Members: Useful Links

LMV volunteers find certain sites useful in preparing for their trips. Some of the most frequently used sites include those below.

Please keep in mind that although LMV makes every effort to keep these links current, some sites do change urls without notifying us. You can help by letting us know if you come across any broken links. Thank you!

US State Department: http://travel.state.gov/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Traveler's Health section: http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
Baja Bush Pilots: http://www.bajabush.com/
Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, United States: http://www.consulmex-la.com/
Mexican Culture Overview: http://www.go2mexico.com/?page=mexico_articles/mexico_culture.php
Sonora Ministry of Health: http://www.saludsonora.gob.mx/
Spanish-English Free Online Translation: http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/
Currency Converter: http://money.cnn.com/data/currencies/
Travel Insurance (one of many available; ask us for other ideas if you'd like more suggestions.): http://www.medexassist.com/index.html

Additionally, many volunteers use Spanish-language vocabulary lists that include medical terms. A good way to find online resources is to search on Google or another search engine site for terms like "Spanish medical vocabulary" or "Spanish health-related words". Some recent searches produced the following sites:

http://www.som.tulane.edu/groups/lamsa/ls.html
http://www.smartphrase.com/Spanish/sp_medical_voc.shtml
http://www.tomzap.com/sp_med.html#treatment

Lastly, a great many other organizations are involved in humanitarian medical work, including through the use of volunteer flight missions. An excellent resource for and about these organizations is the Air Care Alliance: http://aircarall.org