Dulas Ltd UK Expand view Unit 1 Dfyi Eco Park Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AX Wales Dulas aims to work throughout the world to support communities by supplying solar powered equipment, including vaccine refrigerators, blood banks and remote power supplies. The library is not open to the public http://www.dulas.org.uk
WomenAid International (WAI) UK Expand view 3 Whitehall Court Whitehall London SW1A 2EL http://www.womenaid.org
International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) France Expand view 2 rue Auguste Comte 92170 Vanves The IUHPE mission is to promote global health and to contribute to the achievement of equality in health between and within the countries of the world. The IUPHE fulfils its mission by building and operating an independent, global, professional network of individuals and institutions to encourage the free exchange of ideas, knowledge, know-how, experiences, and the development of relevant collaboration projects, both at global and regional levels http://www.iuphe.org
International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP) Switzerland Expand view International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations Avenue de France, 23 1202 Geneva Switzerland ILEP members support medical, scientific, social and humanitarian activities throughout the world to cure and rehabilitate people affected by leprosy and to prevent and eventually eradicate the disease. Almost half of all new leprosy cases detected each year are found in members' programmes. Between them ILEP members contribute an annual budget of $US60 million to anti-leprosy work, funding more than a thousand projects in 97 countries http://www.ilepfederation.org/
European Network Field Office for Central Asia|International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Kazakhstan Expand view PO Box 26 Almaty 480008 Its objectives are to establish and support family planning associations in Central Asia; to ensure the right of all men, women and youth to free and informed choice about their sexual and reproductive health; and to work with local NGOS, government organisations and international agencies to promote the family planning movement and sexual-moral education. The resource centre is only open to IPPF partner organisations http://www.ippf.org
Communicacion Andina Peru Expand view Casilla Postal 700 Mariscal Gamarra 13-B (Primera Etapa) Cuzco This is a small non-profit organisation composed of educators, health personnel and environmentalists. It carries out community-based development projects addressed at indigenous communities in the rural and peri-urban areas of the Inka region of Peru, specifically addressed at women, children and adolescents. It supports such projects with IEC stratgies. It works for development in order to improve the quality of life of indigenous people
Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW)|Lebanese American University Lebanon Expand view 13-5053 Beirut Chouran 1102 2801 http://www.lau.edu.lb
Division for the Advancement of Women|United Nations USA Expand view 2 United Nations Plaza DC2-1239 New York NY 10017 The division is responsible for the promotion of equal rights and the advancement of women, and achievement of their equality with men. It promotes women as equal participants and beneficiaries of sustainable development, governance and human rights. Their resource centre is open to the public http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
Accion Ciudadana Contra el SIDA (ACCSI) Venezuela Expand view PO Box 4734 Caracas 1010 http://www.internet.ve/acsi/
Wellstart International USA Expand view 4062 First Avenue San Diego CA 92103-2045 Wellstart's mission is to advance the knowledge, skills and ability of health care providers regarding the promotion, protection and support of optimal infant and maternal health and nutrition from conception through to the completion of weaning. This mission is pursued through a number of objectives: the integration of basic knowledge and skills needed to fulfil the mission; the improvement of the knowledge and skills of currently practising health care providers through the provision of postgraduate (continuous) training opportunities; and the development of faculty leadership for preservice postgraduate education regarding the optimal maternal and infant health and nutrition. Wellstart is a WHO collaborating center on promoting and protecting breastfeeding, with particular emphasis on lactation management education. The resource centre is not open to the public http://www.wellstart.org
AIDS Programs of the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) USA Expand view 1931, 13th Street NW Washington DC 20009-4432 NMAC aims to develop leadership of colour within communities to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS. NMAC's Public Policy Division works to promote sound national HIV/AIDS, health and social policies that are responsive to the needs of the diverse communities impacted by HIV/AIDS. The technical assistance team conduct individual, on-site Community Based Organization (CBO) management and organizational needs assessments in order to support long-term organizational health of front-line AIDS service organizations. They provides in-depth training and conferences opportunities to AIDS service organizations across the country, and produce publications including a quarterly newsletter, NMAC Lifeline. The resource centre is not open to the public http://www.nmac.org
Fundaci¢n para Estudio e Investigaci¢n de la Mujer (FEIM) Argentina Expand view Paraná 135 piso 3 Dpto 13 1017 Buenos Aires FEIM aims to develop research, studies, projects, courses, workshops and other activities in order to improve social, labour, legal, political, economic, family and health conditions for women in Argentina. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.feim.org.ar
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) USA Expand view 1317 F St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004 Works to ensure that the population and health policies of international institutions supported by the United States government actively promote women's sexual and reproductive health. CHANGE takes its mandate from the Programme of Action of the 1194 International Conference on Population and Development, and other relevant agreements that call upon governments and international agencies to achieve these same objectives. Specifically we seek to translate the language of these documents into practical, operational and measueable within and across the areas of family planning, STDs and HIV, and gender violence. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.genderhealth.org
Instituto Centroamericano de Salud (ICAS)|Central American Health Institute Costa Rica Expand view PO Box 6-2010 San Jose ICAS is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation dedicated exclusively to the improvement of the health of the population of Central America. It aims to improve the quality of life, especially that of the poorest and most vulnerable groups http://www.icas.net
Britain Nepal Medical Trust (BNMT) Nepal Expand view PO Box 9 Morang-Biratnagar BNMT aims to assist the people of Nepal to improve their health by working in partnership with the Ministry of Health, international and local NGOs, and local communities to establish and maintain sustainable basic health, empowerment, advocacy and intitutional development and strengthening
