249 Fax: +44 1794 323871 Email: info@dentaid.org/luke@dentaid.org Contact: Dr Jenny Worldley/Mr Luke Wordley Dentaid UK is a charity which collects used western dental equipment, refurbishes it in a workshop then sends it to sites in the developing world where requests had been received. Intentions are to go on to develop strategies for oral health education and primary treatment in the areas where equipment is supplied. Areas served: Many and varied. Projects supported if appropriate. Teeth Relief The Sunnymede Trust 1 Laneway Sunnymead Road Putney London SW15 5HX UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 20 8878 6129 Fax: +44 20 8480 8085 Contact: Dr Sharon Rankin No further information available as yet. WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition and Oral Health Department of Child Dental Health Dental School Framlington Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 191 222 7863/8242 Fax: +44 191 222 5928 Email: a.j.rugg-gunn@ncl.ac.uk Contact: Prof Andrew J Rugg-Gunn To encourage scholarship, improve knowledge and facilitate action in the field of nutrition and oral health. To further the knowledge and understanding of nutrition and oral health world-wide. To encourage and assist in research in the field and to facilitate learning and the exchange of information. Areas served: Sri Lanka, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Pakistan
SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 2519 Fax: +27 27 12 325 2863 Email: pjvanwyk@medic.up.ac.za Contact: Prof P J van Wyk No further information available as yet. Islamic Medical Association (IMA) PO Box 48786 Qualbert 4078 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 31 207 2250 Fax: +27 31 207 2260 Email: imakzn@eastcoast.co.za No further information available as yet. Mobile Health Care Portfolio Manager: Health Transnet PO Box 72501 2122 Parkview SOUTH AFRICA Contact: Ms Lynette Coetzee Email: LynetteC2@Transnet.co.za No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 20 Oral Hygienists – KZNPA PO Box 8944 Cumberwood 3235 Pietermaritzburg Kwa Zulu Natal SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +331 897 3163 Fax: +331 979768 Contact: Dr Mahjabeen Fazloodeen Aiming to promote preventative methods rather than resorting to curative methods. Areas served: South Africa. Oral Hygienist Association of S Africa PO Box 6014 Roggebaai 80/2 SOUTH AFRICA Fax: +27 21421 No further information available as yet. SPAIN Odontologia Solidaria Cea Bermudez 36-1 C 28003-Madrid SPAIN Tel: +34 1 534 6829 Fax: +34 1 535 1259 Contact: Dra Mercedes Morato Pasalodos Email: odonsolbcn@infomed.es
No further information available as yet. SRI LANKA College of Community Dentistry of Sri Lanka 11/4 Schofield Place Colombo-3 SRI LANKA Tel: +94 1 588454 Contact: Dr K Krishnarasa The college is mainly interested in promoting positive dental health in the community through promotion, prevention and educational programmes. It provides the opportunity for dental health personnel to update their knowledge and skills, carry out research and post-graduate education in dental public health. Areas served: Sri Lanka Health Education Bureau Ministry of Health No 145 Dharmapala Mawatha Colombo 7 SRI LANKA Tel: 00 94 1 436047 Email: adlymohd@slt.lk Contact: Dr Mano Fernando No further information available as yet. Professional Centre 275/75 Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7 SRI LANKA Tel/fax: 00 94 1 595417 Contact: Dr Adly Mohamed No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 21 SWEDEN Faculty of Odontology Göteborg University Department of Oral Microbiology Box 450 Göteborg SE-40530 SWEDEN Tel: +46 31 7733262 Fax: +46 31 825733 Email: dahlen@odontologi.gu.se Contact: Prof Gunnar Dahléu Periodontology and cariology, micro-biological aspects. Other oral infections, prophylaxis measures, treatment implementations, oral health promotion Areas served: Kenya, Thailand, China Faculty of Odontology Malmö University Centre for Oral Health Sciences Carl Gustafs väg 34 SE-214 21 Malmö SWEDEN Tel: +46 40 322142 Fax: +46 40 322145 Contact: Prof Douglas Bratthall No further information available as yet. The Rotary Doctor Bank, Dental Division Stzandvagen 24 44332 Lerum SWEDEN Tel: +4630 213157 Fax: +4631 165439 Contact: Dr Ake Lagerquist Email: ake.lagerquist@ebox.tninet.se No further information available as yet.
MAURITIUS Dental Division Ministry of Health, Government of Mauritius Emmanuel Anquetil Building Port Louis MAURITIUS Tel: +230 3089814 Email: umacoopa@intnet.mu Contact: Dr Uma Coopaman Public Health Dentistry Unit Morcellement Chowbay Vacoas MAURITUS Tel: +230 6867749 Email: bhavking@intnet.mu Contact: Dr Basti Risi Kinnoo To help to maintain and raise the status of the dental profession and professionals. To promote oral health in the community. To organise continuing dental education and to communicate with Ministry of Health on dental policies. Areas served: Mauritius MEXICO Facultad de Odontolgia, UNAN Circuito Escolar s/n CD universitaria Del Coyoacan CP 04510 Av Universidad 3000 MEXICO Tel: +623 22 01 Fax: +616 22 89 Contact: Mtro Javier de la Fuente Hernandez No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 16 MOZAMBIQUE Agencia Suica para o Desenvolvimento e Cooperacao Av Ahmed Sekou Toure 637 r/c Maputo MOZAMBIQUE Tel: +258 1 421337/8 Fax: +258 1 421319 Contact: Dra Isabel Soares No further information available as yet. Organizaçâo Mundial de Saude Av.do Zimbabwe 1230 PO Box 377 Maputo MOZAMBIQUE Tel: +258 1 490896 Fax: +258 1 491990 Email: office@who.uem.mz Contact: Dr Carlos Tiny To support the Ministry of Health, offering technical support on policies, programme development and implementation. Areas served: Mozambique. NAMIBIA Ministry of Health & Social Services Box 60515 WHK Katatura Windhoek NAMIBIA Tel: 264 61 812429505 Fax: +264 61 222706 Contact: Mr Eddie Kandukira Mr Kandukira is one of two dental therapists in Namibia and his work involves training, organising work shops. Areas served: Namibia NEPAL The Nepal Oral Health Society Central Oral Health Clinic, NOHS Post Box 729 Kanti Path Kathmandu NEPAL Tel: +977 1 245572 Fax: +977 1 220143 Email: glocom28@ntc.net.np Contact: Dr Rajendra B Shrestha Critical clinical work in three clinics as well as conducting regular free oral health clinics in many parts of the remote, rural areas of Nepal to serve mainly the poorer sections of society. Aim is to promote oral health education and basic oral health services all over the Kingdom of Nepal, and to establish a specialised centre for all advanced and complicated oral disease. Areas served: Nepal United Mission to Nepal (UMN) PO Box 126 Kathmandu NEPAL Tel: +977 1 228118/228060 Fax: +977 1 225559 Email: ohp@umn.mos.com.np Contact: Dr Neil McDonald Good oral health for all Nepalese people with appropriate and affordable care services available locally. Village level oral health promotion and basic care training. Research into disease levels and fluoride content of drinking water. Production of oral health training materials in the Nepalese language. Areas served: Nepal
NETHERLANDS Dental Health International Nederlands Postbox 3185 3760 DD SOEST THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 53 60 32 536 Fax: +31 35 60 32 530 Contact: Dr. James Huddleston Slater Email: info@dhin.nl No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 17 Dental Volunteers for Israel V. Vredenburchweg 9345 2284 TS Rijswijk THE NETHERLANDS No further information available as yet. FADA Wittevrouwensingel 5 3581 6A Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: + 31 30 231 8825 Contact: Mrs E S van Luyn No further information available as yet. Nihp/Netherlands International Health platform PO Box 19.52 3501 DD Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 30 230 6580 Fax: +31 30 230 6581 Email: IntCente@nizw.nl No further information available as yet. NOHS Nepal Oral Health Society Nepal in Training ART Butewei 24 Lippenhuizen 8408 HC THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 513 466665 Fax: +31 513 466430 Email: pim.bink@wxs.nl Contact: Mr W Bink No further information available as yet. WHO Collaborating Centre PO Box 9101 6500HB Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 24 361 4050 Fax: +31 24 354 0265 Contact: Dr Frans Mikx http://www.whocc-Nijmegen.com Community oral health, ART, functional dental arch, fluorides and chlorhexidine. Areas served: Tanzania, China, Indonesia, Syria, Vietnam NEW CALEDONIA Secretariat of the Pacific Community Deputy Director General BPD5 98848 Noumea Cedex NEW CALEDONIA Tel: +687 262000 Fax: +687 263818 Contact: Ms Lourdes Pangelinen No further information available as yet. NIGERIA Education & Health Resources International 29 Lagos-Badagry Expressway Lasu Bus Stop, Ojo Lagos, Box 15692 Ikeja, Lagos NIGERIA Tel: +234 1 588 1409 Fax: +234 1 425 977 8514 Email: ehr_int@yahoo.com Contact: Dr B. O. Olorunfemi To provide voluntary health care education and training to physicians, dentists and other health care professionals; to promote clinical and research skills to enhance health care of indigent communities. Areas served: Nigeria DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 18 Mother and Child Organisation Centre for Development, Information & Education PO Box 3927 Sapon, Abeokuta Ogun State NIGERIA Contact: Mr A O Adeyale No further information available as yet. Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Centre Access Oral Healthcare Services 1 Ogo-Oluwa Bankole Crescent Ibara Housing Estate PO Box 4422 Abeokuta Ogun State NIGERIA Tel: +234 39 240118 Fax: +234 39 241928 Contact: Mrs Sherifat Omowale Quadri To provide affordable quality preventive oral health services in deprived communities, mainly through training, consultancy, research and advocacy. Areas served: Nigeria PAKISTAN Margalla Education Trust Margalla Institute of Health Sciences Pitrus Bokhari Road H-8/1 Islamabad PAKISTAN Tel: +92 51 430264 Fax: +92 51 430264/445966 Contact: Dr Abdul Qadir/Dr Rafiq Ghuncha This trust is to promote literacy, particularly in general health and oral health. Work in the areas of poor and needy people in Pakistan, Kashmir and Afghanistan. To support the cause the trust has already developed a base hospital and arranged free medical and oral health camps in remote areas. Research in trans-cultural oral health, and starting PhD programme. Areas served: Pakistan, Kashmir, Afghanistan POLAND Polish Society of Periodontology 18 Miodowa Street 00-246 Warsaw POLAND Tel: +48 22 6351747 Fax: +48 22 6352105 Contact: Prof Marie Wierbickie No further information available as yet. ROMANIA A-Dent Foundation str Traian w 61, 8700 Constanta ROMANIA Tel: +40 41 617040 Fax: +40 41 617040 Contact: Prof Corneliu Ameriei Email: amariei@yahoo.com Romanian National Association of Orthodontistry Bd Magheru 22, Et 4, Ap 6 Sector 1 Bucharets ROMANIA Tel: +401 3151047 Contact: Prof Gheorghe Boboc No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 19 Romanian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery SF Spiridon Hospital Bd Independentei No 16 Iasi 6600 ROMANIA Tel: +403 2270965 Contact: Prof Dan Gogalniceanu No further information available as yet. ST. LUCIA St Jude Hospital Vieux Fort St. Lucia WEST INDIES Tel: +1 809 454 6041 Fax: +1 809 454 6684 Contact: Dr Curlyn Phillips-Jordan St. Jude Hospital is a 110 bed facility in the town of Vieux Fort, St. Lucia. St. Jude is responsible for serving the southern half of the island. Through the generous contributions from its volunteer physicians, it provides the best health care the equipment and supplies allow. St. Jude is currently managed by Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, and will be for the next five years. The long term goal is to make St. Jude Hospital a primary care facility for the West Indies. Areas Served: West Indies. Material: St. Jude accepts donations of medical supplies and equipment that can be used in its hospital. SOUTH AFRICA Division of Community University of the Witwatersrand – Medical School 7 York Road Parktown, Johannesburg 2193 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27-11-717 2594 Fax: +27-11-7172625 Email: neem@altavista.net Contact: Dr Steffen Mickenautsch Primary Oral Health Care; Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach: Training, Research, Service implementation; Community Oral Health Worker (COHW): training, implementation research; Refugee oral health care; Health promotion; Oral manifestation HIV/AIDS; Community outreach; Traditional healer Areas served: South Africa, Ghana, DR Congo, Nigeria. IADR Faculty of Dentistry University of Pretoria Box 1266 Pretoria 0001
Health and Unilever Ghana Ltd to organise dental health education programmes on radio and television and to organise out-reach dental programmes for childrens’ homes and schools and rural communities. Areas served: Ghana. Unilever Ghana Ltd Box 64 Accra GHANA Tel: +233 24 311707 Fax: +233 28 212377 Contact: Mr Roy Williamson To support the Ministry of Health in Ghana in promoting oral health in the country by organising training for school teachers on oral health education and supervised tooth brushing techniques. Areas served: Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria INDONESIA Pilot Project “Dental Care For The Handicapped” Jln. Hanglekieu 111/49 Kebayoran Baru Jakarta Selatan INDONESIA Tel: +62 21 7243 123 Fax: +62 21 7254429 Email: adiwira@centrin.net.id Contact: Dr S A Adiwoso Oral care for the handicapped and disabled in promotion and preventive dentistry. Oral health education for parents with handicapped, teachers in special schools, paramedical staff for handicapped. Teaching dental students and ART training. Areas served: Indonesia DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 12 Yayasan Kesehatan Gigi Indonesia Sr.Kien Jalsmn Anggrek 6 Bandung 40114 INDONESIA Tel: +62 22 7107208 Fax: +62 22 7107208 Email: busybees@.melsa.net.id Contact: Dr Be Kien Nio Promote community oral health through education and prevention. Extensive programmes undertaken in schools, encouraging children to better oral hygiene by reading and actively writing about the subject. Areas served: Indonesia ISRAEL DVI – Dental Volunteers for Israel Organisation Hameyassdimstreet 2 Jerusalem 96224 ISRAEL Tel: +972 2 6436628 Fax: +972 2 6433623 Email: dvi@internet-zahav.net Contact: Trudi Birger
