Sample Internship Placements - Global Health

DISCLAIMER

This is a collection of past internship placements. There is no guarantee that these same placements and/or project roles will be available for future terms.
Your internship placements will be determined through an interview process to match you with a company or organization aligned with your skills and interests.
This is not a comprehensive list of all possible global internship placement opportunities.

La Paz

Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Company Description: Child Family Health International (CFHI), a United Nations-recognized non-profit organization, is a distinguished leader in Global Health experiential learning for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate trainees through both faculty-led and non-faculty-led program structures. CFHI programs are designed to provide participants with concrete skills for global health work within multicultural and international populations while broadening and deepening participants’ understanding of how health is shaped across different contexts and populations.

The organization offers first and foremost a global learning opportunity, where participants learn by shadowing and engaging with local experts. Clinical placements provide valuable insights into the healthcare system, local realities, the burden of disease, and the determinants of health. In line with our commitment to best practices in global health, clinical rotations and public health activities in CFHI are

Program themes: Public health, primary health care, hospital medicine, maternal and reproductive health, pediatrics, and child health.

Sites: All sites are subject to change dependent on availability and local conditions. Students will have the opportunity to request preferences and the local team will do their best to accommodate these.

  • Public Children’s Hospital: This site is a state-run hospital and one of the largest and oldest hospitals in Bolivia, treats patients from all over the country. The hospital has 160 beds and is the national center for Pediatrics.
  • Public Women’s Hospital: This site is a third level hospital specialized in providing services to women. Among other services, they provide care in: Gynecology: STI infections, septic abortions, surgery, laparoscopic surgery, hysteroscopy, cervical and breast pathology, etc. Breast Pathology, Sterility and Conjugal Infertility. Obstetrics: dystocic childbirth, pathologies associated with pregnancy, diabetes, etc.
  • Intensive Care: life support, assisted breathing, shock management, complications, etc. Neonatology: newborn care, newborns hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit, intermediate therapy, etc. Anesthesiology: general anesthesia, conductive anesthesia, recoveries, etc.
  • Municipal Hospital: This site is a municipal hospital located in Los Andes, in the city of El Alto. With only 20 pediatric and neonatology beds, it is a small hospital specifically for children and mothers. It is also a teaching hospital and receives medical interns doing rotations in Pediatrics and Obstetrics.
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Oaxaca

Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Child Family Health International (CFHI)

Company Description: Child Family Health International (CFHI), a United Nations-recognized non-profit organization, is a distinguished leader in Global Health experiential learning for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate trainees through both faculty-led and non-faculty-led program structures. CFHI programs are designed to provide participants with concrete skills for global health work within multicultural and international populations while broadening and deepening participants’ understanding of how health is shaped across different contexts and populations.

The organization offers first and foremost a global learning opportunity, where participants learn by shadowing and engaging with local experts. Clinical placements provide valuable insights into the healthcare system, local realities, the burden of disease, and the determinants of health. In line with our commitment to best practices in global health, clinical rotations and public health activities in CFHI are

Program Themes: Primary Care, Hospital Medicine, Indigenous

Sites: All sites are subject to change dependent on availability and local conditions. Students will have the opportunity to request preferences and the local team will do their best to accommodate these.

  • Centros de Salud/Primary Health Centers: The Centros de Salud are government run primary care clinics serving families in Oaxaca City. These clinics provide services including health education and promotion, diagnosis and treatment of disease, prenatal care and family planning, and primary care services including vaccinations and well-child checkups.
  • General Government Hospital: This facility is a general hospital sponsored by government and civil organizations in Oaxaca. The hospital provides primary, secondary and tertiary care. It is a popular site for students interested in pediatrics because the department is generally very busy.
  • Nonprofit Rehabilitation Center: This state-of-the-art facility receives most of its funding from a national telethon campaign televised annually. It provides genetic counseling for families, as well as physical and speech therapy. It also provides services and equipment for children with disabilities from across the state of Oaxaca. Learn from orthopedic specialists, general practitioners and rehabilitation experts as they engage in patient consultations and rounds. Since its opening in 1997, this facility has provided care for over 4,000 children.
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