Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) Israel Expand view 9 Dror St., Jaffa-Tel Aviv 68135, Israel Physicians for Human Rights - Israel is a not-for-profit organisation comprising of some 300 physicians, medical professionals and human rights activists, whose aim is to ensure equal adequate health services for all people under Israeli responsibility, irrespective of race, nationality, language, legal status, health condition, age, or any other premises. PHR - Israel works via direct intervention and advocacy to provide equal services for Palestinians, migrant workers, detainees, prisoners and female victims of domestic violence as well as working to afect general health policy in Israeli law. The PHR - Israel library is opoen to the public. They also run an open clinic for migrant workers http://www.phr.org.il/
Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD) UK Expand view Mortimer Market Capper Street London WC1E 6AU A world-renowned centre of excellence dedicated to prevention treatment, training and research into tropical and travel related diseases, and employs some of the only specialist consultants in tropical diseases available through the National Health Service. The resource centre is not open to the public http://www.thehtd.org
International Childcare Trust (ICT) UK Expand view Development House 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4JX The International Childcare Trust supports projects with the aim of enabling them to become self-sufficient. The main focus is on children in threatening situations http://www.ict-uk.org/
Interhealth UK Expand view 157 Waterloo Road London SE1 8US Interhealth provides comprehensive travel health service and supplies for aid workers, mission partners, volunteers and members of voluntary agencies. Services include pre and post-travel medicals, a travel clinic, counselling, debriefing and psychiatric care and advice to agencies and individuals by phone, fax or e-mail. Supplies include a full range of antimalarials, mosquito nets and other travel health supplies. Staff are also available for lectures, seminars and consultancies http://www.interhealth.org.uk
Asociacion Via Libra Peru Expand view PO Box 0420 Lima 31 Aims to develop STD/HIV/AIDS primary prevention strategies; to improve the quality of life of people living with AIDS by providing them with integral health care program; and to promote and protect the human rights of people living with AIDS and their families; and to train health personnel in STDs/HIV/AIDS. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.geocities.com/vialibreperu
PROFAMILIA Colombia Expand view Calle 34, No 14-52 Santaf' de Bogota PROFAMILIA aim to promote and defend the human right to family planning in Colombia and work towards achieving better sexual and reproductive health by providing informaiton and other services. To improve maternal and child health through longer spacing between pregnancies. To increase awareness of the possible effects of the demongraphic situation on the socioeconomic development in the country and in the world. To train personnel at all levels who can facilitate the organisation of family planning programs in Colombia and throughout the developing world. Resource centre open to the public. http://www.profamilia.org.co
St Lucia Planned Parenthood Association (SLPPA) St Lucia Expand view 21 Jermie Street Castries Its mission is to improe the quality of life of the St. Lucian people through family planning and reproductive/sexual health care. The association aims to safeguard the individual's right to make informed choices in regard to Sexual and reproducative health and advocate fot sound government policy to support reproductive rights
Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organisations (APCASO) Malaysia Expand view 12 Jalan 13/48A The Boulevard Shop Office off Jalan Sentul 51000 Kuala Lumpur APCASO is a network of non-government and community-based organisations that provide HIV/AIDS services within the Asia Pacific region. Together with AfriCASO (Africa), EuroCASO (Europe), LACCASO (Latin America and the Caribbean), and NACASO (North America), APCASO is part of the International Council of AIDS Service Organisations (ICASO). APCASO promotes the responses of non-governmental community-based AIDS organisations to the global challenge of HIV/AIDS, with particular emphasis on strengthening the response in communities with few resourses and within affected communities http://www.apcaso.org
Terre des Hommes (TDH) Rehabilitation Centre|King Edward Memorial Hospital India Expand view Rasta Peth Pune 411011 This is a day-care centre based in a hospital. Its main aims are the medical diagnosis and management of physical, mental and emotional problems using a multi-disciplinary approach. Networking and advocacy is done for all types of disability through collaboration with various service providers looking after the promotion of education and skills. Nearly 15 000 children attend the centre each year. The resource centre is not open to the public
Christian Hospital Mini-Health Centres India Expand view Madarapakkam Post Thiruvallure District Tamil Nadu Its aims are to work in the Name of Jesus, for the Spiritual , Medical and Socio-economic advancement of all classes of people in India, especially for poor people in rural areas through Medical Evangelical out-reach in India; and to work towards providing self employment training projects for the unemployed poor
Society for the Promotion of Youth & Masses (SPYM) India Expand view B-4/3054 Vasant Kunj New Delhi - 110070 Main Objectives of SPYM: (1) Help young people/women develop adequate skills and promote leadership qualitites so as to enable them to act as a catalyst to social change. (2) To make efforts for the promotion of better health care and educaition for women as well as for deprived children http://www.spym.org
Indian Institute of Youth and Development (IIYD) India Expand view Kalinga Khandhamal Orissa Its objectives are the promotion of youth groups; to provide skills training; to take up development work; educate the disadvantaged on health care; and to provide disability care and prevention. Its resource centre is open to the public
Institute for Indian Mother and Child (IIMC) India Expand view Vill- Tegharia Post- Sonarpur Dist- 24 Pgs(S), WB IIMC is a Voluntary NGO working for the poorest of the poor in the field of primary health, education and rural development. IIMC is concerned with health education and health promotion, working towards their main objective of the total development and upliftment of the community. Women empowerment programmes and Micro Savings and Credit programmes aim to fulfill the basic needs of the community as they work towards self sufficiency. The hospital/clinic contains 20 beds.
Yasmeen Clinic - The Family Health Centre Pakistan Expand view H/33-34 Rizvia Society Nazimabad Karachi 74600 The Yasmeen Clinic aims to provide health care services to the community. Treatment of the sick and their families via outpatient and domicillary services is also provided. Chemically ill and terminally sick patients are provided with palliative care. A further aim is the prevention of disease by immunisation. Counselling is also provided
Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (PSRD) Pakistan Expand view 111 Ferozepur Road Lahore-54600 The aims and objectives of PSRD are to undertake activities for the welfare of physically handicapped persons in order to give them self-respect and to enable them to be self-supporting citizens and, also, to adopt preventative measures against physical disabilities. The PSRD run a 105 bed orthopaedic hospital
