AMDA - International

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AMDA - I n t e r n a t i o n a l

AMDA - International is a humanitarian, non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization. It was founded in 1984. Its mission is to promote the health and well-being all around the world. AMDA - International assists local non-governmental organizations to sustainable development projects, promote emergency preparedness and provide appropriate emergency relief assistance.

The idea was born in 1979 when a Japanese doctor Dr Shigeru Suganami and two medical students rushed to Thailand to extend assistance to cambodian civil war refugees. They had concluded that things would have been facilitatd if they have some health practitioners in the local communities. So, the concept got its form in 1984. and they founded "The Association of Medical Doctors for Asia". Ten years later, when the services of association extended, participants decided to change the name of the organization to "The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia". Today AMDA has also the members of the allied medical doctors and non-health professionals and its full name is AMDA - International.

Activities of AMDA - International are development projects and humanitarian emergency relief projects. It maintains field project offices in Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Zaire, Cambodia, Former Yugoslavia, Chechnya and Pakistan. AMDA - International promote the well-being of human societies and initiates programs which strenghten the relationships of its members. It organizes annual business meetings, biannual general conventions and publishes journals and newsletters. It colaborates with other non-governmental organizations which are members of International Network of NGOs for Emergency and Development (INNED), Asia-Pacific Relief Organizations Network (APRONET), and cooperates with agencies of the United nations such as UNHCR, WHO, UNICEF, IOM UNTAC.

Family of AMDA

AMDA is composed of health and non-health professionals. It has members from 25 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and North & South Americas. These countries included: Albania, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Srpska (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Rwanda, Sakha Republic (Russia), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand and Zambia.............

more info on web site www.amda.or.jp

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more info on web site www.amda.or.jp
Click on English Page. Japanese Page