Cornell Student Society for Public Health

Public Health Organizations

The World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/
Directs and coordinates health related programs and activities within the United Nations System

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS)
http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp
An umbrella venture of ten United Nations system organizations that supports an expanded response to AIDS.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ 
A US governmental organization which helps people and communities protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/ 
The primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.

Peace Corps

http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm
Works on development programs in less-developed areas of the world.