Only 2% of Kosovo inhabitants are covered by private health insurance companies. Private Insurance Companies are organized in a joint association called the Insurance Association of Kosovo (IAS). This association was established in 2002 with the agreement of the licensed insurance companies in Kosovo. They seek to improve the insurance industry in Kosovo, to stabilize the insurance market and to offer trainings to the companies. The insurance companies in Kosovo are the following:  Patients' Rights Association in Kosovo (PRAK) is an independent and non-profit association. Its main activities include promotion, education, public meetings, information outreach, conferences, and seminars. Albanian Health Initiative (AHI) goal is to identify and eliminate health care inequalities that exist in the Albanian-American community. This initiative promotes preventive screening measures and efficient utilized health care resources, in order to improve the quality of care and strengthen the patient-physician relationship. Also, a very precious member of AHI is Dr. James Strickler. Since 2000, Dr. James C. Strickler, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Family Medicine Doctor, and former Dean of Dartmouth Medical School, has supervised the student exchange program between Dartmouth Medical School and University of Pristina, Faculty of Medicine. More than 200 students have benefited from the program. Some of the Albanian exchange students have successfully obtained ECFMG certification, who have done research for medical institutions in the United States and have joined the Albanian American Medical Society. With the ongoing effort of Dr. Strickler, Geisel Medical School has raised more than $4.5 million for the development of health care programs in Kosovo. Albanian Health Fund (AHF) has recruited, planned, and sent small teams of medical and surgical personnel to Albania who participated in teaching and clinical interaction with Albanian specialists. The AHF main goals are continuation of tutorials on given medical specialties for the Albanian medical community, providing medical supplies and equipment, organizing medical study trips to the United States for selected Albanian doctors and many other public activities. MediGAL is the association of health managers in Kosovo. It has done many activities, where as the latest and most important activity was the Swedish donation of 350 external breast prostheses for patients with surgical mastectomy. The donation came from the Swedish association called Parlan which was established by women who have had problems of this nature. The Ministry of Health of Kosovo has recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Kosovo Medigal Health Management and Special Education Organization "Ozel Egitim Kurumlari Irem" from Turkey, for extensive cooperation in health sector.