Population Concern UK Expand view Studio 325, Highgate Studios 53-79 Highgate Road London NW5 1TL Works for the improvement of the quality of life worldwide by advancing the right of all people (with an emphasis on women and young people) to exercise free and informed reproductive health choices, and to have access to confidential family planning and sexual and reproductive health services http://www.populationconcern.org.uk
Tearfund UK Expand view 100 Church Road Teddington Middlesex TW11 8QE Tearfund is a Christian relief and development agency working to see millions of people released from material and spiritual poverty through a network of local churches. Over the last 40 years, we have been gathering knowledge and sharing it with those who want to see poverty reduced and justice restored across the world. Tearfund resources are available to download free of charge including training materials, case studies, international magazine Footsteps and more. The Learning Zone Provides resources, case studies and advice for grassroots church and development workers and development professionals, and in-depth analysis for policymakers. http://tilz.tearfund.org
Women's Health Organisation of Nigeria (WHON) Nigeria Expand view Lofom House, 21 Mobolaji Bank, Anthony Way Leventis Bus Stop Maryland PMB 21178 Ikeja, Lagos State
Nigerian Medical Forum UK (NMF) UK Expand view 65 Warden Hill Road Luton LU2 7AE Bedfordshire Supplements the effort of the government and health professionals in Nigeria and West Africa to improve the healthcare system and the dissemination of health information and education none
Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria Expand view PO Box 3663 UNICAL Post Office Calabar GPI trains adolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 18 on issues of sexuality, humanrights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as equipping them with leadership, economic and other life management skills to cope with growing up, enabling them to live an empowered womanhood. The training is aimed at laying the basis to ensure their enjoyment of healthy sexuality and womanhood while taking positive actions towards the realisation of social and gender justice for future generations. Its resource centre is open to the public http://www.electronic community.org/ngos/Girls Power
Life Vanguards (LIVA) Nigeria Expand view PO Box 2182 Osogbo Osun State LIVA's mission is to advance public health knowledge, invest in youth and enhance sustainable human development through education research and service provision. The main goal is to improve the health of the youth, nurture and channel their potentials for sustainable human development. The objectives of the organisation are: To enable youths to make informed decisions about their health through the porvision of information and counseling. To create an appropriate climate for policies and laws neccesary for meeting the needs of the youth. To improve the success of young people to leadership positions. To create alternative life options and sense of self reliance in the youth. http://www.lifevanguard.org
Stop AIDS Organisation Nigeria Expand view Box 5052 Murtala Mohammed Airport Ikeja, Lagos StopAIDS aim to prevent and combat the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases by designing and implementing appropriate public education and enlightenment programmes for target populations. To the worried well, we provide care, compromising of medical treatment, counselling and psycho-social support. Also they aim to create awareness amongst women who provide support training in the motor park. Empowering them with appropriate training and retraining of women in the sexual and reproductive health arena. The StopAIDS resource centre is open to the public
Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) UK Expand view 24 Eversholt Street London NW1 1AD THET assists those who are responsible for training health care workers in the poorer countries of the world to reach their goals, so that they are able to prepare those who are being trained in the most appropriate and effective way for the tasks that they will be called to do, relevant to the needs of local communities. THET works with institutions and does not respond to individual applications for help. Much of the work of the Trust is to enable individuals to reach their goals set for them in the context of their home University or other instituation. To work with partners in Africa to strengthen healthcare training. By responding to their needs and working over long time scales we aim to help our partners to achieve their goals. Our work builds on the existing infrastructure and compliments the efforts of health authorities. We have been established for 15 years and have long term relationships with health institutions and professionals in over 8 african countries and with more than 18 UK hospital trusts. http://www.thet.org
Institute of Education (IoE)|Unversity of London: Department of Education and International Development (EID) UK Expand view Room 613 20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL The IOC's missino to 'to pursue sexcellence in education and related areas' by engaging in research and scholarship and offering high quality inovative post-graduate and post-experience teaching programme http://www.ioe.ac.uk
International Family Health (IFH) UK Expand view 40 Adler Street London E1 1EE IFH aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of disadvantaged people in resource-poor settings, based on the principles of empowering women and men to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health; meeting unmet needs; increasing access to integrated and high quality services; gender equity; and diversity of families http://www.ifh.org
Health Rights Initiative (HRI) Nigeria Expand view PO Box 15700 Ikeja Lagos HRI is a non-profit, non-governmental private initiative formed to defend, protect and promote health rights in Nigeria. The HRI pursues its objectives through education, research, conferences, seminars, workshops and publication of a newsletter. It has offices in Maiduguni, Abraka dn Lagos
Centre for Health Policy and Strategic Studies (CHPSS) Nigeria Expand view PO Box 7597, Ikeja Lagos Aims to enhance human health in Nigeria through building capacity for advocacy in health workers, enhancing knowledge about public health, engaging in health service research for evidence-based decision-making, and disseminating health information. Resource centre open to the public http://www.expage.com/chpsshomepage
Tearfund UK Expand view 100 Church Road Teddington Middlesex TW11 8QE Tearfund is a Christian international relief and development agency with more than 40 years' experience. We work with partners and the local church across the world to tackle the complex challenges of poverty. Tearfund is recognised as a leader in its work, integrating community development, disaster response and recovery, disaster risk reduction and advocacy. Tearfund works in more than 50 countries worldwide, in partnership with communities, churches and local organisations to overcome poverty and injustice. http://www.tearfund.org
ActionAid International South Africa Expand view PostNet Suite No 248 Private Bag x31 Saxonwold 2132 Johannesburg ActionAid International works in 35 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Through long term development, relief and peace building work, ActionAid aims to secure lasting improvements in people's quality of lives and to support poor and marginalised groups to secure their basic rights to live a more fulfilled and dignified life. ActionAid works in partnership with over 2,000 civil society partners ranging from village-based AIDS support and women’s credit groups to national peasants’ movements and global education campaigns. ActionAid also works with national and local governments in poor countries to ensure that they respect, protect and fulfil their citizens’ human rights. ActionAid’s work reaches 13 million of the world’s poorest people and it employs 1,800 staff - 90% of them from developing countries http://www.actionaid.org