Free dental and prevention clinic for poor children (15-18 yrs). Main purpose is educational oral health project in Israel. All treatments are free of charge. Dental volunteers arrive from 12 different countries at their own expense for 1-4 weeks. Areas served: Israel ITALY Cooperazione Odontoiatrica Internazionle COI Italian Oral Care Aid Via Bona 47, 10126 Torino ITALY Tel: +39 011 972 3892 Fax +39 011 972 92 94 Email: coigcv@tin.it Contact: Dr Giancarlo Vecchiati Contact: Jennifer Sardo Infirri Tel/ fax: +390941 911225 Email: jensar@inwind.it The principle aim of COI, which was founded in 1993, is the promotion of oral health and care in disadvantaged communities. Projects and Activities outside Italy: Preventive and health education programmes and training of local personnel (Bolivia 1995-99); Professional continuing education for colleagues ( Bosnia 1997-99, Palestine 1997, Tanzania 1994-98, India 1996-98); Renewal and re-equipping dental clinics and providing materials and units for oral care (Croatia 1995-96, Bosnia 1996-99, India 1996-98, Tanzania 1994-95, Ethiopia, Kenya 1993-96, Brazil 1998-99); Emergency missions (Somalia 1993, Bosnian refugees 1994-96, Tibetan refuges in India 1996, Kosovan refugees in Albania 1999 with the “Rainbow” mission.); Rehabilitation of oral care services after emergencies and wars (Croatia 1996, Bosnia 1997-98, Kosovo 2001 on-going); Direct interventions by volunteers to provide oral treatment (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Brazil, India, Kosovo, Serbia). Projects and activities in Italy Sensitization of Italian dental colleagues and the public about solidarity and international cooperation by providing information to the public concerning oral problems and needs in disadvantaged countries. University of Milan V Beldiletto 1/3 20142 Milan ITALY Tel: +390 2 81 36 077 Fax: +390 2 81 30 200 Contact: Prof L Strommenger Prevention of caries at community level. Areas served: Albania DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 13 JAPAN Japan Oral Health Service Association Yamakoshi Bldg. 2-28-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113 JAPAN Tel: +81 3 3818 4158 Fax: +81 3 3818 2977 Contact: Dr Motoi Morimoto No further information available yet. Japanese Society for Dental Health c/o Oral Health Association of Japan 1-44-2 Komagome, Toshima-ku Tokyo 170 JAPAN Tel: +81 3 3947 8891 Fax: +81 3 3947 8341 Contact: Dr Kokichi Miyatake No further information available yet. KENYA Kenya Dental Association Faculty of Dental Science University of Nairobi PO Box 19676 KENYA Tel: +254 2 723 252 Fax: +254 2 723 252 Email: conspros@net2000ke.com Contact: Prof Jacob T Kaimenyi Creating dental health awareness of the Kenyan people. Providing free dental check ups. Training a dental health manpower to meet other oral health needs of Kenyan people. Areas served: Kenya, India University of Nairobi Faculty of Dental Sciences PO Box 19676 Nairobi KENYA Tel/Fax: +254 02 723252 Contact: Prof W R Lesan No further information available as yet. LATVIA Institute of Stomatology Medical Academy of Latvia Dzirciema iela 20 Riga LV1007 LATVIA Tel: +371 2455320 Fax: +371 7828155 Contact: Dr Ilga Urtane Education, research, comprehensive methods of oral health management, treatment for dentofacial anomolies, preventive dentistry, paedodontics Latvian Oral Health Centre Medical Academy of Latvia Dzirciema Str 20 LV 1007 Riga LATVIA Tel: +371 2 455320 Fax: +371 2 455320 Email: esenakol@acad.latnet.lv Contact: Dr Egita Senakola No further information available yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 14 LITHUANIA Clinic of Stomatology Vilnius University Zalgirio 115 2042 Vilnius LITHUANIA Tel: +370 2 727589 Fax: +370 2 727569 Email: irena.balciuniene@mf.vu.lt Contact: Prof Irena Balciuniene The clinic is the head of the realisation of prophylaxis programme in Lithuania. Clinic workers together with students organise new events like “Week of the Smile”, “Month of the Healthy Teeth” competitions for poems and pictures. The clinic publishes different literature about caries, prophylaxis, organises seminars and conferences, TV and radio programmes. The clinic controls caries prevention programme in majority of the regions of Lithuania. The Clinic had developed a state caries prevention programme for children. It carried out epidemiological studies during the first period of the programme to evaluate the dental status of children. Caries prevention is carried out at schools, using oral hygiene, with fluoride toothpastes, fluoride rinses, gels, varnishes and sealants. Areas served: Lithuania Lithuanian Dental Association Vytauto 85-3 Kaunas 3000-Lt LITHUANIA Tel: +370 7 323 153 Fax: +370 7 323 153 Email: LSS@kaunas.omnitel.net Contact: Dr Vita Maciulskiene Promotion of oral health care in young population of the country Areas served: Lithuania Ministry of Health of Lithuania Vainiku 12 Kaunas 3018-LT LITHUANIA Tel: +370 7 297055 Fax: +370 7 297055 Contact: Dr Gintaras Juodzbalys No further information available as yet. MALAWI St John’s Hospital Dental Clinic PO Box 18 Mzuzu MALAWI Tel: +265 332 299 Fax: +265 332 461 Contact: Dr GZY Vinkhumbo St John’s Hospital is a member of the Christian Health Association of Malawi which is itself an organisation of non-governmental hospitals and health centres of Malawi. There is a dental unit providing basic oral health care, together with a programme for primary schools, antenatal programme, nursing school programme and mobile clinic. Training and information is also disseminated via posters and audio-visual materials. Areas served: Malawi. WHO PO Box 30390 Lilongwe MALAWI Tel: +265 782 755/450 Fax: +265 782 35 Contact: Dr N Tekiemichael No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 15 MALAYSIA Malaysian Armed Forces Dental Services Armed Forces HQ Jalan Padang Tembak Kuala Lumpur 50634 MALAYSIA Tel: +60 3 2314815 Fax: +60 3 2315928 Email: pgdr.mpk@mod.gov.my Contact: Brig Gen Hj Mohammed Termidzi zsnn@pd.jaring.my Bin Hj Junaidi Provision of dental services/treatment to members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) to conserve the fighting strength of the MAF. Areas served: Malaysia, Namibia, Cambodia, Somalia, Bosnia Oral Health Division Ministry of Health Malaysia Aras 23, Menara Dato’ Onn Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra 50480 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Tel: +60 3 2930495 Fax: +60 3 2930239 Email: drriyah@pc.jaring.my Contact: Dr Fawzia Dato Abdullah Provides dental services to the population in order to achieve and maintain optimal oral health for the individual, family and community by promoting positive dental habits, and through ensuring the delivery of quality and technologically appropriate dental care. University of Malaya Department of Community Dentistry 50603 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Tel: +60 3 7594805 Fax: +60 3 7594532 Contact: Prof Ishak Abdul Razak No further information available yet.
Work undertaken with a number of organisations namely: World Health Organization, Geneva; Aide Odontologique Internationale, France; The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Several Universities in China WHO Collaborating Centre, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Since leaving salaried academic life at the University of Hong Kong in 1997, Dr Holmgren has devoted his activities to promoting oral health in developing countries and disadvantaged communities. This has involved the development of minimal intervention packages for oral health that are effective, appropriate and affordable. Primary interests are the development of ART and other minimal curative approaches for caries, affordable fluoride toothpastes, and methods for caries stabilisation. Areas served: China, India, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Russia, Brazil, Albania etc SPI-EAO Faculty of Medicine of Nancy BP184, Vandoeuvre les Nancy 54505 France Contact: Prof F Kohler Computer-assisted learning and teaching. Work related to NOMA /Aids. Areas served: Cote d’Ivoire. UFSBD (French Union for Oral Health) UFSBD 7, rue Mariotte 75017 Paris FRANCE Tel: +33 1 44 90 72 89 Fax: +33 1 44 90 96 50 Email: contact@ufsbd.com Contact: Dr Patrick Hescot http://www.ufsbd.fr, http://www.ufsbd.com No further information available yet. GERMANY *See excel file of German Orgs Altgold für die Dritte Welt Bezirkszahnärztekammer Karlsruhe Postfach 101862 68018 Mannheim GERMANY Tel: +49 621 380000 Fax: +49 621 334 247 Contact: Dr Gutermann No further information available yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 9 ART Projektgruppe Gambia Universitat Witten-Herdecke Fakultat fur Zahn- Mund- u Kieferheilkunde Alfred-Herrhausen Str 50 D-58448 Witten GERMANY Tel: +49 2302 926695 Fax: +49 2302 926661 Email: tlietz@uni-wh.de Contact: Dr Thomas Lietz Support for development of a dental service in deprived communities especially in rural areas; Community Oral Health Worker (COHW); ART; oral health promotion and education for inhabitants in rural areas. Areas served: Gambia Assocìação Communítária Monte Azul Schulstraße 87 26180 Rastede GERMANY Tel: +49 441 930 0 130 Fax: +49 441 930 0 13 20 Contact: Dr Rudolf Völker Urbanisation in a slum region in São Paulo. Project aims are education, social education, cultural development, health care and oral health care. Areas served: Brazil Association for the Development of Dental Services in Third World Countries (Verein zur Unterstützung der Zahnmedizinischen Versorgung in Ländern der Dritten Welt e.V.) Rehwechsel 11, Rosengarten 21224 GERMANY Tel: +49 40 7964102 Fax: +49 4108 415466 Email: 0407964102-1@t-online.de Contact: Dr Stephan Krause Two projects (in Seychelles and Togo) sending volunteer dental surgeons every three months to these clinics, who treat the native people without payment, educating dental staff. Areas served: Seychelles, Togo Auslandsburo Artzekammer Berlin Eldtenstraße 28-42 D-13407 Berlin GERMANY Tel: +49 30 40806 138 Fax: +49 30 40806 164 Contact: Dr Daniel Sagebul No further information available yet. German Dentist’s Sponsorship for Leprosy and Distressed Areas (C H Bartels Fund) (Hilfswerk Deutscher Zahnärzte für Lepra und Notgebiete) Hagenweg 2 37081 Göttingen GERMANY Tel: +49 551 600233 Fax: +49 551 600313 Contact: Dr Klaus Winter Email: info@hilfswerk-z.de
Sponsorship for leprosy and distressed areas. Areas served: Argentina, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo, Croatia, East Timor, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Ukraine Hilfe für Burkina Faso u. Weltweit Mahler Str. 91-93 32427 Minden GERMANY Tel: +49 571 23962 Fax: +49 571 24357 Contact: Dr Wolfgang Panthenius No further information available yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 10 JINO e.v. Förderkreis (Zahn)gesundheit Reeser Str.382, D-46446 Emmerich GERMANY Tel: +49 (0)2822 980234 Fax: +49 (0) 2822 980235 Contact: Dr Johannes Pickers Email: Dr.Pickers@t-online.de
Jino is a non-governmental organisation which develops partnerships among Tanzanians and Germans engaged in dental projects in Tanzania. Areas served: Tanzania Jürgen-Wahn-Stiftung ZA Willi Bertram Wesselheidweg 75 53123 Bonn GERMANY Tel: +49 228 642 0071 Fax: +49 228 641 524 No further information available yet. Kinder von Tschernobyl Krauskopfallee 51 65388 Schlangenbad GERMANY Tel: +49 6129 2535 Contact: Dr M Mahrenholz-Pfannmüller Komitee Ärzte für die Dritte Welt Burchardstr 3 48145 Münster GERMANY Tel: +49 251 39 44 711 Email: bella.monse-schneider@t-online.de Contact: Dr Bella Monse-Schneider Currently conducting an oral prevention programme for Filipino children, particularly focused on first graders’ primary as well as tertiary preventive measures. Activities include: dental health instruction; education of students; implementation of daily tooth brushing at schools; application of fluoride varnish 3 times a year by trained parents; setting up quarterly meeting for information exchange for parents and teachers. Areas served: Philippines WHO Collaborative Centre “Prevention of Oral Diseases” Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena WHO CC “Prevention of Oral Diseases” Nordhäuser Str 78 D-99089 Erfurt GERMANY Tel: +49 361 7411309 Fax: +49 361 7411109 Contact: Prof Annerose Borutta Epidemiology, oral health care systems, preventive programmes Areas served: Mongolia, Syria. Zahnärzte für Indien Oetelsbachstr. 8 76275 Ettlingen GERMANY Tel: +49 7243 39018 Fax: +49 8972 480 175 Contact: Dr Ulrich Eimer Email: Joerg.Ehrhardt@t-online.de No further information available yet. Zahnärztliches Hilfsprojekt Brasilien Neureuthstr. 14 83684 Tegernsee GERMANY Tel: +49 8022-93140 Contact: Dr Siegfried Marquardt, No further information available yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 11 Zahnmedizinische Entwicklungshilfe (ZME) Schreberstraße 23 B D-52134 Herzogehrath GERMANY Contact: Dr Walter Mautsch Email: waltermautsch@gwx.de No further information available yet. GHANA Comboni Centre Dental Department P.O. Box 100 Sogakope GHANA Tel/Fax: +233 902 210300 Contact: Giacomo Babaglioni Email: gbabaglioni@hotmail.com The mission hospital is well equipped with a dental department composed of a European standard dental clinic with four dental units plus a dental laboratory and a school for dental technicians. The Dentist is not permanent. In Ghana there is a university for dentists but no official school for dental technicians; amongst other work at the mission hospital, is lobbying the Ghana Minister of Health and Education for improvements in dentistry in Ghana, for example, setting up an official dental technician school. Ghana Dental Association CDO MOH Headquarters PO Box M44 Accra Greater Accra Region GHANA Tel: +233 684 245 Fax: +233 21 666 808 Contact: Dr Dan Berko The Association has been involved in promoting oral health in Ghana by collaborating with the Ministry of Health and Unilever Ghana Ltd to organise dental health education programmes on radio and television and to organise out-reach dental programmes for childrens’ homes and schools and rural communities.
