•1500 international NGOs providing health volunteering services1
–Several hundred U.S. based international health volunteer organizations exist comprising a portion of the 1500
•1 billion people lack access to health care globally with 57 countries designated as access shortage areas
•WHO reports a shortage of 2.4 million healthworkers.
•39.5 million full-time, paid, health service providers worldwide2
•In 1998, 11.4% (12.47 million) volunteered in health care in the U.S. alone1
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Health Care Volunteer Demographics
HealthCare Volunteer Confidential
1 IMVA: Several hundred American NGOs engage in international health work, and other developed countries also have their own independent NGOs. The total number of NGOs worldwide has been estimated at 1,500. Thus it is not unusual to find two hundred or more international health agencies operating in the world's poorest countries.
2 WHO Annual Report 2006, pg.17
3 Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor.  Volunteering in the United States, 2005.  12/9/2005