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Global Health & Development
The following are a selection of institutions, agencies and projects which have either attended
LSHTM careers events, advertised vacancies or that constitute the destinations of some of the
LSHTM’s graduates. This has also been supplemented by example agencies that are of
relevance to students at the LSHTM.
Last updated: July 20th 2011
International Donor Agencies and Projects
Australian Agency for International Development http://www.ausaid.gov.au/
Aga Khan Development Network http://www.akdn.org/
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index.htm
Clinton Health Access initiative www.clintonfoundation.org
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org/tc/apo/en/
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) http://www.idrc.ca/en
Infrastructure Consortium for Africa http://www.icafrica.org/
Millennium Challenge Corporation http://www.mcc.gov/
Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development www.novartisfoundation.org
UNAIDS http://www.unaids.org/en/
UN - Junior Professional Officer Programme
http://www.jposc.org/content/programme/presentation-en.html
United Nations Volunteer Programme http://www.unv.org
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
 The New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI)
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_46145.html
 The UNICEF Internship Programme.
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_internship.html
United Nations Development Programme
 The Leadership Development Programme (LEAD) http://www.undp.org/lead/
 Internship Opportunities with the UNDP http://www.undp.org/internships/
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
 International Professional Roster Programme (IPR)
http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c497.html
 Internships - http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c49d.html
United Nations Population Fund
 UNFPA Internship Programme http://www.unfpa.org/employment/internship.htm
United Nations University
 Internships http://unu.edu/employment/intern.html
Pan American Health Organisation http://new.paho.org/
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/employment/profiles/en/
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Not for Profit / Implementation Agencies
Humanitarian Relief
CARE International http://www.careinternational.org.uk/what-we-do
Doctors of the World www.doctorsoftheworld.org
GOAL http://www.goal.ie/
EMERGENCY
International Medical Corps www.imcworldwide.org
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES www.msf.org
Medair www.medair.org
Merlin www.merlin.org.uk
RedR www.redr.org.uk
Red Cross www.redcross.org.uk
Disability
ADD International http://www.add.org.uk/
CBM UK www.cbmuk.org.uk
Eye Health
ORBIS Charitable Trust
Righttosight www.righttosight.com
Sightsavers (e.g. Trachoma Initiative) www.sightsavers.org
Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health
Centre for Development and Population Activities http://www.cedpa.org
Concern Worldwide www.concernusa.org , Innovations for Maternal Newborn & Child Health’
www.imnch.org
Family Health International www.fhi.org/en
International Planned Parenthood Federation www.ippf.org/en
Marie Stopes International http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/
Maternity Worldwide www.maternityworldwide.org
Population Action International www.populationaction.org
Population Services International www.psi.org
Save The Children
Infectious Disease
AMREF http://uk.amref.org
The European Foundations Initiative for African Research into Neglected Tropical Diseases http://ntdafrica.net/
EPICENTRE www.epicentre.com
Malaria Consortium www.malariaconsortium.org
The MENTOR Initiative
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance www.aidsalliance.org
Project Muso http://www.projectmuso.org/about
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Population Services International www.psi.org
Sightsavers (e.g. Trachoma Initiative) www.sightsavers.org
UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development www.aidsconsortium.org.uk
Non Infectious Disease
International Diabetes Federation http://www.idf.org/
Health Systems and Capacity building
Calcutta Rescue Fund
CARE International http://www.careinternational.org.uk
The Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) http://www.akdn.org/AKHS
Global Health Action www.globalhealthaction.org/en
Global Medic Force, www.globalmedicforce.org
Health Unlimited www.healthunlimited.org
IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health http://www.ictph.org.in/index.htm
Ipswich-Beira Health Initiative www.ipswich-mozambique-health.org.uk
Village Health Works http://villagehealthworks.org/
International SOS www.internationalsos.com
Skillshare www.skillshare.org
Nutrition
Action Against Hunger www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk
CARE International http://www.careinternational.org.uk/what-we-do
GOAL http://www.goal.ie/
The Micronutrient Initiative: http://www.micronutrient.org/English/View.asp?x=699
Research Institutes (note: this section is under
construction!)
AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER www.aphrc.org
The International Vaccine Institute, Korea
Makerere/UVRI Infection and Immunity, Research Training Programme, Uganda
www.muii.org.ug
MRC Unit, The Gambia http://www.mrc.gm/
National Center for AIDS/STD Control & Prevention, China CDC
http://www.chinaids.org.cn/n1971/index.html
University of the Free State, Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, South Africa
http://www.ufs.ac.za/
Yunnan Institute of Malaria Control (PRC)
Chris Hana Baragwanath Hospital (SA)
Family Health International Institute of HIV/AIDS (US)
Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania)
Central Statistical Authority (Ethiopia)
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Human Reproduction Programme Centre (Benin)
Institute of Public Health (Vietnam)
International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Centre (NL)
Leprosy & Skin Diseases Research Centre, Kenya
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, China
Institute for research in Medical Statistics, India http://www.icmr.nic.in/000134/irms.htm
National Institute of occupational Health, India
Institute of Tropical Hygiene & Public Health (Germany)
PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative
India Institute of Public Health
, Unidad de Investigacion en Retrovirus Humanos (Mexico)
Stellenbosch University (SA)
Yunnan Institute of Malaria Control (PRC)
Chris Hana Baragwanath Hospital (SA)
Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania) http://www.nbs.go.tz/
Central Statistical Authority (Ethiopia)
Human Reproduction Programme Centre (Benin)
Institute of Public Health (Vietnam)
International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Centre (NL)
Leprosy & Skin Diseases Research Centre, Kenya
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, China
Institute for research in Medical Statistics
National Institute of occupational Health, India
Institute of Tropical Hygiene & Public Health (Germany)
PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative
India Institute of Public Health
Unidad de Investigacion en Retrovirus Humanos (Mexico)
Stellenbosch University (SA)
Consultancies, Thinks Tanks, Research Organisations
Crown Agents www.crownagents.com
DAI http://www.dai.com/work/
The Micronutrient Initiative: http://www.micronutrient.org/English/View.asp?x=699
Management Sciences for Health http://www.msh.org/
Futures Group International www.futuresgroup.com
GFA Consulting Group http://www.gfa-group.de/
Global Business Coalition Against… http://www.gbcimpact.ru/en/
HLSP | Mott MacDonald www.hlsp.org
The Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/
Overseas Development Institute www.odi.org.uk