Contributing to the improvement of health and dentistry across the world and in particular in developing countries. Areas served: Burundi, Haiti, Vietnam, Cambodia, Senegal, Mali, Romania, Peru, Togo Faculty of Dentistry Claude Bernard University Rue Guillaume Paradin 69372 Lyon Cedex 08 FRANCE Tel: +33 4 78 77 86 81 Fax: +33 4 78 77 87 12 Contact: Dr Denis Bourgeois Analysis of oral health situations including database management, oral health surveys, definition of strategy, goals and evaluation. Areas served: Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Guinee DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 8 FADA Fondation Aide Dentaire Afrique 3 rue de Chevroches 58500 Clamecy FRANCE Tel/Fax: +33 3 86 27 39 93 Email: DAEMS@wanadoo.fr Contact: Dr Arnold Daems In 1991 Dr Daems and his wife moved to Rwanda and started work in improving oral health care financed by the AdA, itself funded wholly by private donations. He opened a daily polyclinic in Nyundo and developed a training program for local health workers. Areas served: Rwanda. GADEF 22 avenue de Villiers 75017 Paris, France Tel: +33 (0) 4 56 79 20 20 Contact: Dr Serge Rouquette No further information available yet. Prof Christopher Holmgren Puychevrier 36220 Merigny FRANCE TEL: +33 2 5437 1951 FAX: +33 5437 1951 EMAIL: holmgren@club-internet.fr Contact: Prof Christopher Holmgren
DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 3 WHO Collaborating Centre 1. Bd. G. Sofiiski Faculty of Stomatology Sofia 1431 BULGARIA Tel: +359 2 54 12 02 Fax: +359 2 52 15 06 Contact: Dr Nikola Atanassov Three previous projects with fluoridated milk (WHO/BDMF), epidemiology, community based oral health care - fluoride, training of trainers Areas served: Bulgaria CAMBODIA Angkor Hospital for Children P.O. Box 50 Siem Reap CAMBODIA Tel: +855 063 963 490 Fax: +855 063 963 490 +855 063 963 409 Contact: Jon F Morgan RN MPH Email: jmorgan@angkorhospital.org http://www.friendswithoutaborder.org No further information available yet. National Oral Health Prevention Program PO Box 1532 #54CB, Street 390 Beungkeng Kang Phnom Penh CAMBODIA Contact: Dr Oum Teng Email: nohpp@comnet.com No further information available yet. World Concern Cambodia House 47 a Street 386 Sangkat Boueng Keng Kang III Khan Camkar Mon, PO Box 612 Phnom Penh CAMBODIA Tel: +855 75974029 Fax: +855 23364941 Email: hilltribes@wci.org.kh Contact: Dr Kreg Mallow Nation-wide Oral Health Programmes in co-operation with Cambodian Ministry of Health, including teaching at national dental school and provision of materials, creation and implementation of a national training programme for dental nurses. Areas served: Cambodia CANADA Canadian Foundation for World Development 2441 Bayview Ave. Willowdale, Ontario M2L 1A5 CANADA Tel: +1 416 441 2573 Fax: +1 416 441 4025 Contact: Mr Ken Davis No further information available yet. Areas served: Haiti, Mexico, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guyana, Cuba, St. Vincent, Antigua, Barbados, St. Kitt’s, Trinidad, Tobago, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Croatia, Ukraine, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Uganda, Zaire, Kenya, Sierre Leone, Sri Lanka, India Canadian International Development Agency 200 Promenade du Portage Hull, Québec, KIA 1G4 CANADA Tel: +1 819 997 5006 Fax: +1 819 953 6088 +1 800 230 6349 (toll free) Email: info@acdi-cida.gc.ca http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca Contact: Mr Robert Langlois, Project Officer No further information available yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 4 Christian Reformed Churches in North America 3475 Main Way P.O. Box 5070 Burlington Ontario L7R 3Y8 CANADA Tel: +1 416 336 2920 Fax: +1 416 336 8344 No further information available yet. Evangelical Medical Aid Society Box 160 Warkworth, Ontario KOK 3KO CANADA Tel: +1 705 924 2323 Fax: +1 705 924 3384 Email: cmdsemas@oncomdis.on.ca Contact: Ellen Watson Provides a unit on oral health to village doctors who receive 4 weeks of intensive training upgrades. Canadian dentists and dental assistants/technicians provide one unit of this training. Other training programmes in China provide dental training upgrades for national dentists. Areas served: China – Kunming, Ningxia and other areas CAPE VERDE Instituto Caboverdiano de ACAO CP 21A Praia Republic of Cape Verde WEST AFRICA Tel: +238 613700 Fax: +238 612320 Email: jf.delia@mail.cvtelecom.cv Contact: Dr Fernanda Toleda D’Elia No further information available yet. CHILE Facultad de Odontologia Universidad de Concepcion Avda Roosevelt 1550 Casilla 160-C Concepcion CHILE Tel: +56 41 203368 Fax: +56 41 243311 Email: abustosaudec.cl Contact: Dr Alex Patricio Bustos Leal No further information available yet. Municipalidad de el Carmen Baquedano 385 El Carmen Provincia de Nuble, VIII Region CHILE Tel: +56 42 661016 Fax: +56 41 661007 Contact: Dra Milena Cerda Tiznado No further information available yet. COSTA RICA Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social Apdo 10105 San Jose COSTA RICA Tel: +506 295 2320 Fax: +506 256 7898 Contact: Dr Rolando Melendez Bolanos No further information available yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 5 Colegio Ciruganos Dentistas Barrio La California De la Bomba la Primavera 125 Mts San Jose COSTA RICA Tel: +506 256 3100 Fax: +506 2057 3100 Contact: Dr Octavio Argueta Cardona No further information available yet. Facultad de Odontologia Universidad de Costa Rica Cuidad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio San Pedro Montes de Oca San Jose COSTA RICA Tel: +506 207 4342 Fax: +506 257 3100 Contact: Dr Fernando Saenz Forero No further information available yet. Universidad Latina de Costa Rica Facultad de Odontologia San Pedro de Montes de Oca PO Box # 1561-2050 San José COSTA RICA Tel: +506 207 6154 Fax: +506 225 4161 Email: rodvilji@ns.ulatina.ac.cr Contact: Dr Rodrigo Villalobos Academic institution, dental school with strong interest in promotion of oral health of community and formation of excellent professional in graduate programme; we need to improve our post-graduate programmes. Areas served: Costa Rica CYPRUS WHO Dental Services Nicosia General Hospital Ministry of Health Nicosia CYPRUS Tel: +357 2 801 820 Fax: +357 2 369 148 Contact: Ekaterini Savvidou No further information available yet. DENMARK Danish International Development Agency Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asiatisle Plads 2 1448 Copenhagen DENMARK Tel: +45 33 921049 Fax: +45 33 920493 Contact: Mrs Berle Ilsøe http://www.um.dk/danida/ No further information available yet. School of Dentistry Centre for Community Oral Health Programmes & Research University of Copenhagen 20 Nörre Alle DK2200 Copenhagen DENMARK Tel: +45 35 326790 Fax: +45 35 326799 Email: pep@odont.ku.dk Contact: Prof Poul Erik Petessen Health system research, health sociological analysis, community-based oral health care, organisation of oral health programmes, cost-effectiveness, methods in oral health education, culture and oral health, oral epidemiological analysis, advanced statistics and multivariate analysis. Areas served: Madagascar, Tanzania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, PR China DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 6 WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health Planning and Research in Third World Countries Royal Dental College 9 Vennelyst Boulevard Aarhus DK-8000 DENMARK Tel: +45 8942 4144 Fax: +45 8613 6550 Email: spoulsen@odont.au.dk Contact: Prof Sven Poulsen Support oral health care based on PHC principles; develop alternative oral health personnel and technology; advise on and manage projects; provide training. Areas served: Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, China, Chile EGYPT Alexandria Dental Research Center (ADRC – Rural Oral Health Care/Volunteers) 7 Charaway St. Louram Alexandria EGYPT Tel: +20 3 3580713 Fax: +20 3 4809783 Contact: Dr Sherif Helal Specialises in pediatric dental caries prevention Areas served: Egypt Community Development & Environmental Affairs Champolion St,Azarita University of Alexandria, Faculty of Dentistry EGYPT Tel: +203 4834817 / 4828066 Fax: +203 4828286 Contact: Dr Ahmed Abdella, Vice Dean No further information available yet. Directorate of Health Affairs Dental Medical Department 97 Horriyah Street Alexandria EGYPT Tel: +203 4938649 Fax: +203 4938649 No further information available yet. Faculty of Medicine Community Medicine Dept Monsoura University Mansoura 35516 EGYPT Contact: Dr Abdel-Hady El-Gilany To provide community health, especially primary health care and maternity and child health care. Areas served: Egypt, Saudi Arabia Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) North West Delta Branch 2 El Kenysah El Englisiah street Stanley Alexandria EGYPT Tel: +203 5423733 Contact: Dr Mohamed Hazem Helmy The dental department aims to promote oral health amongst school children and sends dentists and a health education team to educate children in oral hygiene. Areas served: Egypt DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 7 Rural Oral Health Care 7 Charawy Street Louran, Alexandria EGYPT Tel: +203 35 80713 Fax: +203 48 09783 Contact: Dr Sherif Helal To maintain caries data bank of rural and suburban children; to provide fluoride testing for anticaries strategies. Areas served: Egypt. ESTONIA Estonian Association of Oral Health & Prevention Raekdja Plats 6 51003 Tartu ESTONIA Tel: +372 7433908 Fax: +372 7375323 Contact: Dr Silvia Russak No further information available yet. FINLAND Helsinki International Institute for Oral Health University of Helsinki Institute of Dentistry 00014 Helsinki FINLAND Tel: +358 9 19127279 Fax: +358 9 19127517 Email: juha.ruotoistenmaki@helsinki.fi Contact: Dr Juha Ruotoistenmaki Post-graduate and continuing education in oral health; research, oral health promotion; planning and running oral health programmes. Areas served: Finland, India, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Latvia, Russia, UAE. FRANCE Aide Odontologique Internationale 16, Avenue de Villiers Paris 75017 FRANCE Tel: +33 1 46 22 04 44 Fax: +33 1 46 22 63 68 Email: aoibd@wanadoo.fr Contact: Bernard Decroix
ARGENTINA Public Health Secretariat Bordieu 460 – Tigre 1648 Buenos Aires 1648 ARGENTINA Tel: +54 11 4512 4481/82 Fax: +54 11 4512 4481/82 Contact: Graciela Roes/Dr Emilio Gimenez We are dedicated to primary oral health care for the community of Tigre (promotion/prevention/oral assistance), especially focused on children and low income general population. Co-ordination and evaluation of preventive programmes. Areas served: Tigre Comision de Educacion para la Salud de la Confederacion Odontologica de la Republica Argentina Rio Bamba 373 20P Capital Federal Buenos Aires ARGENTINA No further information available yet. AUSTRIA Dr Helmut Euler-Rolle A-1160 Wien Erzenkelstrasse 281113 AUSTRIA Tel: +43 1 493 1306 Fax: +43 1 493 13064 No further information available yet. Pro Homine – Dental Aid Project Lauteracher Str. 3 6922 Wolfurt AUSTRIA Tel: +43 5574 713 14 10 Fax: +54 5574 71314 9 Email: peter.huemer@vol.at Contact: Dr Peter Huemer Training of students in the field of dentistry. Supporting the students in running their own practice. Supporting dental schools in Kampala and Addis Ababa. Areas served: Uganda, Ethiopia BELARUS The Belarusian Association of Private Dentists 13/61 V. Khoruzhaya Street 220000 Minsk BELARUS Tel: +375 17 2 286114 Fax: +375 17 2 286114 Contact: Yashshuk Zhanna No further information available yet. Minsk State Medical Institute Department of General Dentistry 28 Sukhaya Street 220004 Minsk BELARUS Tel: +375 17 2265091 Fax: +375 17 2265091 Contact: Prof M Poloneychik Teaching students in the field of stomatology on the basis of simulators and the post-graduate teaching of young dental doctors. Areas served: Belarus DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 2 Pinskdrev Department of Dentistry 1 Chuklaia Str 225710 Pinsk BELARUS Tel: +375 16 5358660 Fax: +375 16 5356634 No further information available yet. BELGIUM Verbond der Vlaamse Tandartsen Vrijheidslaan 61 1081 Brussels BELGIUM Tel: +32 2 413 00 13 Fax: +32 2 414 87 27 Contact: Karel Bergé Email: verbdon@vvt.be
Co-ordination all over the world for dental aid. Programme for colleagues in Romania. Areas served: Romania BRAZIL Pedro Martinelli Institute Rua Loefgreen 1291-6 andar – conj 61 Vila Mariana SãoPaulo 04040-031 BRAZIL Tel/Fax: +5511 5773 0776 Contact: Sílvia Martinelli Email: ipm@ipmartinelli.org.br http://www.jornaldosite.com.br/ipmartinelli/ipm1/.htm Created in 1999 to promote oral health helping needed pregnant women, theirs babies and elderly people. The Milk People and To Live Smiling projects give permanent care to more than 300 patients in homes Areas Served: Brazil SBAL – Saude Bucal na America Latina Rotary International – Distrito 4610 Av. Professor Alfonso Bovero, 1110 05019-10 São Paulo /S.P. BRAZIL Tel: +55 11 3871 0027 Fax: +55 11 3871 0027 Email: elagos@uol.com.br Contact: Evandro M Lagos Assembles dentists and other oral health professionals for voluntary service and contacting organisation interested in co-operation. BULGARIA Borrow Dental Milk Foundation V Tarnovo Str 24 Faculty of Dentistry Higher Medical Institute Plovdiv BULGARIA Tel: +359 32 6114/244 Fax: +359 32 264277 Email: dentfac@mbox.digsys.bg Contact: Dr Emilija Ilieva No further information available yet. Higher Medical Institute Faculty of Dentistry V Tarnovo Str 24 Plovdiv 4000 BULGARIA Tel: +359 32 6114/248 Fax: +359 32 264277 Email: dentfac@mbox.digsys.bg Contact: Dr Stenja Uaslinkova Prophylaxis, conservative treatment, prosthodontics, epidemiology, oral health promotion, information provision. Areas served: Bulgaria
NETHERLANDS Dental Health International Nederlands Postbox 3185 3760 DD SOEST THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 53 60 32 536 Fax: +31 35 60 32 530 Contact: Dr. James Huddleston Slater Email: info@dhin.nl No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 17 Dental Volunteers for Israel V. Vredenburchweg 9345 2284 TS Rijswijk THE NETHERLANDS No further information available as yet. FADA Wittevrouwensingel 5 3581 6A Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: + 31 30 231 8825 Contact: Mrs E S van Luyn No further information available as yet. Nihp/Netherlands International Health platform PO Box 19.52 3501 DD Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 30 230 6580 Fax: +31 30 230 6581 Email: IntCente@nizw.nl No further information available as yet. NOHS Nepal Oral Health Society Nepal in Training ART Butewei 24 Lippenhuizen 8408 HC THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 513 466665 Fax: +31 513 466430 Email: pim.bink@wxs.nl Contact: Mr W Bink No further information available as yet. WHO Collaborating Centre PO Box 9101 6500HB Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 24 361 4050 Fax: +31 24 354 0265 Contact: Dr Frans Mikx http://www.whocc-Nijmegen.com Community oral health, ART, functional dental arch, fluorides and chlorhexidine. Areas served: Tanzania, China, Indonesia, Syria, Vietnam NEW CALEDONIA Secretariat of the Pacific Community Deputy Director General BPD5 98848 Noumea Cedex NEW CALEDONIA Tel: +687 262000 Fax: +687 263818 Contact: Ms Lourdes Pangelinen No further information available as yet. NIGERIA Education & Health Resources International 29 Lagos-Badagry Expressway Lasu Bus Stop, Ojo Lagos, Box 15692 Ikeja, Lagos NIGERIA Tel: +234 1 588 1409 Fax: +234 1 425 977 8514 Email: ehr_int@yahoo.com Contact: Dr B. O. Olorunfemi To provide voluntary health care education and training to physicians, dentists and other health care professionals; to promote clinical and research skills to enhance health care of indigent communities. Areas served: Nigeria DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 18 Mother and Child Organisation Centre for Development, Information & Education PO Box 3927 Sapon, Abeokuta Ogun State NIGERIA Contact: Mr A O Adeyale No further information available as yet. Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Centre Access Oral Healthcare Services 1 Ogo-Oluwa Bankole Crescent Ibara Housing Estate PO Box 4422 Abeokuta Ogun State NIGERIA Tel: +234 39 240118 Fax: +234 39 241928 Contact: Mrs Sherifat Omowale Quadri To provide affordable quality preventive oral health services in deprived communities, mainly through training, consultancy, research and advocacy. Areas served: Nigeria PAKISTAN Margalla Education Trust Margalla Institute of Health Sciences Pitrus Bokhari Road H-8/1 Islamabad PAKISTAN Tel: +92 51 430264 Fax: +92 51 430264/445966 Contact: Dr Abdul Qadir/Dr Rafiq Ghuncha This trust is to promote literacy, particularly in general health and oral health. Work in the areas of poor and needy people in Pakistan, Kashmir and Afghanistan. To support the cause the trust has already developed a base hospital and arranged free medical and oral health camps in remote areas. Research in trans-cultural oral health, and starting PhD programme. Areas served: Pakistan, Kashmir, Afghanistan POLAND Polish Society of Periodontology 18 Miodowa Street 00-246 Warsaw POLAND Tel: +48 22 6351747 Fax: +48 22 6352105 Contact: Prof Marie Wierbickie No further information available as yet. ROMANIA A-Dent Foundation str Traian w 61, 8700 Constanta ROMANIA Tel: +40 41 617040 Fax: +40 41 617040 Contact: Prof Corneliu Ameriei Email: amariei@yahoo.com Romanian National Association of Orthodontistry Bd Magheru 22, Et 4, Ap 6 Sector 1 Bucharets ROMANIA Tel: +401 3151047 Contact: Prof Gheorghe Boboc No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 19 Romanian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery SF Spiridon Hospital Bd Independentei No 16 Iasi 6600 ROMANIA Tel: +403 2270965 Contact: Prof Dan Gogalniceanu No further information available as yet. ST. LUCIA St Jude Hospital Vieux Fort St. Lucia WEST INDIES Tel: +1 809 454 6041 Fax: +1 809 454 6684 Contact: Dr Curlyn Phillips-Jordan St. Jude Hospital is a 110 bed facility in the town of Vieux Fort, St. Lucia. St. Jude is responsible for serving the southern half of the island. Through the generous contributions from its volunteer physicians, it provides the best health care the equipment and supplies allow. St. Jude is currently managed by Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, and will be for the next five years. The long term goal is to make St. Jude Hospital a primary care facility for the West Indies. Areas Served: West Indies. Material: St. Jude accepts donations of medical supplies and equipment that can be used in its hospital. SOUTH AFRICA Division of Community University of the Witwatersrand – Medical School 7 York Road Parktown, Johannesburg 2193 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27-11-717 2594 Fax: +27-11-7172625 Email: neem@altavista.net Contact: Dr Steffen Mickenautsch Primary Oral Health Care; Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach: Training, Research, Service implementation; Community Oral Health Worker (COHW): training, implementation research; Refugee oral health care; Health promotion; Oral manifestation HIV/AIDS; Community outreach; Traditional healer Areas served: South Africa, Ghana, DR Congo, Nigeria. IADR Faculty of Dentistry University of Pretoria Box 1266 Pretoria 0001 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 2519 Fax: +27 27 12 325 2863 Email: pjvanwyk@medic.up.ac.za Contact: Prof P J van Wyk No further information available as yet. Islamic Medical Association (IMA) PO Box 48786 Qualbert 4078 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 31 207 2250 Fax: +27 31 207 2260 Email: imakzn@eastcoast.co.za No further information available as yet. Mobile Health Care Portfolio Manager: Health Transnet PO Box 72501 2122 Parkview SOUTH AFRICA Contact: Ms Lynette Coetzee Email: LynetteC2@Transnet.co.za No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 20 Oral Hygienists – KZNPA PO Box 8944 Cumberwood 3235 Pietermaritzburg Kwa Zulu Natal SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +331 897 3163 Fax: +331 979768 Contact: Dr Mahjabeen Fazloodeen Aiming to promote preventative methods rather than resorting to curative methods. Areas served: South Africa. Oral Hygienist Association of S Africa PO Box 6014 Roggebaai 80/2 SOUTH AFRICA Fax: +27 21421 No further information available as yet. SPAIN Odontologia Solidaria Cea Bermudez 36-1 C 28003-Madrid SPAIN Tel: +34 1 534 6829 Fax: +34 1 535 1259 Contact: Dra Mercedes Morato Pasalodos Email: odonsolbcn@infomed.es
