Centre for International Child Health (CICH) UK Expand view Institute for Child Health 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH Specialises in teaching and research in mother and child health and community-based rehabilitation in less developed countries. The CICH runs MSc, diploma as well as shorter courses which are designed for health workers in middle and senior management of community health programmes in developing countries. Source, the resource centre, run in collaboration with Healthlink Worldwide and Handicp International has an extensive range of materials about health issues affecting developing countries, and also houses the Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC) bookshop. Source is open to the general public http://www.cich.ich.ucl.ac.uk
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) UK Expand view Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT The LSHTM mission is to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate training, advanced training and consultancy in international public health and tropical medicine. To achieve this the school will enhance it's role as: Britain's national school of public health; a leading institution in Europe for research and postgraduate education education in public health and tropical medicine; and an internatinoal centre of excellence in public health and medicine in developing countries. The LSHTM resource centre is open to the public http://www.lshtm.ac.uk
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) UK Expand view Machynlleth Powys SY20 9AZ Aims to inspire, inform and enable society to move towards a sustainable future. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.cat.org.uk
International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics (FIGO) UK Expand view 70 Wimpole Street London W1G 8AX Aims ot improve the quality of care of women and their children, and improve the practice of obstetrics and gynecology http://www.figo.org
Handicap International (HI) France Expand view 14 avenue Berthelot 69361 - Lyon Cedex 07 HI is concerned with treatment, prevention, integration via multi-disciplinary programmes designed to improve the living conditions of individuals living with disability. HI has a resource centre that is open to the public http://www.handicap-international.org
Early Childhood Development Unit (ECDU) UK Expand view 82a Gloucester Street Bristol BS7 8BN The ECDU develops support programmes in disadvantaged communities http://www.ecdc.org.uk
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Germany Expand view Dag-Hammarskjold-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn GTZ provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world. Supports complex reforms and change processes. All activities are geared to improving people’s living conditions and prospects on a sustainable basis. GTZ publishes numerous specialist texts and information brochures on its work, covering a wide range of topics, including rural development, economic development, environment, health, education and good governance. Publications can be downloaded or ordered online. http://www.gtz.de/en
Initiatives for Deaf Education in the Third World (IDETW) UK Expand view Chapel Cottage 7 King Street Much Wenlock Shropshire TF13 6BL Initiatives facilitates the use of local expertise to improve and extend the opportunities for deaf children, young deaf people, parents and professionals
Find Your Feet UK Expand view 37-39 Great Guildford St London SE1 0ES FYF is creating opportunities for the rural poor to build a sustainable livelihood http://www.fyf.org.uk
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine UK Expand view Pembroke Place Liverpool, L3 5QA Mission Statement: As a centre of excellence, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed countries in the tropics and sub-tropics by: Providing and promoting high quality education and training. Conducting first class research and disseminating the results. Developing systems and technologies for health and assisting in their transfer and management. Providing appropriate consultancy services. In fulfilling this mission the scjool also provides a clinical service of acknowledged excellence. http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/lstm.html
Comic Relief UK Expand view 5th Floor 89 Albert Embankment London SE1 7TP UK Comic Relief exists to tackle poverty and promote social justice by helping disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa to realise their aspirations and potential. They do this by raising funds and awareness, and allocating funds donated by the public to charitable projects across the UK and Africa http://www.comicrelief.com
Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development (CORDAID) Netherlands Expand view Postbus 16440 2500 BK Den Haag Cordaid is a Catholoca NGO working in the field of development of development cooperation. Cordaid is commited to improve the living condition of the poor and vulnerable groups in society in a problem solving manner and with results which are measurable in outcome http://www.cordaid.nl
AIDS Counselling and Education Trust (ACET) UK Expand view PO Box 3693 London SW15 2BS UK Aims to provide unconditional support to those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. Equips and enables young people to make healthy and informed choices about their sexual behaviour http://www.acetuk.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
