The increasing focus on international health is evident in several large . organizations. The International Health Medical Education Consortium (now called the Global Health Education Consortium), created in 1991, now has a membership of approximately 80 medical schools in the . and Canada and aims to foster international health education for medical students. The American Medical Association opened its Office of International Medicine in 1978, the . chapter of International Federation of Medical Studentsí Association (IFMSA) was started in 1998 and the Global Health Action Committee of the American Medical Student Association in 1997