No further information available as yet. SRI LANKA College of Community Dentistry of Sri Lanka 11/4 Schofield Place Colombo-3 SRI LANKA Tel: +94 1 588454 Contact: Dr K Krishnarasa The college is mainly interested in promoting positive dental health in the community through promotion, prevention and educational programmes. It provides the opportunity for dental health personnel to update their knowledge and skills, carry out research and post-graduate education in dental public health. Areas served: Sri Lanka Health Education Bureau Ministry of Health No 145 Dharmapala Mawatha Colombo 7 SRI LANKA Tel: 00 94 1 436047 Email: adlymohd@slt.lk Contact: Dr Mano Fernando No further information available as yet. Professional Centre 275/75 Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7 SRI LANKA Tel/fax: 00 94 1 595417 Contact: Dr Adly Mohamed No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 21 SWEDEN Faculty of Odontology Göteborg University Department of Oral Microbiology Box 450 Göteborg SE-40530 SWEDEN Tel: +46 31 7733262 Fax: +46 31 825733 Email: dahlen@odontologi.gu.se Contact: Prof Gunnar Dahléu Periodontology and cariology, micro-biological aspects. Other oral infections, prophylaxis measures, treatment implementations, oral health promotion Areas served: Kenya, Thailand, China Faculty of Odontology Malmö University Centre for Oral Health Sciences Carl Gustafs väg 34 SE-214 21 Malmö SWEDEN Tel: +46 40 322142 Fax: +46 40 322145 Contact: Prof Douglas Bratthall No further information available as yet. The Rotary Doctor Bank, Dental Division Stzandvagen 24 44332 Lerum SWEDEN Tel: +4630 213157 Fax: +4631 165439 Contact: Dr Ake Lagerquist Email: ake.lagerquist@ebox.tninet.se No further information available as yet. SWITZERLAND Secours Dentaire International (SDI) Zürcherstrasse 6 9500 Wil SG SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 71 911 5755 Fax: +41 71 911 8757 Contact: Dr. med. dent. Jürg Ernst Jent No further information available as yet. Zahnärzte für Rumänien (SPR) Dr. med. dent. Werner Frunz Bahnhofstrasse 24 5400 Baden SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 56 222 0050 Fax: +41 56 222 0053 No further information available as yet. SYRIA WHO Demonstration, Training and Research Center for Health Dental School Health Department P.O.Box 60184 Damascus SYRIA Contact: Dr Nabil Beiruti Established in 1982 to work nationally and regionally to promote and develop oral health for the population, especially children. The fields of interest are planning of oral health programmes, evaluation, training of manpower in dental public health, carrying out of oral health research, developing of appropriate dental techniques, and producing oral health education and training materials Areas served: Syria DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 22 TAIWAN Association of Family Dentistry No 18 Szu-Yuan St Taipei 100 Taiwan REPUBLIC OF CHINA Tel: +2 2365 9396 Fax: +2 2365 9376 Contact: Chang Chin-Shun No further information available as yet. Taiwan Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 4F, No 52 Hsing-Sheng S Road Sec 3 Taipei, Taiwan REPUBLIC OF CHINA Tel: +2 2363 7673 Fax: +2 2363 7673 Contact: Huang Shun-Te No further information available as yet. TANZANIA Central Oral Health Unit Ministry of Health PO Box 273 Dar-Es-Salaam TANZANIA Tel: +255 51 124237/120261 Contact: Dr H J Mosha/Dr Y Hemed Epidemiology, research methodology and planning community oral health care programmes. Areas served: Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe THAILAND World Concern 37 – 501 Phetburi 15 Bangkok 10400 THAILAND Contact: Dr C Durward No further information available as yet. TONGA Tonga Dental Association Ministry of Health Tofoa TONGA Tel: +676 23200 ext 56 Fax: +676 24291 Contact: Dr Latu Endeavouring to ensure that the water supply for the main town ise fluoridated in order to minimise caries in school children; arranging training for auxiliaries (dental therapists and assistants) to help in primary oral health care and training by the people in oral health care. Areas served: Tonga DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 23 UKRAINE Project Heritage House 8 Chaykovsogo Str. Suite 1 Odessa UKRAINE 65206 Tel: +380 48 731 4229 Contact: Dr Paul Becker Email: Beckerpd@paco.net http://www.interconnection.org/hi travbailey@yahoo.com The Odessa Boarding School Orphanage Number Four was built in 1959 for a population of 200 students. It currently houses 419 children. Odessa Boarding School Number Four is unique in tht it is strictly for orphans. The orphanage belongs to the city of Odessa. In the summer of 2000, the Salvation Army and Harvest International fornmed a joint venture and signed a contract with the Ukrainian Minister of Education. The purpose of this programme is to supplement the educational programme at the orphanage. This programmes is entitled Project Heritage House. The chairman of Baltimore-Odessa Sister Cities and a United States Peace Corps Volunteer also work within Project Heritage House. Project Heritage House’s role is to supplement basic services and material needs that were originally meant to be provided by the city government. Because of Ukraine’s current poor economical situation the city government currently cannot meet these needs. Project Heritage House provides assistance in the areas of children’s education, material, and nutritional needs. Both Sister Cities International (http://www.sister-cities.org/) and Harvest International (http://www.harvestinternational.org) are American organisations registered as nonprofits both in the United States and Ukraine. Harvest International is a Christian organisation. UNITED KINGDOM Borrow Dental Milk Foundation Padnell Grange, Cowplain, Portsmouth, PO8 8ED UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 2392 262222 Fax: +44 2392 241401 Contact: Prof Norman Whitehouse Email:
The Borrow Dental Milk Foundation is a UK registered charity, a non profit making organisation, actively involved in the promotion of milk as a vehicle for fluoride for the benefit of children’s oral health. As part of an international research programme the Foundation supports two main streams of activity: • schemes in the community – supporting the fluoridation of milk supplied to children under existing distribution systems. • clinical and laboratory studies designed to strengthen the scientific base for milk fluoridation carried out at dental research establishments in various countries. British Fluoridation Society 4th Floor University of Liverpool School of Dentistry Liverpool U69 3GN UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 151 706 5216 Fax: +44 151 706 5845 Email: bfs@liv.ac.uk Contact: Mrs Sheila Jones Promotion of water fluoridation in order to effectively reduce levels of tooth decay. Areas served: UK DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 24 The Cordent Trust Summit House Summit Road Potters Bar Herts EN6 3EE UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 1732 833450 Fax: +44 870 1281423 Contact: Mrs Creek Wier Email: wiercdcs@aol.com Areas served: Many and varied. Projects supported if appropriate Dentaid The Old Sawmills Giles Lane Landford Salisbury Wiltshire SP5 2BG UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 1794 324249 Fax: +44 1794 323871 Email: info@dentaid.org/luke@dentaid.org Contact: Dr Jenny Worldley/Mr Luke Wordley Dentaid UK is a charity which collects used western dental equipment, refurbishes it in a workshop then sends it to sites in the developing world where requests had been received. Intentions are to go on to develop strategies for oral health education and primary treatment in the areas where equipment is supplied. Areas served: Many and varied. Projects supported if appropriate. Teeth Relief The Sunnymede Trust 1 Laneway Sunnymead Road Putney London SW15 5HX UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 20 8878 6129 Fax: +44 20 8480 8085 Contact: Dr Sharon Rankin No further information available as yet. WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition and Oral Health Department of Child Dental Health Dental School Framlington Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 191 222 7863/8242 Fax: +44 191 222 5928 Email: a.j.rugg-gunn@ncl.ac.uk Contact: Prof Andrew J Rugg-Gunn To encourage scholarship, improve knowledge and facilitate action in the field of nutrition and oral health. To further the knowledge and understanding of nutrition and oral health world-wide. To encourage and assist in research in the field and to facilitate learning and the exchange of information. Areas served: Sri Lanka, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Pakistan WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Precancer Kings College School of Medicine & Dentistry Caldecot Road London SE5 9RW UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 20 7346 3608 Fax: +44 20 7346 3624 Email: newell.johnson@kcl.ac.uk Contact: Prof Newell Johnson To research and develop oral health in developing countries and to integrate oral health with general health. Active in cancer, HIV/AIDS, periodontal diseases. Areas served: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia UNITED STATES Academy of Dentistry International P.O. Box 307 Hicksville, Ohio 43526-0307 USA DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 25 Tel: +1 419 542 0101 Fax: +1 419 542 6883 Email: rramus@bright.net Contact: Dr Robert L Ramus The Academy of Dentistry International is devoted to the advancement of the dental profession by the elevation of dental-care standards through continuing education. By the support and sponsorship of special educational and service projects, the Academy directly contributes to the improvement of dental health and to the well-being of people worldwide. Areas served: Worldwide Material: It solicits dental books, instruments, equipment, journals and video tapes Academy of LDS Dentists PO Box 211404 Salt Lake City Utah 84121-8404 USA Tel: +1 801 378 6757 Fax: +1 801 378 6361 Contact: Tim Watabe The Academy of LDS Dentists is an organisation of dental professionals dedicated to serving mankind. It endeavours to provide dental expertise and manpower to underserved areas of the world. In addition to patient treatment, it provides dental education to increase the expertise of local professionals. It also provides scholarship funds for domestic and international students. A quality yearly conference is held on the Brigham Young University campus. Areas served: worldwide Material: It provides dental equipment and supplies to many underserved areas of the world and solicits donations Africa Inland Mission PO Box 178 Pearl River, New York 10965 USA Tel: +1 914 735 4014 Fax: +1 914 735 1814 Contact: Warren Day Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is an interdenominational Christian organization with a goal of establishing nurturing churches of Christ. One of AIM’s means of establishing churches is through medical service to the people of Africa. AIM uses dental and medical personnel in hospitals, dispensaries, mobile clinics and community health care. AIM is supported by the tax deductible contributions of others and by volunteer personnel. Dental Equipment and supplies are also welcome. Areas Served: Fourteen countries in Africa. Material: AIM accepts donated dental equipment and supplies for its personnel in Africa. All God’s Children Oral Health Project 1956 Honeysuckle Lane Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 USA Tel: +1 513 232 4603 Fax: +1 513 231 9346 Contact: Dr Stephen W Curran The All God’s Children Oral Health Project is a non-profit, interdenominational organization which brings preventive and restorative dental care to children living in the orphanages of Eastern Europe. The mobile dental clinic is staffed by volunteer American dental professionals working cooperatively with their Eastern European colleagues. This provides local dental volunteers with the opportunity to learn new procedures and work with modern dental equipment supplied by the program. The Project has government approval to import supplies without paying tariffs. Areas Served: Bulgaria and Romania. Material: Tax deductible cash donations, portable dental equipment, instruments, supplies and medicines are welcome. American Dental Volunteers for Israel 108-13 67th Road Forest Hills, New York 11375 USA Tel: +1 718 263 4918 Contact: Dr Paul Jarmon The American Dental Volunteers for Israel recruits dentists and dental hygienists for two four-week stints at a kibbutz in Israel. All accommodations are provided (food and living quarters). Volunteers work 20 hours a week only. Transportation is not provided. Areas Served: Israel. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 26 Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. American Dentists for Foreign Service 619 Church Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11218 USA Tel: +1 718 436 8686 Contact: Dr Herman Ivanhoe/Anne Brearley American Dentists for Foreign Service (ADFS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving developing countries exclusively through dentistry, with the assistance of dentists, hygienists, teachers and service people. Transportation is supplied by the traveling personnel. Subsistence by the host agency or county. Dental equipment, used but serviced, is crated and shipped. The equipment is offered free, but the receiving country must supply warehouse, service and shipping expenses. Dental Schools will be given preference over clinics or hospitals to receive large quantities of equipment in order to increase the dental profession within that country and to supply more services to the people. Clinics and hospitals will be supplied with small quantities. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: Donated equipment is utilized in the program. American Medical Resources Foundation Inc. (AMRF) PO Box 3609 Brockton, Massachusetts 02404-3609 USA Tel: +1 508 580 3301 Fax: +1 508 580 3306 Contact: Mr David P Harrington American Medical Resources Foundation (AMRF) donates used, but fully operational medical and dental equipment to hospitals and clinics serving the poor in third world and developing nations. AMRF also offers the services of a corps of qualified biomedical engineers and technicians who volunteer to teach maintenance procedures and assist in setting up maintenance and calibration facilities at the recipient institutions. AMRF is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and is registered with the U.S. Agency for International Development. Donated equipment already shipped ranges from beds to monitors, xray, pulmonary, cardiac, ultrasonic diagnostic, operating rooms, and other diverse equipment for general and specialized use in prenatal, natal, pediatric, and adult departments. Areas Served: Developing countries worldwide. Material: Donated equipment is utilized in the program. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 27 Armenian-American Health Association of Greater Washington 1160 Varnun St., N.E. Suite 308 Washington, D.C. 20017 USA Tel: +1 202 529 3756 Fax: +1 202 529 5474 Contact: Hayk Kaftarian The Association’s goals are to provide and facilitate health care, to improve health care delivery systems, and to educate and train health care professionals and the general public in health care. The program provides biomedical and technical information and support as well as assists in research and development. Areas Served: Armenia and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Material: All types of medications, medical and dental equipment, and educational activities to be donated for shipment to the Armenian Health Ministry. AYUDA Inc. 1520 East Lincoln Avenue Anaheim, California 92805 USA Tel: +1 714 774 6330 Fax: +1 714 774 4052 Contact: Dr Harris N Done Ayuda, Inc. is a private non-profit organization, dedicated to improving the health of needy people in North and Central America. It conducts dental clinics twice a year in Belize and Mexico. Volunteers pay their own expenses. Ayuda provides supplies and equipment. Ayuda also sponsors free dental clinics in the U.S. at needy schools Areas Served: Belize, Mexico and USA (Southern California) Material: Ayuda solicits donations and dental equipment and supplies. Carelift International One Belmont Avenue GSB Building, Suite 4/25 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 USA Tel: +1 610 617 0995 Fax: +1 610 668 0930 Email: carrollcaulfield@carelift.org Contact: Carroll Caulfield Carelift International’s health education development programme has 5 goals: (1) foster health development, (2) address the long term needs of countries that are struggling to establish modern methods of healthcare delivery, (3) establish new educational programmes, (4) strengthen existing programmes, and (5) address public health needs. Areas served: Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belarus, Georgia, Cyprus, Albania, Croatia, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Bratislava, Israel, Lithuania, Jordan Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc 10 West 17th Street New York, New York 10011-5765 USA Tel: +1 212 242 7757 Fax: +1 212 807 9161 Contact: Joseph A Latella, S.J. Catholic Medical Mission Board seeks licensed dentists to volunteer their services in Catholic health care facilities for the medically disenfranchised. Applicants must be fully licensed with two years of professional experience and maintain current registration in the United States or Canada. Arrangements for single and married applicants with children are available. Volunteers are expected to provide their own transportation to and from the international location where they are placed. Independent health care facilities accept volunteers for short-term (one-six months) and long term (one-two years) assignments. Room and board are provided for all applicants. A modest stipend is available for longterm volunteers. Areas Served: Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, India, Papua New Guinea. Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 28 CERT International (Christian Emergency Relief Teams) PO Box 188008 Carlsbad, California 92018 USA Tel: +1 619 431 9890 Fax: +1 619 431 9893 Contact: Dr. Ken Daugherty CERT International is a non-profit interdenominational relief organization providing short term opportunities for medical and dental professionals, para professions, construction personnel, and lay people to various parts of the world. CERT Teams have gone from large metro areas such as Bucharest, Romania and Lima, Peru to remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, Honduras and Nicaragua; from war-torn areas such as Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Croatia and Bosnia to former communist countries such as Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and Russia. The basic philosophy of CERT is to go where little if any help is being given. Areas Served: Countries in Central & South America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Africa, Southeast Asia and others. Christian Dental Society PO Box 177 Sumner, Iowa 50674 USA Tel: +1 800 237 7368 Fax: +1 319 578 8843 Contact: Dr Richard C Haw Recruits volunteers for short-term volunteer dental mission trips to developing nations. Serving areas in need since 1962. Areas Served: Worldwide – South America, Caribbean, Central America, Russia and the South Pacific. Material: Dental materials, equipment and supplies. Christian Mission of Pignon, Inc. P.O. Box 743 – 403 Main Street Lake Village Arkansas 71653 USA Tel: +1 870 265 2111 Fax: +1 870 265 2112 Email: loydcmp@cei.net Contact: Dr Marvin D. Loyd CMP serves as an open window to and for Christianity to nurture the spiritual growth of the people in the area of Pignon, Haiti and assist them in the development of long term, self-sustaining program efforts in the areas of preventive and acute health care; functional literacy and educational opportunities; clean water and essential sanitation facilities; agricultural development and training; and community and economic development. Areas served: Haiti Citizens Democracy Corps 2021 K Street, NW Suite 215 Washington, D.C. 20036 USA Tel: +1 202 872 0933/+1 800 394 1945 Fax: +1 202 872 0923 Contact: Jill Schiager Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC) is a private, non-profit organization which mobilizes US private sector expertise and resources to assist the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States (NIS) of the former USSR. CDC programs respond directly to the needs brought to its attention by government, civic, and industry leaders in the region. Through its Citizens Volunteer Program (CVP), CDC recruits and fields teams of US volunteers to participate in locally-designed institution-building projects in diverse program sectors. In the health sector, CDC fields requests for hospital administrators, deans and assistant deans of medical and dental schools. Areas Served: Central and Eastern Europe; New Independent States (of former USSR). Material: The program does not utilize donated dental material. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 29 Community Church of Greenwood 1477 West Main Street Greenwood, Indiana 46142 USA Tel: +1 317 888 6024 Fax: +1 317 885 2648 Contact: Charles Coleman Community Church of Greenwood serves as the dental clinic for the areas surrounding San Salvador, El Salvador. Areas Served: El Salvador Material: General dental equipment and materials CONCERN/America PO Box 1790 Santa Ana, California 92702 USA Tel: +1 714 953 8575 Fax: +1 714 953 1242 Contact: Marianne Loewe CONCERN/America is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life (including health care) for rural populations in developing countries through training and education of local personnel. It is supported through the contributions of interested individuals and small foundations. CONCERN/America is not affiliated with any religious organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Areas Served: Mexico, Central America, and some locations in Africa. Material: Dental equipment, especially small instruments. Creighton University School of Dentistry 2500 California Plaza Omaha, Nebraska 68178 USA Tel: +1 402 280 5098 Fax: +1 402 280 5094 Contact: Dr Romer Ocanto The purpose of the program is to collaborate with faculty and researchers at Central University of Venezuela School of Dentistry and Institute of Dental Research. Training and research collaboration in the areas of epidemiology are applied to research in oral biology, microbiology, oral pathology and genetics, to take place once a year. The program is to be supported by grant money from a private foundation. The program involves a three-week workshop designed to prepare postdoctoral students to conduct research that involves epidemiology assessments in different countries. Areas Served: Venezuela. Material: The program does not use donated dental material. Dental Health International 847 South Milledge Avenue Athens, Georgia 30605-1331 USA Tel: +1 706 546 1716 Fax: +1 706 546 1715 Contact: Dr Barry Simmons Dental Health International needs dental personnel to create dental clinics in rural areas of developing countries which will be, in turn, staffed by the host country dentists. Water and nutritional studies will be conducted to determine needs of the host country. A program in the surrounding schools will be instituted to show benefits of fluoride and a basic dental hygiene program as well. Dental clinics are dispersed throughout the host country. Areas Served: Bhutan (Himalayas), Cameroon, Cook Islands, Lesotho, Rwanda, and Vietnam. Material: Dental equipment less than ten years old, to make up a complete dental clinic, dental supplies, handpieces and instruments. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 30 Dental Seminars & Symposia (DDS) 343 Prairie View Road Chippewa Falls Wisconsin 54729 USA Tel: +1 715 723 1662 Fax: +1 715 723 1662 Contact: Dr David D Crane Dental Seminars & Symposia, Inc. (DSS) was established in 1977 to provide continuing dental education and to organize humanitarian projects both nationally and internationally. Groups are taken annually to South America to provide dental care for homeless and orphaned children (expenses are paid by participants). University faculty are also selected to conduct scientific congresses at Latin American universities (expenses paid by the host universities). DSS is non-political, non-sectarian, and conducts all foreign programs on a non-profit basis. Areas Served: Latin America. Material: Small equipment and supplies are requested as needed for specific clinics. Tax-deductible receipts are given by local churches. Division of Worldwide Ministries Presbyterian Church (USA) 100 Witherspoon Street Lousiville, Kentucky 4042-1396 USA Tel: +1 502 569 5000 Fax: +1 502 569 8039 Contact: Ms Edith Sutton/Mr Bob Ellis The Division of Worldwide Ministries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) works to assist church related hospitals, clinics and health projects in developing countries through placement of health care professionals and in providing material assistance. The aim is to improve health care services along with training of national and local personnel. Sustainable and appropriate technology is emphasized as well as preventive health education. The work is supported from the national budget of the denomination, with help from international health agency grants and gifts from groups and individuals. Areas Served: Ongoing service in Guatemala, Haiti, India, South Korea, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Zaire and along the U.S.A. border. Material: The program does not utilize dental material. The Domingos Foundation 1800 S.E. St. Lucie Boulevard (October-April) Building 8, Apt. 107 Stuart, Florida 34996-4224 USA Tel: +1 407 286 1708 4890 Glenwood Avenue, #4 (May-September) Youngstown, Ohio 44512 USA Tel: +1 216 782 2055 Contact: Dr. D. E. De Marco The Domingos Foundations is a publicly supported non-profit organization which delivers, and works to improve, dental and other health care in remote areas of Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras. It actively promotes and provides grants for small-scale development projects in the villages it visits. Contributions are taxdeductible, as are expenses incurred by volunteers serving abroad. Areas Served: Remote areas of Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras. Material: Donations of certain dental and pharmaceutical supplies are accepted. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 31 Ecuadent 11506 St. David’s Lane Lutherville, Maryland 21093 USA Tel: +1 410 560 0937 Fax: +1 410 876 6362 Contact: Tammy G. Fesche Ecuadent is a humanitarian undertaking to Ecuador, made up of American dental and medical professionals. The all-volunteer group of doctors and assistants donate their time and pay their own transportation to treat the indigent population, many of whom are children between the ages of three and 14 years of age. The focus is on preventative dental health measures in addition to some restorative treatment as equipment and facilities allow. Volunteers pay their transportation to Ecuador. All transportation inside the country, food, and lodging are provided by the Ecuadorian Army. Areas Served: Ecuador. Material: Dental instruments, dental supplies (especially toothbrushes), dental portable units, portable dental xray units and cable run units. Esperança Inc. 1911 West Earll Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85015 USA Tel: +1 602 252 7772 Fax: +1 602 340 9197 Contact: Dr. Jeanne France Esperança Inc. is a non-profit, non-denominational international health organization that provides treatment and training in Latin America and Africa. Esperança’s vision is to “sow the seeds of self-help in health.” Esperança accepts many volunteer health professionals, as well as funding, from a variety of private sources (individuals, churches, service clubs, foundations) and U.S. government support. Volunteer dentists work in Esperança’s clinical facility in the Amazon jungles of Brazil. Areas Served: Santarém, Pará Brazil (in the Amazon valley). Material: Esperança solicits dental equipment and consumable supplies for its dental clinic facility in the Amazon. Estonian American Fund Inc. 4 Noyes Court PO Box 13266 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 USA Tel: +1 301 587 9115 Fax: +1 202 291 8884 Contact: Ago Ambre Estonian American Fund (EAF) is a publicly supported charity, recognized as such by the IRS, and registered by the U.S. Agency for International Development as a private voluntary organization (PVO). The mission is to aid in the resolution of economic problems faced by command economies seeking to change to a free market basis. Programs supply universities with scientific texts, hospitals with medical equipment, supplies, and technical training. EAF facilitates exchange of students and scholars, and helps set up in-country seminars and training classes. EAF sponsors an active health care project that has provided about $2.5 million in medical and dentistry supplies and equipment. Areas Served: Estonia. Material: EAF solicits donations in cash and in kind. Dental and medical equipment and professional literature are provided in response to specific requests from health professionals in Estonia. Flying Doctors of America 1951 Airport Road Dekalb-Peachtree Airport Atlanta, Georgia 30341 USA Tel: +1 404 451 3068 Fax: +1 404 457 6302 Contact: Peggy Phipps Flying Doctors of America is committed to helping physicians, dentists, other health care professionals, the business community and general volunteers help the poor and needy by flying monthly medical missions. It provides quick, professionally managed, low cost, tax-deductible medical missions to areas of critical need, thereby bringing hope and healing. It welcomes all who desire to volunteer, regardless of creed, religion, color, race, sex or nationality. Areas Served: Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America and India. Material: The program does not use dental material. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 32 Forward Edge International 15121-A NE 72nd Avenue Vancouver, Washington 98686 USA Tel: +1 206 574 3343 Fax: +1 206 574 2118 Contact: Joseph Anfuso Forward Edge International is a teams denominational ministry dedicated to sending North American church groups and individuals on short-term mission trips. It provides experienced team leadership, logistical coordination, practical preparatory materials, and a wide variety of ministry opportunities in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The mission trips last from ten days to three weeks. Forward Edge International sends service teams (medical/dental construction) evangelism teams, youth teams and adult teams. Areas Served: U.S. Indian reservations, Albania, Asia, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Romania, and Vietnam. Material: The program does not utilize dental material. Foundation of the Pierre Fauchard Academy 1441 Avocado Avenue Suite 508 Newport Beach, California 92660-6224 USA Fax: +1 714 373 2237 Contact: Dr Shig Ryan Kishi The Pierre Fauchard Academy, an International Honor Dental Organization with 108 sections worldwide, has established a foundation to support grants and projects that will benefit the dental profession and the public it serves. The Foundation has published a brochure that covers the goals and guidelines of the grant/project program. It lists the types of programs the Foundation will support, as well as the restrictions that apply to eligibility for funding. Organizations, institutions and individuals who desire funding are encouraged to obtain a copy of the brochure from the individual listed above to determine if their program or project falls within the Foundation’s goals. If so, they may apply for support. The brochure covers the application form. Areas Served: Worldwide Material: Foundation funds only materials listed in application. Friends of Dental Volunteers for Israel (DVI) 11 Sage Circle Scarsdale, New York 10583 USA Tel: +1 914 725 2485 Contact: Ms Lila Seiler Friends of Dental Volunteers for Israel (DVI) Main Street Livingston Manor, New York 12758 USA Tel: +1 914 439 4100 Contact: Dr. Don Simkin DVI operates the only free of charge Children’s Dental Clinic in Jerusalem, located at 29 Mekor Chayim Street. The organization’s dental services include oral education, preventive care, and treatment to underprivileged Jewish and non-Jewish children, ages 5 to 18, who never have had previous dental care. Services are also provided to Russian and Ethiopian children. Contributions are tax deductible, as are expenses incurred by volunteers serving in Jerusalem. Areas Served: Jerusalem. Material: DVI solicits donations of dental supplies and dental equipment in good working order. Global Outreach Mission Inc PO Box 2010 Buffalo NY 14231-2010, USA No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 33 Haitian & Co-Arts Association, Inc. 165 Park Row, Suite 8D New York, New York 10038 USA Tel: +1 212 732 9735 Contact: Andre Letellier The Haitian & Co-Arts Association, Inc., is a voluntary overseas, private non-governmental, non-political, nonreligious, non-profit, tax-exempt charitable educational organization, founded in 1956 by Andre Letellier, a Haitian born U.S. citizen. Its aims and purposes are solely dedicated to gratuitously contribute to the elimination of hunger, eradication of disease and promotion of literacy of deprived children of the peasants in remote villages of Haiti through mobile medical-dental free clinics. Clinics deliver community-wide vaccination against aids, polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, provide birth control, and dental care Dues, contributions and expenses incurred by donors and/or volunteers serving with the organization’s charitable programs are tax deductible. U.S. corporations and individuals donate funds, services, medical supplies, drugs, educational and agricultural materials. Areas Served: Haiti. Material: Dental equipment, instruments, supplies, dental literature, preferably in French, are accepted. Health Teams International Inc. (HTI) 7518 South Evanston Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-5615 USA Tel: +1 918 481 1115 Fax: +1 918 481 1115 Contact: Dr Robert W Miller Health Teams International (HTI) is an ecumenical non-profit organization dedicated to assisting in evangelization through the ministrations of short-term Christian health care teams. It has neither dues nor membership fees, but it is supported by the tax-deductible contributions of interested individuals and groups. Volunteers pay their own expenses, which are tax-deductible. All staff members contribute their services without pay. