Other health geography organizations

to the large network of members. Visit the GHRG website , or contact Dr. Christine Dunn by email at c.e.dunn@durham.ac.uk

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Disability Specialty Group (DSG) of the Association of American Geographers. GEOGABLE is a discussion list for scholars in the humanities who are interested in geographical and built environment issues as they relate to persons with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. http://isc.temple.edu/neighbor/service/

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ESRI Training and Education "Learn from the World Leader in GIS." Excellent information source, see especially ESRI Press -- http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm

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National Center for Health Statistics Links to GIS and Related Sites http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/gis/gis_links.htm

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NLH/NHS Informatics UK Health GIS Special Interest Group. This link provides access to the Special Interest Group page for interested parties that register with the site. This "helps build a community of people with an active interest in health informatics and builds a profile of those using the site and their requirements of the site. Details provided to this site are not used for any commercial purpose." The health informatics community is now featured on a website entitled espace, which is a community based site dedicated to improving healthcare by sharing knowledge and experiences of technology enabled change. http://www.espace.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/

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Australia's Geo-Health link. Geo-Health is a discussion list for anyone interested in the geography of health or any spatial or locational aspects of public health, community health, environmental health or epidemiology. Members may post queries and comments, initiate discussions and forward conference announcements, workshops and seminars and job vacancies. We encourage multidisciplinary input and views. Geo-health list is run by Lisel O'Dwyer: https://listserver.flinders.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/geohealth
Contact Lisel at lisel.odwyer@flinders.edu.au

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Canadian Association of Geographers, Geography of Health and Health Care Specialty Group. This group was formed in 1977 and became "officially recognized" by the CAG in 1981. The purpose of the GHHCSG is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among researchers interested in health geography issues. Members are kept up-to-date on conferences, employment and research opportunities through the use of an informal email distribution list and Website (unfortunately, as of the end of 2009, the site [ http://www.caghealth.ca] seems to have had no updates or signs of activity for some years). However, the Chairperson, Nicole Yantzi, may be contacted at nyantzi@laurentian.ca

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Working Group for Medical Geography, German Association of Geography. Currently, this group is headed by Drs. Thomas Kistemann and Jurgen Schweikart. This website (in German) is at http://www.med-geo.de/ Especially useful on this site is their "Links" page.

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Royal Society - Institute of British Geographers - Geography of Health Research Group. The Group provides a lively and supportive network for all those interested in research in Geography of Health and Health Care. The main activities of the Group revolve around: - Meetings which bring together researchers in Geography of Health and Health Care nationally and internationally. This includes involvement in a well-established periodic International Medical Geography Symposium;
supporting postgraduates working in geography of health and health care; and E-mailing news and conference announcements