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Federal Ministry of Health, the Family and the Young - Austria

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Health, the Family and the Young (AFMHFY) aims to prevent health problems for all Austrian subjects regardless of age, sex or income. The AFMHFY especially promotes the engagement of youth in health issues such as sex, alcohol and drug-use so that future generations...

CDC (Center for Disease Control)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognised as the lead federal agency in the US for protecting the health and safety of people. CDC serves to develop and apply disease prevention and control, environmental health, health promotion and education activities. CDC provides...

World Health Organization (WHO) - Bangladesh

Building on WHO’s mandate and its comparative advantage, six core functions have been defined for the organization and country activities of WHO Bangladesh are of course within the shepherd of these functions. The core functions include the following: - Providing leadership on matters...

World Health Organization (WHO) -Western Pacific

Our purpose is to lead the regional response to public health issues on all fronts - medical, technical, socio-economic, cultural, legal and political -towards the achievement of WHO's global health mission.

Ministry of Health - Portugal

The priorities of the health policy are to: •Ensure that citizens have access to health, and improve the quality of the services provided to them. •Ensure the National Health Service's economic and financial sustainability. •Foster participation by citizens in the use and active management of...

Ministry of Health - Armenia

Ministry of Health (MOH) is the ministry which is responsible for implementing the health care policies of the Armenian Government. Currently the MOH is involved in developing and implementing a wide range of programmes and projects.

Ministry of Health - Switzerland

The Federal Office of Public Health of Switzerland watches constantly over the health of the nation in areas as diverse as: - food safety, - consumer protection, - health and accident insurance, - efforts to control substance dependence, - regulatory supervision of chemical...

World Health Organization (WHO) - Turkey

The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialised agency for health (established in 1948) aims to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services. Health is being defined in WHO's Constitution as state of complete physical, mental, and social...

Disaster Mental Health Institute-In progress

The mission of the Disaster Mental Health Institute is the promotion, development, and application of both practice and research in disaster mental health. Its' purpose is to research issues relating to disaster mental health and provide education for the benefit of those dealing with victims of...

Afghan Women's Mission

The Afghan Women’s Mission was founded in January 2000 by a small group of Americans to support the humanitarian and political work of RAWA. It primarily provides health care and education for women and children in Afghanistan and for Afghan refugees in Pakistan. It also plays a broader role in...

Hungarian Baptist Aid

HBaid's core activities are the provision of humanitarian aid in times of natural disasters, development, and human and civil rights protection. The foundation is involved in humanitarian and development programmes in 17 countries. In cases of catastrophes HBaid sets up orphanages, provides food,...

Ministry for Health and Social Security, Iceland

Established in 1970, the Ministry of Health and Social Security in Iceland is responsible for the administration and policy making of health and social security issues in Iceland. The Ministry is in charge with issues concerning public health, patient rights, the operation of health facilities, the...

World Health Organization (WHO) - Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)

The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialised agency for health, aims to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services. The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean prioritizes programmes which focus on such issues as the global...

Delhi House (Sewa Ashram)

Delhi House was the name of a house for the homeless founded in 1997; relocation in the year 2000 saw the adoption of a new name - Sewa Ashram. Housing up to 120 individuals (and some families), Delhi House is a community-based rehabilitation centre and clinic for the destitute, with a goal to...

Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI)

Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) is a non-profit, registered society composed of a federation of 24 State Voluntary Health Associations, linking together more than 4000 health care institutions and grassroots level community health programmes spread across India. VHAI's primary...

Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) - Kyrgyzstan

Project HOPE's mission to achieve sustainable advances in health care around the world. The essence of Project HOPE is teaching; the basis is partnership. Identifiable to many by the S.S. HOPE, the peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now conducts land-based medical training and health care...

Durbin PLC

Durbin is one of the world’s leading specialist medical suppliers. Their main divisions encompass everything from international sales, sales to NGO’s and charities, clinical trials supply, early access programmes and imported unlicensed medicines to sexual health supplies, and the storage and...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada provides medical and logistical expertise, and personnel for a number of field operations across the globe, especially in countries where no medical infrastructure exists or where existing ones cannot cope. MSF Canada directly responds to public health...

Health on the Net Foundation (HON)

Health On the Net Foundation (HON) is a not-for-profit portal to guide both lay users and medical professionals to reliable sources of healthcare information on the Internet.

Jamaica Red Cross

Jamaica Red Cross, a member society of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, provides medical and humanitarian assistance during disasters. They work with disaster response, disaster preparedness, first aid, search and rescue, health services, HIV/AIDS, social...