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: HTI solicits donations of portable dental instruments, equipment and supplies that can be transported by air to overseas sites. Health Volunteers Overseas Dentistry Overseas PO Box 65157 Washington DC 20035-5157 USA Tel: +1 202 296 0928 Fax: +1 202 296 8018 Email: info@hvousa.org Contact: Kate Skillman http://www.hvonsa.org Aims to improve the quality of health care in developing countries through training and education. Specific details of the project in Haiti are as follows: to form a co-operative network of dental health care; to improve the quality and increase the availability of health care through training and education; to co-operate with the Pan American Health Organization to implement a nation-wide salt fluoridation and iodisation process for Haiti; to train and empower Haitian natives to provide professional services for themselves once volunteer teams are gone. Areas served: Bangladesh, Brazil, Haiti, India, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Vietnam Health Volunteers Overseas Dental Division of ADA 3801 N Fairfax Dr Suite 40 Arlington, Va 22207 USA Contact: Dr Gary S Leff Email: garyleff@erols.com No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 34 Himalayan Healthcare Inc. 565 West End Avenue, suite #3G New York, New York 10024 USA Tel: +1 212 877 6519 Fax: +1 212 877 6519 Contact: Lisa Gomer Himalayan HealthCare Inc. (HHC) was established to address the health crisis in rural Nepal. The primary objectives of the organization are to provide immediate medical treatment to people living in remote mountain villages and to improve the general healthcare conditions of the rural population of Nepal who do not have access to health care at times of critical need. Himalayan HealthCare is unique in that its programs are sustained by Nepalese medical professionals who trek monthly to targeted villages to deliver medical care and to teach villagers about hygiene, sanitation, nutrition and family planning. In addition to supporting a small full-time Nepalese medical staff, HHC also organizes groups of American physicians, dentists and healthcare workers to participate in medical treks to selected villages to assist the Nepalese physicians in treating patients and dispensing necessary medicines. Areas Served: Rural mountain villages of Nepal. Material: HHC solicits donations of dental equipment and supplies as well as financial contributions. HIM Foundation PO Box 101 Atlanta, Texas 75551 USA Tel: +1 903 796 3821/1 903 796 3824/+1 903 796 7705 Contact: Dr James Hogan The Foundation promotes Christian missionary dentistry. It encourages and helps health care professionals to accompany evangelists to needy countries for short-term missionary efforts. The volunteer works as a team member with a local Christian church. Health clinics are usually set up in the church to render a physical service. The Foundation has also founded and financed three dental clinics in India. Volunteers provide their own instruments and supplies. Areas Served: Honduras, India, Israel and Korea. Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. Honduran-American Medical Mission 501 5th Avenue Belmar, New Jersey 07719 USA Tel: +1 908 681 6134 Fax: +1 908 681 1891 Contact: Mrs Patricia King The organization’s current projects include separate 25-resident boys and girls orphanages, known collectively as Hogar Amistad or House of Friendship. A newly constructed medical/dental clinic includes two dental operatories and service a population base of 15,000 rural, destitute Hondurans. Areas Served: Urraco/Sulaco area of north-central Honduras. Material: Donations of hand instruments and lab equipment to fully outfit two dental operatories for operative, endo, perio and uncomplicated exodontia. Howard Karagheusian Commemorative Corporation 386 Park Avenue South Suite 1601 New York, New York 10016 USA Tel: +1 212 725 0973 Fax: +1 212 447 0378 Contact: Dr Watler C Bandazian
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The Howard Karagheusian Commemorative Corporation is a private, operating foundation, providing health, medical, and social services to children and adults. It was incorporated in the state of New York in 1921, and recently established a three chair operatory in Yerevan, Armenia, and wishes to expand into other parts of Armenia. The Corporation welcomes dental equipment and the services of dentists who could go to Armenia to familiarize the Armenian dentists with practice and technology in general dentistry. If possible, Armenian speaking dentists would be most appropriate. Areas Served: Armenia. Material: Dental equipment, instruments, and supplies are accepted. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 35 Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc. PO Box 429 New Windsor, Maryland 21776 USA Tel: +1 410 635 8720 Fax: +1 410 635 8726 Contact: Mr Paul Derstine Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc. (IMA) exists to undergird the medical ministries of its member and associate agencies by soliciting donations of medicines and medical supplies for free distribution overseas to persons in need, without regard to race, creed, color, sex, national origin or political affiliation. No services, benefits, or assistance from IMA are provided to any citizens in the United States. All supplies in IMA inventory are distributed outside the United States to treat the ill, the needy, and infants according to need without consideration of religious or political affiliation. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: Medicines, medical and dental supplies. International Lifeline 50 Penn Place, Suite 920 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118 USA Tel: +1 405 728 2828 Fax: +1 405 946 5512 Contact: Robert E. Watkins International Lifeline provides medical volunteers an opportunity to work in Haiti. All work is done in field clinics, both urban and rural. Areas Served: Haiti. Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 36 Los Medicos Voladores (Flying Doctors) 140 Magneson Terrace Los Gatos, California 95302 USA Tel: +1 408 356 6721 Contact: Audrey Freeman Los Medicos Voladores (LMV), the Flying Doctors, was organized in 1975 to provide health care services and education to people in remote villages of Northwestern Mexico. From September through June, LMV pilots, health care providers, translators, and volunteers from all walks of life join together each month for a four-day trip. LMV is supported by the members themselves, with each volunteer paying his/her own trip costs (approximately $250.00), annual membership dues ($35.00) and participation in fund-raising projects held throughout the year. All assistance is provided on a volunteer, non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian basis. There are several chapters in California which have general meetings once a month. Areas Served: Mexico. Material: All supplies and equipment are either purchased by or donated to LMV. Loyd Christian Health Ministries, Inc. 403 Main Street or PO Box 743 Lake Village, Arkansas 71653 USA Tel: +1 501 265 2111 Fax: +1 501 265 2111 Contact: Dr Marvin D Loyd No further information available as yet. Medical Assistance Programs International Inc. 2200 Glynco Parkway PO Box 50 Brunswick, Georgia 31521-0050 USA Tel: +1 912 265 6010 Fax: +1 912 265 6170 Contact: Gordon F Thompson Medical Assistance Programs (MAP) International is a non-profit Christian global health organization that provides enabling services which promote total health care for needy people in the developing world. Since 1954, MAP has provided donated medicines and supplies through 650 hospitals and clinics in over 130 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. MAP also works in community health development, coordinating projects to improve water supplies, food production, and health education. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: Dental and medical supplies are accepted. Medical Benevolence Foundation 1412 North Sam Houston Parkway East Suite 120 Houston, Texas 77032 USA Tel: +1 713 590 3591 Fax: +1 713 590 3699 Contact: Edward M Stein Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF) is a non-profit organization that helps fund medical missions in developing countries. They are supported by contributions made by interested individuals, corporations and churches. They are a Validated Mission Support Group through the Presbyterian Church (USA). All donations, are tax deductible. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: MBF solicits medical equipment and supplies in response to the needs of its mission hospitals. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 37 The Medical Eye & Dental International Care Org., Inc. (M.E.D.I.C.O) Nations Bank Building 624 South Austin Avenue Suite 102 Georgetown, Texas 78628 USA Tel: +1 512 863 8666 Fax: +1 512 869 7500 Contact: Lynda Peters/Dr Anthony Ciccariello Medical, Eye & Dental International Care Organization, Inc. (M.E.D.I.C.O.), a nonprofit volunteer organization, provides basic health care to those who have little or no access to the medical profession. Teams of approximately fifteen volunteers serve in remote areas, each team being hosted by an in-country organization assisting with logistics. Five field teams and two surgery teams are scheduled each year. M.E.D.I.C.O. is supported by volunteer assessment fees and modest contributions from interested individuals or corporations. M.E.D.I.C.O. is not connected with any religious group but works with organizations with like objectives. Continuing fluoride programs have been established in selected villages. M.E.D.I.C.O. has implemented a method of receiving and dispersing donated medical and dental equipment to Honduras. Areas Served: Developing countries presently focusing in Honduras. Material: M.E.D.I.C.O. solicits donations of necessary medical and dental supplies for field service. Donations not received from hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical companies or others are purchased by the foundations. Medical Ministry International (MMI) 50 Tunxis Village Drive Farmington, CT 06032-1521 USA Tel: +1 860 676 2133 Fax: +1 860 676 2377 Email: topazrich@aol.com Contact: Dr Richard G Topazian Website: http://www.mmint.org MMI is the world’s largest short-term volunteer, Christian medical mission with more than 2,500 participants annually. Over 1,200 are from the USA and Canada. We provide 2-week opportunities for volunteers to work in medical/dental/surgical and eye clinics, helping the poor who have little or no access to medical care. Areas served: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Republic of Benin, Romania, Rwanda, Swaziland, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zaire, Zimbabwe Mercy International Health Services 34605 Twelve Mile Road Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331-3293 USA Tel: +1 313 489 6100 Fax: +1313 489 6102 Contact: Glen E. Haydon The major purpose of Mercy International Health Services is to serve as an enabler, training/assisting local hospital/health personnel to improve their skills and system services. Assistance includes: development of primary health networks; training for all hospital departments, hospital/clinic management; planning; healthcare financing; privatization; and special projects/studies. Areas Served: Worldwide, particularly in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Tanzania. Material: Donations of dental equipment and supplies may be shipped in response to specific requests from program sites. Mercy Ships PO Box 2020 Garden Valley TX 75771-2020 USA Tel: + 1 903 882 0887 Fax: + 1 903 939 7110 Email: dewittd@mercyships.org Contact: Dr Denny DeWitt Founded in 1978, Mercy Ships now has four ships providing donated medicine, tools, food and building supplies to over 100 of the most impoverished ports around the world. Activities include free onboard operations on the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship. Furthermore, Mercy Ships provides water pumps and assists in drilling wells to provide irrigation and safe drinking water; Mercy Ships is also involved in building hospitals, clinics, schools and training facilities and in training local people to run the projects. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 38 Mission Personnel Resources Program Department of General Board of Global Ministries of United Methodist Church 475 Riverside Drive Room 1470 New York, New York 10015 USA Tel: +1 212 870 3661 Fax: +1 212 870 3774 Contact: William B Rollins The program provides for individuals and teams to experience other cultures and share skills in church to church programs. The program builds teams of medical personnel, teachers, and pastors to serve up to one year. All costs are the responsibility of the volunteers. The program is international as well as national, and volunteers are required to be active members of a local worshipping congregation. Areas Served: Internationally over 30 countries and the 50 states of the United States. Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. Missionary Dentists P.O. Box 7002 Seattle, Washington 98133 USA Tel: +1 206 771 3241 Fax: +1 206 775 5155 Contact: Dr. Vaughn Chapman As an interdenominational Christian mission, Missionary Dentists, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, provides opportunities for dental professionals to serve the poor in developing countries in their specialties as members of an all dental team — be it endodontics, pedodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, orthodontics, teaching, etc. Skilled laboratory technicians are needed, as are dental hygienists and dental assistants. Volunteer service can usually be arranged to fit one’s schedule. Each participant pays a project fee plus air fare. Volunteer service can be arranged from one week to ninety days. Ground transportation, room and board are provided. Areas Served: Belize, Cameroons, Central African Republic, China, Eastern Europe, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Korea, Mexico, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Russia, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates. Material: Materials of all sorts are solicited. Volunteers can provide their own instruments and supplies, or the mission can donate or loan equipment for a fee. Missionary Health Services 1355 East Home Road Springfield, Ohio 45503 USA Tel: +1 513 390 2440 Contact: Dr Emel Atkins Missionary Health Services (MHS) is a non-profit, non-denominational tax exempt organization whose purpose is to deliver basic health care and health education to the very poor in under developed countries. MHS goes into the rural areas where health care is seldom if ever available. The program includes the training of local citizens as technicians to aid their villagers with health problems. The organization is totally supported by donations of medicines, supplies and volunteers. All expenses to and from the mission sites are tax deductible. Areas Served: Honduras. Material: MHS solicits donations of medicines, medical equipment, dental equipment, surgical instruments and supplies. Operation Smile International 717 Boush Street Norfolk, Virginia 23510, USA Tel: +1 804 625 0375 Fax: +1 804 626 0368 Contact: BethAnn Taterosian Operation Smile International (OSI) is a private, non-profit, volunteer medical services organization providing reconstructive surgery and related health care (dental included) to indigent persons in developing countries and the U.S.A. OSI also provides free dental care to indigent adults who do not have access to care in Norfolk, Virginia. OSI is funded by private donations, foundations, and grants. It brings together health professionals with the public and the private sectors to provide voluntary care to improve the quality of life for all who share the OpSmile experience. By creating local, national and international partnerships, Operation Smile International builds trust, bridges cultures, and bestows dignity at home and abroad. Areas Served: Worldwide, including the United States. Material: OSI solicits donations of dental equipment, pharmaceuticals and supplies. The dental clinic does not have an operating budget; all items used have been loaned or donated. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 39 Operation USA 8320 Melrose Avenue, #200 Los Angeles, California 91031 USA Tel: +1 213 658 8876 Fax: +1 213 653 7846 Contact: Richard M Walden Operation USA is an international relief and development agency founded in 1979. It has delivered over $90 million of medicine, medical and dental supplies, and other high priority relief items to more than 50 countries. Operation USA is a non-profit agency not affiliated with any religious organization. It is supported by individual, corporate, and foundation contributions. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: Operation USA solicits donations of dental equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals in response to disasters and development programs needs. OPTIONS Project Concern International 3550 Afton Road San Diego, California 92123 USA Tel: +1 619 279 9790 Fax: +1 619 694 0294 Contact: Ms Deborah Luician OPTIONS is the international health professional recruitment and referral service of Project Concern International. OPTIONS provides volunteer opportunities linking health specialists with programs, hospitals, and clinics in the United States and worldwide. Hundreds of volunteers are placed each year, including primary care physicians, surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, and public health and hospital administrators. OPTIONS publishes a bi-monthly bulletin with current volunteer opportunities. The annual fee for OPTIONS is $25.00 (U.S. dollars) and includes the six OPTIONS bulletins. Areas Served: Worldwide (over 45 countries) and the United States. Material: The program does not utilize donated dental material. Peace Corps 1990 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20526 USA Tel: +1 800 424 8580 (Option 1) Contact: Recruiter The Peace Corps is a government agency that was created to promote world peace and friendship. Its goals are to help the people of interested countries meet their needs for trained men and women, and to help promote a better mutual understanding between the American people and the peoples with whom they come in contact and serve around the world. Over 131,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers in more than 100 countries. Peace Corps volunteers’ accomplishments endure because their mission is not to do things for people, but to help people do things for themselves. Areas Served: Ninety countries worldwide. Material: Dental materials and supplies are not accepted. Polish American Congress Charitable Foundation 5711 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60646, USA Tel: +1 312 763 9944 Fax: +1 312 763 7114 Contact: Les Kuczynski The Polish American Congress charitable Foundation (PACCF) “Relief for Poland” project is currently in its 12th year of providing humanitarian assistance to the children, the elderly, the ill, the handicapped, the poor and the needy of Poland. This past year, the PACCF focused on assistance to 81 rehabilitation centers for disabled children and the elderly throughout Poland. This successful program was able to raise $3.4 million in medical goods and supplies in the form of matching gifts or in-kind donations from manufacturers, hospitals, and other relief organizations. Areas Served: Poland. Material: In-kind donations of medical equipment and medical supplies. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 40 Project Smile c/o Church of the Good Shepherd 2230 Walton Way Augusta, Georgia 30904 USA Tel: +1 706 738 3386 Fax: +1 706 738 0745 Contact: Dr. James Clark/Dr. Jayni Bradley Project Smile is a non-profit children’s oral health care mission to Belize, Central America, operating under the Companion Diocese Commission of the Episcopal Church of Georgia. Comprehensive preventive oriented oral health care is provided to first graders and maintained thereafter until graduation from the primary school. The four operatory clinic is housed within St. Mary’s School and is presently operated by three volunteer teams per year. An ongoing preventive program continues throughout the school year, consisting of supervised daily toothbrushing and administration of fluoride tablets and rinses. Local personnel are being trained and educated to assume full administration of the project by 1998. Areas Served: Belize City, Belize. Material: Donations of dental equipment and supplies are accepted as well as monetary donations for their purchase from private and church sources. Project Stretch Dentistry Inc.: Dentistry Reaching Out to Children 230 Pond Street Natick, Massachusetts 01760 USA Tel: +1 508 653 2417 Fax: +1 508 651 1055 Contact: Sheila Clancy Project Stretch, Inc., founded in 1988, is a private non-profit membership organization dedicated to providing vital dental care and dental education to disadvantaged children worldwide. It is supported solely on contributions from private citizens and corporations. Fundraising occurs throughout the year. Contributions are tax deductible. Project Stretch, Inc. members provide educational material and training to dental staff, parents, and schools within their respective settings, to assure continued dental care while providing yearly follow-up services. Areas Served: Worldwide Material: Project Stretch, Inc. solicits donations of dental equipment and supplies in order to provide preventative care and dental education. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps c/o Church of the Good Shepherd 1834 Beech Street Knoxville, TN37920 USA Tel: +1 865 579 1530 Email: ram@usit.net Contact: Teresa Webb-Martin RAM is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of USA and the world. Sabre Foundation Inc. 872 Massachusetts Avenue Suite 2-1 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA Tel: +1 617 868 3510 Fax: +1 617 868 7916 Contact: Tania Vitvitsky Sabre Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization which distributes donated books and journals to the needy in Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Since 1986, Sabre distributed over 2 million volumes to more than 4,000 institutions and countless individuals in the countries it serves. Areas Served: Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Material: Donations of recent dental books and journals are welcomed. Sabre solicits books for distribution to academic, educational, research and cultural institutions in the areas it serves. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 41 Surgical & Medical Assistance Relief Teams (S.M.A.R.T.) 7015 College Blvd., Suite 132 Overland Park, Kansas 66211 USA Tel: +1 913 338 2800 Fax: +1 913 338 3820 Contact: Ms. Teresa A. Searcy S.M.A.R.T. is a private, not, for, profit volunteer organization, dedicated to enhancing the lives of third world children and adults. The organization is dedicated to training indigenous workers to volunteer to help their own people. Contributions are tax deductible. Trips are four to five days in duration, with each volunteer donating enough to pay for one’s own airfare, food and lodging. Approximate donation per trip is $1,100. This donation covers all expenses from Houston. (food, tips, taxes, ground transportation, airfare, hotels, bottled water, snacks, etc.). From four to five trips are scheduled each year. Dental teams join with surgery teams which perform cleft lip and palate surgeries. S.M.A.R.T. provides most equipment and supplies, however, dentists must provide their own hand instruments. served family style. Most teams consist of 24-48 people. Areas Served: Honduras, Guatemala, Southern Mexico, El Salvador. Material: S.M.A.R.T. actively solicits donations of supplies and equipment. Dental School, University of Maryland Department of Oral Health Care Delivery University of Maryland 66601 Baltimore St Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1586 USA Tel: +1 410 706 7342 Fax: +1 410 706 3028 Email: mmb001@dental.umaryland.edu Contact: Dr Michael M Belenky Promotion of global oral health through the establishment and facilitation of international collaborative ventures with dental schools/faculties of dentistry/institutes of stomatology with primary focus on teaching, research, and exchange in order to enhance dental education, practice and oral health. Areas served: Vietnam, Mexico, Korea, Poland Uplift Internationale 4500 Sumac Lane Littleton, Colorado 80123 USA Fax: +1 303 703 4840 Contact: Dr Jaime A Yrastorza Email: mndyrz@aol.com http://www.upliftinternationale.org Uplift Internationale is a Colorado based volunteer organization sharing expertise with peers in the host country, who are themselves caretakers of their fellow citizens, in the areas of health and education. The current focus is in the city of Ormdc, Philippines (population 100,000) through its 100-bed publicly funded hospital and two public health dental facilities. Self-supporting dentist volunteers will spend two weeks exchanging dental knowhow with local dentists. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon volunteers perform cleft lip/palate repairs as dental facilities and equipment allow. Donations of equipment and supplies are needed. Areas Served: Philippines. Material: UI solicits donations of dental equipment, supplies, and video/journals for continuing education together with funds for shipment. Vellore Christian Medical College Board (USA) Inc. 475 Riverside Drive, Room 243 New York, New York 10115-0021 USA Tel: +1 212 870 2640 Fax: +1 212 870 2173 Contact: Dr Robert H Carman Vellore Christian Medical College Board is a private not-for-profit organization committed to enhancing the education, preventive/curative care and research of the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, India. The Board looks for dental personnel who have skills to share (researchers, dentists, surgeons, educators, hygienists, nurses) and who want to learn while doing a voluntary assignment in Vellore, India. Exchange programs between individuals and institutions are encouraged. In consultation with each other, the materials needed are determined. All donations, whether in time, equipment or money, are tax-deductible. Areas Served: India. Material: The Vellore Board solicits donations of dental equipment and supplies in response to specific requests. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 42 Volunteers for World Health 319 South Sharon Amity Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 USA Tel: +1 704 364 8685 Contact: Dr. C. E. Horstmann Volunteers for World Health (VWH) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote goodwill and friendship between the people of the world. This is accomplished in three ways: 1) providing educational and training programs, 2) performing dental and medical services, and 3) providing dental and medical equipment and supplies. VWH is funded by the contributions of its volunteer participants and other interested individuals and corporations. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: VWH solicits donations of dental and medical equipment and supplies in response to specific project’s requirements. West Indies Self-Help (WISH) 2934 Pine Grove Port Huron, Michigan 48060 USA Tel: +1 810 985 6558 Contact: Dr Jack C Heck West Indies Self-Help is a multi-faceted Christian mission founded in 1968 and based in Grand Haven, Michigan, for the purpose of improving living conditions on the remote island of LaGonave, Haiti. The nondenominational mission promotes self-help values for the 65,000 inhabitants through education and support projects, including schools, a library, roads, an ice-plant, and a dental clinic. The dental clinic includes two Adec Mission-aire units, curing light, and basic operative and exodontia instruments. Contributions and expenses incurred by volunteers are tax-deductible. The WISH compound is located adjacent to the only hospital on the island, which is under the direction of missionary physicians. Areas Served: LaGonave Island, Haiti. Material: Dental equipment donations are considered on an individual basis. World Concern, A Ministry of CRISTA 19303 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, Washington 98133 USA Tel: +1 206 546 7488 Fax: +1 206 546 7269 Contact: International Personnel Services World Concern is a Christian international organization involved in relief, rehabilitation and development programs in developing countries. World Concern partners with nationals and makes local churches, equipping individuals and communities with knowledge, skills and technology for self-help. Christians with professional and technical training and experience serve from one to three year terms. Base salary, insurance, housing, transportation and project costs are provided. Participation in a personal support program is required. In addition to sending dentists and other health care professionals, World Concern provides services in agriculture, veterinary medicine, community development, micro-enterprise, project management, relief programs, etc. Areas Served: Africa, Asia and Latin America. Material: Solicits specific equipment and supplies needed for projects being served, such as a dental school in Cambodia. WHO Collaborating Center for Oral Infectious Diseases: Education, Research and Care University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine 4001 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA Tel: +1 215 898 0558 Fax: +1 215 573 2087 Contact: Dr Peter Berthold Email: berthold@biochem.dental.upenn.edu To train for, develop and implement research in the prevention, detection and care of infectious diseases that are manifested in the oral cavity. To apply relevant findings from research to effect changes in the learning and teaching of oral health care and in oral health education as it relates to oral infectious diseases. Areas served: Malawi DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 43 WHO Collaborating Center in Oral Health University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School 7703 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, Texas 78284-7914 USA Tel: +1 210 567 3420 Fax: +1 210 567 3443 Email: baez@uthscsa.edu Contact: Dr Ramon J Baez WHO-CC provides assistance to countries on oral health programmes. Situation analysis, strategy development, evaluation epidemiological studies, training, statistical analysis, fluoride research, fluorosis, oral health services research, auxiliary personnel utilisation, dental materials evaluation, alternative restorative methods, cost/benefit studies, implementation of salt fluoridation programmes – non-traditional methods of learning PBL. Areas served: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Grenada, Honduras, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, St Kitts, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Venezuela World Medical Relief Inc. 11745 Rosa Parks Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48206 USA Tel: +1 313 866 5333 Fax: +1 313 866 5588 Contact: Carolyn E George World Medical Relief carries out dual programs, collecting medical and dental supplies, equipment, and pharmaceuticals and provides these to the needy, both locally and abroad. At the warehouse, volunteers and staff collect, sort and pack supplies for use in diverse places. Physician’s and dentist’s offices, clinics and hospitals donate used, but still-in-good-condition equipment, as well as excess supplies and sample medications. The organization annually fills close to 30,000 prescriptions on an ongoing basis for area indigent seniors who would not otherwise be able to obtain them. A durable medical equipment loan program provides items to needy individuals. Areas Served: Worldwide. Material: World Medical Relief solicits donations of dental equipment and supplies in response to specific requests from organizations, hospitals and clinics requesting assistance. Youth With A Mission 15850 Richardson Springs Rd. Richardson Springs, CA 9597 USA No further information available as yet. VIETNAM East Meets West Foundation 56 Pasteur Street Da Nang City VIETNAM Tel: +84 511 829 110 Fax: + 84 511 821 850 Email: Fcraft80@hotmail.com Contact: Dr Charles F Craft/Mr Mark Conroy
EMWF is a non profit organisation doing humanitarian development work in Vietnam. Our mission is to improve the general health and welfare of the people in central Vietnam whose land was devastated during the war years. Areas served: Vietnam ZAMBIA Colgate Palmolive Z Ltd PO Box 71584 Ndola ZAMBIA Fax: +2 650133 Contact: Mr N Zimba No further information available as yet. DENTAL AID ORGANISATIONS 44 Zambia Dental Association PO Box 50363 Ridgeway 15101 Lusaka ZAMBIA Contact: Dr P P Mtolo FAX: +260 1 263401 To promote good oral health and provide Zambians with equal access to quality oral health care. Areas served: Zambia ZIMBABWE Colgate Palmolive PO Box ST 353 Southerton Harare ZIMBABWE Tel: +263 4 620211/217 Fax: +263 4 620220 Contact: Mr Butcher No further information available as yet. Government Dental Services Box CY340 Causeway Harare ZIMBABWE Tel: +263 4 723050/790243 Fax: +263 4 706249 Email: juliettemoyo@hotmail.com Contact: Dr Juliette T Moyo Provision of comprehensive oral health care to the country by offering the necessary curative and preventive measures irrespective of any discriminating grounds. Provision of training for necessary manpower. Areas served: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Dental Therapist Association School of Dental Therapy and Technology PO Box CY340 Causeway Harare ZIMBABWE Tel: +263 4 705117 Fax: +263 4 706249 Contact: Dr Fiona Mutsigigwa To promote continuous education in dentistry for all graduate dental therapists Areas served: Zimbabwe About these ads
Mbarara – in dieser universitär geprägten Kleinstadt im Süden Ugandas durften wir beide in diesem und letzten Jahr einige Zeit verbringen, um eine Famulatur zu absolvieren. Wir haben es während dieser Zeit sehr genossen, in dieser Stadt in der Nähe des Äquators, die durch eine große Anzahl an Sonnenstunden und eine wunderbare Landschaft gekennzeichnet ist, zu leben. Direkt an der Hauptstraße zwischen der Hauptstadt Kampala und dem südwestlichen Landeszipfel gelegen, spiegelt sich auch in Mbarara das typische Bild einer ostafrikanischen Kleinstadt wider, mit ihren wuseligen Märkten, den vielen Landwirten und dem Boda-Boda-(Motorradtaxi)-Verkehr.
Langsam hat sich auch wie in der Hauptstadt Kampala ein geschäftiger Stadtkern entwickelt, zu dem v.a. die MUST-Studenten mit ihrer Nachfrage nach Alltagsgütern und Dienstleistungen beigetragen haben.
Im Vergleich zu unserer High-End-Welt wird einem in Mbarara sowie in den meisten Teilen Ostafrikas auf jeden Fall ein Kontrastprogramm geboten. Angrenzend an den großen Lake Victoria ist die Landschaft und Tierwelt atemberaubend, mit vielen Nationalparks, Naturwundern und einer der wenigen Möglichkeiten, Berggorillas aus nächster Nähe zu betrachten. Doch wenn man nicht gerade einer klassisch touristischen Luxussafari beiwohnt, muss man für die dortigen Lebensbedingungen und den damit einhergehenden Alltag ein dickes Fell mitbringen.
Nach einigen einschneidenden Unruhen, die beispielsweise in dem Film „The Last King of Scotland“ eindrucksvoll karikiert werden, ist in dieser formellen Demokratie momentan der seit 1986 relativ autokratisch herrschende Yoweri K. Museveni Präsident. Leider leidet das Land weiterhin unter Missständen in vielen Bereichen. Die Ursachen sind vielfältig, doch zum Großteil immens beeinflusst durch die allgegenwärtige Korruption. Nichtsdestotrotz ist Uganda momentan eine der sichersten und stabilsten Reiseziele in Afrika. Unsere Motivation
Unabhängig voneinander hatten Natalie Orthmann und ich die Idee, einige Zeit im eher exotischen Ausland zu verbringen. Es war an der Zeit, nach längerem, manchmal sehr kräftezehrenden Studium dem Alltag zu entfliehen, um ungebunden und umfassender als nur während eines kurzen Urlaubstrips die Kultur und Lebensweise in einem neuen Land kennenzulernen. Nach vorherigen Auslandserfahrungen auch in der Krankenversorgung der High-End-Welt, brannte es uns nun unter den Nägeln, endlich ein weiteres, etwas gewagteres Abenteuer einzugehen. Hinzu kommt, dass ich mich schon länger damit befasst hatte, ein kleines Entwicklungsprojekt zu etablieren und auch eine Mitarbeit bei „Ärzte ohne Grenzen“ o.Ä. zum damaligen Zeitpunkt nicht ausschließen wollte. PJ-Platz finden
Ich bin erst einmal über afrikanische Freunde in Tansania aufgeschlagen. In meinem Fall konnte ich mit etwas Geduld und den nötigen Empfehlungsschreiben der Heimatuni auf Englisch einfach beim Dekan vorbeischauen und mir die Famulatur innerhalb weniger Wochen organisieren.
Bei Natalie Orthmann lief alles etwas geplanter, sodass sie sich direkt per E-Mail an den Dekan der Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Dr. Jerome Kabakyenga) und an die jeweiligen Chefärzte wenden konnte.
Wichtig ist, dass man sich bei der Anfrage bewusst ist, in welche Bereiche man gerne hineinschauen würde, und auch die Frage nach der Unterkunft frühzeitig klärt. Weiterhin: Erkundigt euch nach den Gebühren, die anfallen, aber bisher immer relativ gering ausfielen. Im Nachhinein hat alles immer irgendwie geklappt.
Anspruchsvoller Klinikalltag
Von Anfang bis Ende sind wir eigentlich überall sehr herzlich empfangen und mit sehr viel Neugier konfrontiert worden. Im Gegensatz zu Kenia oder Tansania ist in Uganda das Kiswahili als offizielle Sprache nicht so weit verbreitet. Es gibt weit mehr als 30 verschiedene Stammessprachen, von denen Luganda die bedeutendste ist. Jeder, der in Uganda eine weiterführende Schule besucht hat, spricht vergleichsweise gutes Englisch, sodass man sich mit Ärzten und Kommilitonen gut austauschen kann. Viele Patienten eines öffentlichen Krankenhauses in Uganda sprechen jedoch nicht wirklich ausgefeiltes Englisch, da kommen einem die freundlichen Übersetzungen des einheimischen Personals sehr entgegen. So fremd wie wir (Muzungus = „white skin“/„Europäer“) wohl für einige Patienten waren, so fremd war uns der Alltag im Krankenhaus.
Die Bedingungen in der öffentlichen Krankenversorgung sind landesweit noch katastrophal. Die Versorgung in privaten Krankenhäusern ist etwas besser, doch verständlicherweise gibt es keine wirklichen Hightech-Gerätschaften und in Aachen alleine stehen bestimmt mehr CTs, als in ganz Uganda zu finden sind.
Neben dem gelegentlich ausfallenden Strom gab es oft und auch im OP kein fließendes oder sauberes Wasser. Die Händedesinfektion wurde meist vernachlässigt. Oft fehlten Disziplin, Motivation und Professionalität. Dazu muss man ausführen, dass die Ärzte in den Krankenhäusern nur eine Art Hungerlohn bekommen. Sie haben lange studiert und dafür bezahlt, arbeiten dann relativ hart und werden anschließend kaum wertgeschätzt.
Für uns persönlich ging es nach kurzem Kennenlernen auf die Stationen. Die Notaufnahme und Allgemeinchirurgie standen als Erstes auf dem Programm. Dort konnte man zusehen oder auch aktiv mithelfen, bei größeren OPs so gut es ging assistieren, Abszesse spalten, nähen und was sonst noch so zu flicken war. Beides stand unter der Leitung eines freundlichen kubanischen Langzeit-Gastarztes.
Hier konnte man ziemlich frei zwischen OP und Notaufnahme wechseln, sah sehr viel und leider auch unzählige für uns unvorstellbare Schicksale. Auch wenn in manchen Bereichen und für manche Krankheiten wie beispielsweise AIDS State-of-the-Art-Medikamente in ausreichender Menge meist gesponsert von USAID vorrätig waren, fehlte es stets an allem anderen – von Tupfern über Verbandmaterial bis zum Standardequipment. Persönlich gab es viele einschneidende Erlebnisse, von denen ich einige besonders hervorheben möchte:
Da war zum einen die hohe Zahl an sozusagen ungeschützten Verkehrsunfällen, in deren Folge man besonders bei den kranialen Verletzungen wenig therapieren konnte. Ganz schlimm war der Unfall eines Reisebusses mit zahlreichen Verletzten. Einem Mann fehlte ein Drittel des Gesichts, dem anderen war der ganze Arm zerquetscht worden und zur Amputation prädestiniert. Leider war auch hier bei der Behandlung kein besonderes Engagement zu erkennen. Beide Patienten überlebten wie durch ein Wunder. Zu spät ins Krankenhaus
Viele Erwachsene kamen mit extrem weit fortgeschrittenen Krankheitsbildern viel zu spät ins Krankenhaus. Kinder hatten zudem oft ein sehr kritisches und ergreifendes Schicksal zu ertragen. Neben dem lehrbuchmäßigen Erscheinungsbild des Marasmus und Kwashiorkor (Protein-Energie-Mangelernährung) wird uns die Operation eines Dreijährigen bestimmt immer in Erinnerung bleiben. Nach der initialen Vorstellung mit aufgeblähtem Bauch, Schmerzen und Malassimilation folgte die explorative Laparotomie. Unvorstellbarerweise konnten wir aus dem Darm des Kleinen, ohne zu untertreiben, etwa zwei Teller spaghettiartige Würmer entfernen, welche sich – im Tageslicht angekommen – weiterhin aktiv umeinander wanden. Auch dieser kleine Patient überlebte. Grausame Racheattacke
Nicht vorenthalten werden sollen auch die landesweit üblichen, grausamen Racheattacken meist um Ehemänner rivalisierender Frauen, nach denen man sich v.a. ein spezialisiertes plastisch-chirurgisches Team wünscht, um die von Säure verätzte Gesichtshaut so gut es geht wieder herzurichten. Nun stehen dem Leser bestimmt die Haare zu Berge, doch ist dies nur ein kleiner Auszug, neben dem es im täglichen Leben regelmäßig noch die typischen, weniger spektakulären chirurgischen Krankheitsbilder gibt.
Neben der Chirurgie konnten wir auch der gynäkologischen Station und der Geburtshilfestation beiwohnen.
Da das Universitätskrankenhaus ein öffentliches Krankenhaus ist – damit in Uganda verbunden ist, dass alle Versorgung umsonst ist – gab es dort unzählige Patientinnen. Sie hatten oft schon einen langen Weg hinter sich und kamen meist schon fast am Ende ihrer Wehen im Krankenhaus an. Somit gab es ständig und zahlreiche Geburten zu sehen, die in der Regel von den Medizinstudierenden im dritten Jahr und den Hebammen vollzogen wurden. Dies war am Anfang doch sehr gewöhnungsbedürftig für uns, sind wir es doch gewohnt, dass diese Tätigkeiten von Ärzten durchgeführt werden. Schon sehr bald war es auch an uns, bei diesen Tätigkeiten zu assistieren oder sie selber durchzuführen, und man ist sprichwörtlich an seinen Aufgaben gewachsen und kam damit bald schon besser zurecht. Im OP konnte man vor allem Kaiserschnitten und gynäkologischen Laparotomien beiwohnen, auf der gynäkologischen Station hat man alle Arten von Krebs und Entzündungen gesehen.
Auf den Stationen hatte man immer die Möglichkeit, sich den Gruppen von Studierenden anzuschließen, die einem etwas gewöhnungsbedürftigen Unterrichtskurs beiwohnten. So war der Unterricht sehr abweichend vom „bedside teaching“ in Deutschland.
Glücklicherweise haben die Ärzte immer versucht, sich so gut wie möglich vor den im Krankenhaus vorkommenden Krankheiten, vor allem HIV, zu schützen. Das Bewusstsein dafür war groß, ist doch auch die Durchseuchungsrate dort mit rund zehn Prozent deutlich höher als bei uns. Somit wurden immer Handschuhe getragen, allerdings gab es im Kreißsaal keine Mundschutze und im OP keine Brillen zum Schutz vor Blutspritzern (die in der Gyn häufig vorkommen), sodass es sich empfiehlt, sich dies von zu Hause mitzubringen. Schlussendlich kann man sagen, dass man beim Fehlen von unseren diagnostischen Möglichkeiten sowie nicht immer engagiert durchgeführten körperlichen Untersuchungen und leitliniengerechten Eingriffen nicht unbedingt das Wichtigste fürs deutsche Staatsexamen lernt, doch neben den wertvollen Erfahrungen außerhalb des Krankenhauses hat man auch während der Arbeitszeit sehr viel fürs Leben mitnehmen können. Tolle Naturschätze
So sehr uns der teils tragische Krankenhausalltag mitgenommen hat, umso mehr boten Ugandas Naturschätze Gelegenheit, auf andere Gedanken zu kommen.
Auch wenn das Land im Gegensatz zu Tansania oder Kenia nicht direkt am Meer liegt, lohnt es sich, in die faszinierend vielfältigen Landschaften, die buchstäblich atemberaubenden Tierwelten und die ewig grünen Regenwälder einzutauchen. Für die Erkundungsreisen rund um Uganda bieten sich verschiedenste Möglichkeiten.
Natürlich ist fast alles machbar, von Low-Cost-Reisen auf eigene Faust, bis zu Luxussafaris à la 5 Sterne. Die Lebenshaltungskosten sind niedrig, aber Reisen in Touristenregionen haben schon ihren eigenen Preis. Von Wandertouren im Gebirge oder Regenwald über Affen-, Steppen- und Bootsafaris befindet sich u.a. auch Abenteuersport beispielsweise beim Rafting auf dem Nil im Angebot.
In direkter Umgebung von Mbarara ist innerhalb eines Tagesausflugs der Lake-Mburo-Nationalpark zu erreichen. Aber auch hier muss man selber eine Transportmöglichkeit für den Park organisieren, was mitunter kompliziert und verhältnismäßig teuer werden kann. Den Besuch muss man sich dementsprechend gut überlegen, auch wenn die schöne Landschaft eines der positiven Argumente ist. Die Tiervielfalt ist sicher nicht ganz so ausgeprägt wie in anderen Parks, allerdings bietet er u.a. Gazellen, Warzenschweine und Nilpferde.
Ein großes Highlight in Uganda ist das Berggorilla-Tracking. Berggorillas sind vor dem Aussterben bedroht: Weltweit gibt es nur noch ca. 800 Tiere, von denen 400 in den hohen Urwäldern von Uganda und Ruanda leben. Es ist ein unvergleichliches Erlebnis, diesen verspielten, tapsigen, immer hungrigen und so menschenähnlichen Geschöpfen über eine Stunde lang beiwohnen zu dürfen – und das in freier Natur mitten im Regenwald. Man kommt den Tieren so nah wie nur möglich und kann somit natürlich auch unvergleichliche Fotos schießen. Obwohl Uganda unzählige Wasservorkommen, kleinere und mit dem Lake Victoria einen der größten Seen der Welt besitzt, kann man momentan aus Vorsicht sowohl vor den großen als auch den mikroskopisch kleinen im Wasser lauernden Gefahren wohl nur in dem im Süden gelegenen Lake Bunyonyi ohne größere Bedenken baden. Dafür aber in malerisch schöner Umgebung. Das genaue Gegenteil zu der Idylle am Lake Bunyonyi ist die Hauptstadt Kampala.
Auf jeden Fall einen Besuch wert und Ausgang vieler buchbarer Reisetouren ist Kampala eine extrem lebendige und wuselige Stadt. Anfangs kann man sich manchmal schon ein wenig verloren vorkommen und dann noch den richtigen Weg oder Bus am zentralen Busbahnhof zu finden schien für uns erst einmal ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit.
Kampala ist wahrlich keine Stadt mit vielen herausragenden Sehenswürdigkeiten von internationalem Format, dennoch eine eher modernere und internationalere Abwechslung zum restlichen Land.
Unmengen von Menschen tummeln sich besonders am zentralen Markt, das System des zentralen Busknotenpunktes ist unverständlich und gerade gegen Abend bieten die heimkehrenden Busse ein irrsinniges Gedrängel.
Obwohl es warm und staubig war, empfanden wir Kampala mit den aus Uganda gewohnten Palmen und der relativ grünen Umgebung als sympathisch. Gerade bei längeren Aufenthalten in ländlicheren Gebieten lernt man ein gewisses Großstadtflair wieder zu schätzen. Bei Bedarf kann man ins Kino gehen oder in einem Einkaufszentrum bummeln. Besonders gefallen haben uns die Ausgehmöglichkeiten, die gerade bei diesem hohen Anteil junger Leute an der Bevölkerung als sehr vielfältig erscheinen. Oft waren sie sogar innovativer, stilvoller und angenehmer als in Deutschland, was nicht nur an den vielen open air Bars, der fröhlich-friedlichen Stimmung und der Party Musik lag. Dinge auf die man gefasst sein sollte
Ihr tretet in einen neuen, dem deutschen sehr fernen aber fröhlich bunten Kulturkreis ein. Dementsprechend sind viele Dinge des täglichen Lebens und sonstige Handlungen bei einem gewissen Laisser-faire sehr gewöhnugsbedürftig.
Dennoch wird man v.a. als Muzungu sehr freundlich und sehr hilfsbereit durch alle komplexeren Situationen geleitet. Zu bedauern ist jedoch, wenn man beobachtet, wie freundlich einige Leute zu uns waren und wie schroff und gleichgültig sie im nächsten Moment ihren Landsleuten entgegentraten. Eine Interpretation dieses Verhaltens erscheint erst einmal schwierig und spekulativ. In der Kommunikation besteht ein großer Vorteil darin, dass viele Leute mindestens ein wenig bis sogar einwandfreies Englisch sprechen. Dies ist ein weiterer positiver Faktor und eine erhebliche Erleichterung um sich zurechtfinden, im Umgang mit den Einheimischen sowie auf Reisen. Manchmal fühlt man sich in Bezug auf einige Wohnweisen, der Technik, und manchen Denkweisen mit dem 18. Jahrhundert konfrontiert, wohingegen auf der anderen Seite fast jede Oma in Uganda ein bis zwei Mobiltelefone besitzt und das Internet auch hier immer weiter Verbreitung findet. Viele Missstände liegen natürlich auch an der nicht zu übersehenden Armut, die man so in Deutschland nicht kennt und die uns des Öfteren schon sehr hart traf. Korruption zieht sich durch alle Bereich des Lebens. Da ist es auch nicht verwunderlich, dass gelegentlich Komplettausfälle von Strom und Wasser zu ertragen sind.
Für den oberpünktlichen Disziplinfanatiker aus Deutschland dauert vieles oft länger als ihm lieb ist, daher plant immer mal ein bisschen mehr Zeit mit ein. Ob beim Markteinkauf, im Hotel oder Souveniermarkt, überall wo möglich sollte gehandelt werden. Oft wird dann in einen Preisnachlass von bis zu 30, 40 oder 50 Prozent eingewilligt. Das herkömmliche Essen wird nicht sofort vertraut vorkommen, doch auch wenn Uganda im Gegensatz zu Äthiopien nicht gerade wegen seiner kulinarischen Köstlichkeiten bekannt ist, wird man keinen Hunger leiden und findet sogar das ein oder andere leckere Gericht. Gerade durch den allgegenwärtigen Einfluss indischer Zuwanderer gibt es einige Traditionsgerichte wie Chapati oder Samosas. Des Weiteren haben wir sehr ballaststoff-, gemüse- und obstreich gegessen. Neben der Ugali-Pampe ist allen voran der Brei aus Kochbananen „Matoke“ das kulinarische Sinnbild Ugandas. Und wahrlich, so frisch und saftige Ananas, Bananen oder Mangos findet man ich Deutschland nicht. Im Straßenverkehr typisch ist der Linksverkehr und in Uganda fast unausweichlich sind die Boda Boda Fahrten, bei denen man sehr vorsichtig und gewissenhaft vorgehen sollte. Auch die weiteren Verkehrsmittel sind gewöhnungsbedürftig. Oft fühlt man sich bei chronischer Überfüllung in Bussen und typischen Kleinbussen (Matatus) wie Sardinen in der Dose. Organisatorische Hinweise / Linktipps
Letztendlich überwiegt ganz bestimmt der positive unbeschreibliche Erfahrungswert eines Aufenthaltes in Uganda. Es gibt viel Licht, aber auch Schatten zu durchlaufen. Und dennoch: Gerade das Bewusstwerden dieser Gegebenheiten, Zusammenhänge und Probleme macht den Aufenthalt so wertvoll für unsere weitere Entwicklung und vor allem auch für die Bewertung unseres Heimatlandes mit seinem Politik- und Gesundheitssystem. Definitiv sollte man auf den oben beschriebenen Klinikalltag gefasst sein, bei dem man bei Bedarf sehr viel eigenständig machen kann. So ist beispielsweise die Begleitung einer Schwangeren und das (Mit-)Überwachen von Geburten an vielen deutschen Krankenhäusern selbst für PJler oft ein Tabu, wohingegen man in Uganda äußerst selbstständig bei einer Geburt als wirklich ergreifendem Moment mindestens assistieren kann.
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